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The Force Awakens: Official Review Thread - ** SPOILERS ** — Page 72

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Lord Haseo said:

Bosk said:

He’s got better as he’s aged

Yes he has and hopefully the same happens to Daisy

And I’ve already stated several times, I like good films.

I think so long as preconceived notions aren’t in your mind while watching a good film you’d like it.

Nah I watch a film and when it’s finished I make a cognitive choice.

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Bosk said:

Lord Haseo said:

Bosk said:

He’s got better as he’s aged

Yes he has and hopefully the same happens to Daisy

And I’ve already stated several times, I like good films.

I think so long as preconceived notions aren’t in your mind while watching a good film you’d like it.

Nah I watch a film and when it’s finished I make a cognitive choice.

Bosk said:
No new star wars film will EVER match ESB

When it comes to Star Wars that doesn’t seem to be the case. That and even your signature are highly indicative of a closed minded person.

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Lord Haseo said:

Bosk said:

Lord Haseo said:

Bosk said:

He’s got better as he’s aged

Yes he has and hopefully the same happens to Daisy

And I’ve already stated several times, I like good films.

I think so long as preconceived notions aren’t in your mind while watching a good film you’d like it.

Nah I watch a film and when it’s finished I make a cognitive choice.

Bosk said:
No new star wars film will EVER match ESB

When it comes to Star Wars that doesn’t seem to be the case. That and even your signature are highly indicative of a closed minded person.

After seeing 4 episodes of Star Wars I didn’t like, with star wars, yes it’s all over.

Unfortunately

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I am getting a bit tired of this thread being more about bashing the people commenting on it than about the films and the comments themselves.
Some people hold opinions about the film that some people don’t share.
Get over it.

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Bosk said:

Lord Haseo said:

Bosk said:

Lord Haseo said:

Bosk said:

He’s got better as he’s aged

Yes he has and hopefully the same happens to Daisy

And I’ve already stated several times, I like good films.

I think so long as preconceived notions aren’t in your mind while watching a good film you’d like it.

Nah I watch a film and when it’s finished I make a cognitive choice.

Bosk said:
No new star wars film will EVER match ESB

When it comes to Star Wars that doesn’t seem to be the case. That and even your signature are highly indicative of a closed minded person.

After seeing 4 episodes of Star Wars I didn’t like, with star wars, yes it’s all over.

Unfortunately

Good. I’m glad that you can’t enjoy it.

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Bingowings said:

I am getting a bit tired of this thread being more about bashing the people commenting on it than about the films and the comments themselves.
Some people hold opinions about the film that some people don’t share.
Get over it.

Well I’m tired of people saying asinine things and expect to be fully shielded from scrutiny just because they used the word “opinion”.

Plus a lot of us tried honest discussion.

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Bingowings said:

I am getting a bit tired of this thread being more about bashing the people commenting on it than about the films and the comments themselves.
Some people hold opinions about the film that some people don’t share.
Get over it.

I’ve kept out of this conversation for a long time but when someone brings up shit articles from a bigoted website like Return of Kings, I’m not going to not call them out on it.

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Bingowings said:

I am getting a bit tired of this thread being more about bashing the people commenting on it than about the films and the comments themselves.
Some people hold opinions about the film that some people don’t share.
Get over it.

There’s a fine line between opinion and insanity.

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TV’s Frink said:

Bingowings said:

I am getting a bit tired of this thread being more about bashing the people commenting on it than about the films and the comments themselves.
Some people hold opinions about the film that some people don’t share.
Get over it.

There’s a fine line between opinion and insanity.

Let’s not forget hyperbole and or half truths

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stupid accent This station is now the ultimate power in the universe!

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I thought they did a great job at casting especially when it comes to Daisy Ridley. Who would have thought that such an unknown would give such a great performance.

I thought she was quite ‘wooden’ very much like prequel characters but each to their own, must be difficult acting to thin air though.

You might be the only person on the planet who feels this way. It’s certainly not an “each their own” situation.

Several reviewers said she was quite wooden – The Evening Standard review really slated her.

Didn’t Daisy herself say JJ had criticised her at first? I also remember reading an article quoting Peter Mayhew saying he thought she was wooden at first but loosened up.

I definitely thought she was quite wooden in the first half of the film; several friends said the same. The scene on the freighter where she and Finn were running from the rathtars, where she puts her hand over her mouth, being the most cringeworthy example of this – school play level.

That’s not to say she didn’t adequately carry herself in other scenes. There did seem to be an improvement in her acting as the film progressed.

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Yes… she got better

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TheWanderingNomad said:

I thought they did a great job at casting especially when it comes to Daisy Ridley. Who would have thought that such an unknown would give such a great performance.

I thought she was quite ‘wooden’ very much like prequel characters but each to their own, must be difficult acting to thin air though.

You might be the only person on the planet who feels this way. It’s certainly not an “each their own” situation.

Several reviewers said she was quite wooden – The Evening Standard review really slated her.

Pretty sure he was talking about the population at large. Just about everyone and their grandmother thinks Daisy can act her ass off. Also there were negative reviews of ESB so a few lonely contrarians doesn’t really amount to much.

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where she puts her hand over her mouth, being the most cringeworthy example of this

In her defense has anyone been able to do that convincingly? Because whenever someone does that in a game/movie/show it always takes me out of the experience.

Also if that’s the worst example of her “wooden” acting that shows how good of a performance she gave because the seemingly worse thing she did is a million times better than all of the cringe worthy shit Hayden pulled off in both of his performances.

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Films are not shot in chronological order. She was great throughout.

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Lord Haseo said:

TheWanderingNomad said:
where she puts her hand over her mouth, being the most cringeworthy example of this

In her defense has anyone been able to do that convincingly? Because whenever someone does that in a game/movie/show it always takes me out of the experience.

Anthony Perkins pulled it off perfectly in Psycho.

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Any more personal attacks and we start issuing temporary bans.

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Lord Haseo said:

TV’s Frink said:

Lord Haseo said:

For the most part IMDB is pretty much on point when it comes to Star Wars reviews.

Hmmm…

TPM 6.5
AOTC 6.7
ROTS 7.6

The rent isn’t the only thing that’s too damn high.

ROTS is kind of too high but TPM and AOTC are about right. Those two weren’t that bad. Watch a few of IHE’s Search For The Worst videos and you’ll see what genuinely terrible movies are.

AOTC not that bad?

6.7 is generous.

War does not make one great.

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Yoda Is Your Father said:

Lord Haseo said:

TV’s Frink said:

Lord Haseo said:

For the most part IMDB is pretty much on point when it comes to Star Wars reviews.

Hmmm…

TPM 6.5
AOTC 6.7
ROTS 7.6

The rent isn’t the only thing that’s too damn high.

ROTS is kind of too high but TPM and AOTC are about right. Those two weren’t that bad. Watch a few of IHE’s Search For The Worst videos and you’ll see what genuinely terrible movies are.

AOTC not that bad?

6.7 is generous.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxOKy-G3phBomkGrPJuQwUawQmS_1ysNN

In comparison to some of these it’s not that bad.

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ray_afraid said:

Yes it is. Many of the movies on that list weren’t made to be taken seriously anyway.

No it’s not. Compared to Avatar The Last Airbender and the DBZ movie AOTC and TPM are pretty damn good films in comparison.

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Bosk said:

Americans must think all English girls talk/act like that?

^ What do you even mean by that ^ sentence?

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I feel like those who are being super critical of the score either haven’t experienced as many repeat viewings as we who really dug the movie or else weren’t interested enough to really live with the soundtrack for a while after Disney put it on YouTube. Now that I’m very familiar with it, I realize there’s so much more going on than one viewing can convey. There are at least five new themes that I couldn’t get out of my head if I wanted to. It’s definitely a score that rewards continued listening.

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March of the Resistance! Though… The film version is a lot better…

I’m just here because I’m driving tonight.