darthrush said:
Lord Haseo said:
SW really had one political scene and that is when the officers are discussing the Emperor dissolving the Senate. Everything else we were taught about the political landscape was explained in the opening crawl.
Though I agree with you and also am a lover of TFA I must admit one of my issues with the film was the lack of political context.
Yeah I’m still hoping a deleted scene with yield some information about the political landscape. Has the details of the deleted scenes in the 3D Blu Ray release surfaced yet?
And I may be in the minority on this one but every line of fan service was gold to me. Like I honestly ate it up. I saw no issue with things like:
“Chewie, were home.”
“When did that ever help, and don’t say the Death Star.”
Love these two
“12!”
Idk, to me they are funny, fun lines for the fans.
but not this one. The first two seem very natural while the last one seems very forced. I do however like the “This is the Millennium Falcon!? You’re Han Solo!?” lines though.
EDIT:
Just popped in TFA blu Ray and finished the flick yet again and gotta say…FUCK THE HATE! I love TFA! It’s got problems and it leaves me wanting more but I think that means it did its job well. It makes me await the story of episode 8 even more and eventually all will be made clear. I’m so happy Star Wars is back in stunning fashion. Sorry to get emotional people…just never thought I’d see the big three back on screen again.
Haven’t seen it since May and I eagerly await the time in which I watch it again so I can see if my opinion of the movie still holds up since I haven’t seen it in a while. Also don’t let the hate effect you; just know that the people who hate this are a somewhat small but very vocal minority.
MalàStrana said:
- Opening crawl
- First exchange between Vader and Leia (and then with the Imperial officer)
- The long meeting with Tarkin
- The Ben/Luke sequence in Ben’s home (with Leia’s message)
- The Tarkin/Leia sequence
- And every little thing here and there that give an intuitive knowledge of who’s rulling the galaxy (stormtroopers who basically are the outer rim police; they have street spies; Starships; “that’s the real trick”; etc.)
ANH never lacks any useful information about what’s going on and who’s in charge, political context is in many sequences. It’s always crystal clear, nicely done, never boring or predictable, does not feel “obvious exposition”.
Yeah, now that you put it like that I absolutely agree with you. The real brilliance lies in the fact that a lot of the political stuff is sprinkled in as to not overload the audience with exposition. The movie can somehow never break it’s stride in regards to moving the plot forward and still give us bits and pieces in terms of world building. That’s just great film making.