The Force Awakens: Official Review Thread - ** SPOILERS ** — Page 125

thelionslicer said:

I like to think I have a unique perspective on this movie as far as this forum goes because this was my first Star Wars movie. A friend of mine bought me a ticket to the midnight premier last year and even though I thought it was going to be really bad I said “what the hell” and saw it anyway. In the end though, I absolutely loved it. This movie got me watching the rest of the Star Wars movies in a way the prequels, which came out when I was very young with ROTS coming out when I was 9, could not. I saw scenes from those movies in passing whenever they were on TV and they made me think Star Wars was some terrible sci-fi series that I had absolutely no interest in.

Before the movie I knew a few things. I knew who Luke, Han and Leia were and I knew that Starkiller was a recycled Death Star. I also knew Darth Vader died in Episode VI and that he was burned. “The garbage will do” line completely missed me. I had no idea why everyone was laughing but it’s pretty great in retrospect.

The film is fast paced. The characters are really likeable and the acting is good. I made a Facebook post when I got home saying something like “The Force Awakens is really good for most of the movie but the last 30 minutes are fantastic” and I still definitely believe that. The special effects are truly top notch and I really just remember being like “I need to get into Star Wars now.”

So I’m actually glad they kinda just redid Episode IV for this movie because it was the perfect way for someone like me to get interested in Star Wars. In retrospect I wish they hadn’t made another Death Star but overall it was a damn good film. I think I like the original trilogy better now but it’s definitely up there as a great film for me. Long story short, I immediately wanted to see Episode VIII and I think in the end, as long as the rest of this trilogy is up to this quality or better, this will be my favorite Star Wars trilogy because it will be “my” Star Wars. This movie is essentially what Star Wars is to me and feels more like what Star Wars means to me than the originals even though I think I like those better.

Anyway, really wordy post, but yeah those are my thoughts.

Great post, and an interesting perspective! I’m glad you found your way into Star Wars somehow.

thelionslicer said:

DominicCobb said:

Nice post. I’ve always felt that TFA was designed very carefully to not only please young and old fans, but to welcome new fans as well. So, welcome!

Thanks for the welcome! I’ve found the people here on this forum are much nicer and maybe a little more realistic than the people in the Facebook group I was a part of. So many people on there saying if you don’t like the prequels that you aren’t a real fan and a bunch of people shouting about how much they hate The Force Awakens. Like god damn no one can like anything there.

Sorry you were part of a group like that. Real "True Fans"™ don’t generally trash other people for what aspects of the franchise they enjoy. Hopefully we live up to your “much nicer” assessment, haha.

Hope you stick around!

I got my six year old nephew a Darth Vader outfit for Christmas, but he kept taking off the mask and saying “Where is the map?” I’m a bad uncle, I’m not even sure what Star Wars he’s seen outside of TFA. I’ll sit him down sometime this year and we’ll watch ANH.

dahmage said:

doubleofive said:

I got my six year old nephew a Darth Vader outfit for Christmas, but he kept taking off the mask and saying “Where is the map?” I’m a bad uncle, I’m not even sure what Star Wars he’s seen outside of TFA. I’ll sit him down sometime this year and we’ll watch ANH.

Lol, that’s pretty funny 😁

He rips off the mask, walks over to me, puts his hand on my forehead and with all seriousness in a low voice says “Where is the map?”. I laughed out loud, which upset him because it was serious time.

Now I’m mostly jealous about how much better his costume is than mine was:

1987 was a simpler time, when Halloween costumes had pictures of who you were supposed to be on them. You were, what, a senior in high school, Frink? 😉

Back on topic, I need to watch TFA again. My friend’s dad had it on when we went to their house for Christmas, it was cropped and motion smoothed, but still looked pretty great.

When I was a freshman in high school. It all comes around.

We should do a vintage SW Halloween costume thread next year. Not sure if there’s a photo of me in my Threepio getup from 1977. I was paired up with a neighbor’s kid in a squarish Artoo made out of cardboard boxes. I recall a visiting a couple houses where they thought nobody was in Artoo, as some sort of ploy to get more candy I guess?

doubleofive said:

Now I’m mostly jealous about how much better his costume is than mine was:

Some things never change. I love this picture.

DominicCobb said:

Tyrphanax said:

doubleofive said:

Now I’m mostly jealous about how much better his costume is than mine was:

Some things never change. I love this picture.

What about mine!!1!

I think I went as Jedi Luke around 97 so we’re at odds.

TV’s Frink said:

Now we just need to find someone 10 years younger than Dom.

I was six in 2007. But I never dressed up as Vader. What a travesty.

DominicCobb said:

LuckyGungan2001 said:

TV’s Frink said:

Now we just need to find someone 10 years younger than Dom.

I was six in 2007. But I never dressed up as Vader. What a travesty.

And I wasn’t born in 91. So we’re not really getting anywhere, are we?

Doesn’t seem that way does it?

I also dressed as Vader for Halloween when I was a kid.