Scott109 said:
The Force Awakens was a thinly disguised remake of A New Hope
There are a lot of similarities but there are a lot of differences that make it more than some poorly disguised Remake. It’s a soft remake at best.
a less coherent plot
Barely but I agree
and one-dimensional cardboard cutout characters.
You’re going to need to elaborate because Rey, Finn and Kylo Ren were all layered characters. If anyone was lacking in terms of being layered it was Poe.
Finn is far too nice for someone who was conditioned to mercilessly kill innocents from childhood.
I think me and Silverwook more than refuted that point in the other thread.
Rey is far too perfect at everything.
Rey is not perfect at anything; that’s another hyperbolic statement. She’s really good at mechanics but she accidentally released the Rathtars, she’s okay at flying but almost crashed the Falcon BEFORE the chase even started and skidded it across the ground when being chased which is something Han or Luke would do on an off day. Especially considering Han Solo is the man who flew through an asteroid field like it was nothing. She’s easily the worst shot with a blaster on our roster of heroes and the only reason she won the lightsaber duel is because of extenuating circumstances. As it pertains to her abilities in the Force she is a fast learner but then again Luke was able to deflect 3 bolts from a training droid by just being told to stretch out with his feelings and blew up the Death Star.
I prefer the whiny Luke from A New Hope or the creepy Anakin from Attack of the Clones because at least those main characters were imperfect. At least they felt human.
Rey is naive and was reluctant to embrace her destiny. She was scared to death of Kylo Ren. Finn is just a coward who is torn between self preservation and protecting the people he cares about.
And I never wanted to see the badass Han Solo as an old, divorced deadbeat dad forced back into the smuggling business.
Well that’s life sometimes. Personally I’m glad they negated that fairy tale ending in ROTJ though I would have preferred it to be bitter sweet instead of just bitter.