DominicCobb

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.

Hal 9000 said:

SilverWook said:

And we also need a movie to explain what the heck is up with General Madine’s Gumby hair.

For the last time, he’s one of them…

DuracellEnergizer said:

^Tempted to make part of my personal canon.

SilverWook said:

cyclista said:

SilverWook said:

Me too. She and Ackbar had a torrid love affair in the early days of the Rebellion.

And we also need a movie to explain what the heck is up with General Madine’s Gumby hair.

Dude, so many people had haircuts like that in the 70’s. What gets me every time with that character is the astroturf beard. They just glued that thing on his face half an hour before his scene. Somebody cut it out of a sheet of felt from the craft store down the street because they ran out of fake hair.

Return of The Jedi was filmed in the 80’s. Madine could be related to the species Harvey Korman played the HS though. 😉

DuracellEnergizer said:

^Okay, that’s definitely going into my personal canon.

Hehe

Frank your Majesty said:

ZkinandBonez said:

and he said that his lightsaber got destroyed by Rey

This is the first time I read about someone else noticing this, too. It happens when Rey forces Kylo’s saber into the snow, immediatly after it is deactivated you see something fly away. Really hard to make it out, but most probably, it’s his saber.

I noticed this on first viewing actually, but always forget about it. Didn’t see “something fly away,” but Rey slams down with her lightsaber right on Kylo’s hilt and there’s a sound that makes it definitely seem like his saber has been destroyed.

It’ll be interesting to see if his V2 saber will be a different. I hope not too much so, I love how the saber perfectly reflected his character (but then, I guess his character will be a bit different next time around?).

YES! A new comic that I’m actually interested in.

Niima Outpost is apparently the only major settlement on Jakku so it would make sense that smaller villages would be relatively close by.

I don’t know if this is explicitly stated in the film but it’s not hard to assume.

John Doom said:

DominicCobb said:

John Doom said:

I liked:
[…]
-the First Order’s (if brief) theme;

There were a lot of great themes in the film. This was the only one you liked??

Yep. Half of the themes were remakes of the older ones, while I didn’t find very moving the new ones.

Did you even listen to the soundtrack? I’m honestly having a hard time comprehending this.

Here are the new themes:
Rey’s theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65As1V0vQDM
Kylo Ren’s theme (at 4:20): https://youtu.be/y8ac1Qg-r-8?t=4m18s
Kylo Ren’s secondary theme (at 0:13): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUs88IY1A00
Finn’s theme (at 1:11): https://youtu.be/VLipUMfiiC8?t=1m
Poe Dameron’s theme (at 1:18): https://youtu.be/cHJrfB7VquM?t=1m14s
The Resistance’s theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueqKtype7Kk
The Jedi steps theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUBUlKgsNK8

Of those (brilliant) new themes, the only one that I think even vaguely sounds like a remake is Kylo Ren’s, but that makes sense narratively.

Seriously, the fact that you think not one of those is worth liking and you instead prefer a small bit at the start of the film that isn’t even a theme makes me think you are just being purposefully contrarian on this point.

Bosk said:

Well the revenant has several nominations and it is indeed a fine film with some really good acting.

That makes sense you would like that movie because it’s all white dudes.

Mavimao said:

Bosk said:

http://www.returnofkings.com/75991/why-star-wars-the-force-awakens-is-a-social-justice-propaganda-film

This guy knows

Alright, posting this shit just lost you any respect I could offer you. You’re already fringing on trollery but posting this garbage just knocks you down a peg.

Oh my god you’re right. It all makes sense now. Bosk is just a mysoginistic, racist piece of shit.

The visual effects were fantastic. Just goes to show how engaging the story and characters are and how well JJ directed the film that, even though there are plenty of shots that are completely CGI (like the prequels), I’ve heard nary a complaint (I’ve probably jinxed it though). Because he made the environments feel real and didn’t use CG when he didn’t have to.

I’m very curious to see how far Rian brings the practical effects, though. He did a Q&A with Christopher Nolan on Interstellar and they talked about how Nolan used next to zero CG. Johnson joked he was taking notes for VIII. We’ll see how much truth there was to that next year.

DuracellEnergizer said:

DominicCobb said:

In the PT: dinner at Anakin’s in TPM, eating pears in AOTC, more food at the homestead in AOTC. Nothing in ROTS I don’t think.

McDiarmid chewed the scenery, if that counts.

Oh yeah, forgot about that.

I’m probably one of the few people here who’s looking forward to ST Beyond.

Other than that, been excited for Midnight Special for awhile, should be good. Also Passengers will probably be great.

Does X-Men: Apocalypse count?

IDR is going to be total shit.

I’m most looking forward to Rogue One.

John Doom said:

I liked:
-the First Order’s (if brief) theme;

There were a lot of great themes in the film. This was the only one you liked??

In the PT: dinner at Anakin’s in TPM, eating pears in AOTC, more food at the homestead in AOTC. Nothing in ROTS I don’t think.

joefavs said:

FWIW, I almost cheered when Maz declined to explain the lightsaber.

Same. Would anyone have actually wanted an explanation? No, people would have complained about that eve more so.

Yes, the circumstances that would lead to Rey discovering the lightsaber in Maz’s castle are hard to believe. We all know that. But that’s what makes it so magical. Of all the gin joints…

John Doom said:

Frink has become an anti-TFA extremist :\

DominicCobb said:

John Doom said:

While reading about TFA’s nomination, I found this. It seems like TFA is in a way “more equal than other” movies 😄

That was pretty silly but it’s their own fault for giving out awards before the year is even over and every movie’s been seen.

Are you saying it’s fine to change the rules just for one single movie in 21 years? O.o

1. It’s happened before (Cast Away in 2001).
2. It’s ridiculous that a movie that was released in what is supposedly their eligibility period (the calendar year) wasn’t initially under consideration because they decided to vote before the year was over and they had seen all the movies.
3. Yes I do think the rules should change but I think what should change is that they should stop trying to be the first to predict the Oscars and move their nominations back.
4. The Critic’s Choice Awards are a joke anyway.

darklordoftech said:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Droid_Revolution

I clicked on that and thought, “what’s so bad, an IG-88 droid revolt seems awesome!”

Then I kept reading…

Did all of that really use to be canon?

I read somewhere that Avatar had the advantage of exchange rates that were 10-15% better. That’s probably the main reason. At least TFA beat it in the US.

Regarding Gone With the Wind’s all time adjusted record, it will never be beat. Simply put, for 40+ years following Gone With the Wind’s initial release there was no such thing as home video, so the only way for people to see it was in theaters. Indeed, GWTW made most of its money from rereleases. That doesn’t even get into the fact of modern internet piracy and the fact that in a few months TFA will be on Blu-Ray, DVD, iTunes, Amazon, Youtube, HBO, torrent sites, etc.

But TFA’s run will be impressive when adjusted for inflation. In fact, it already is. Right now it’s sitting at 15th place all time adjusted, ahead of every Star Wars film save the first two (though it will overtake ESB in a few days). When all is said and done, it has a chance to make it into the top 10, which is VERY impressive.

The lightsaber really is not an issue. Considering its direct link to the Force, I think it’s a perfect example of the mysterious ways of the Force shaping events and it feels very much like a classic mystical fantasy type of thing to happen.

John Doom said:

While reading about TFA’s nomination, I found this. It seems like TFA is in a way “more equal than other” movies 😄

That was pretty silly but it’s their own fault for giving out awards before the year is even over and every movie’s been seen.

For what it’s worth, Academy Award nominations are decided by industry professionals AKA the cream of the crop in each branch. So the people who nominated TFA for Best Editing were editors (not just that, but some of the very best in the business).

And an editing nomination for a blockbuster is rare. It’s only the second Star Wars film after the original to get one.

The movie also got four other nominations, for those who were wondering.

To the one who said the editing in TFA was terrible… it’s just been nominated for an Academy Award.

Best way to cast a movie? Face magic!

Awesome work! Was watching this doc a few weeks back and thought how cool it’d be to see it with the HD film clips inserted, and here it is! Nicely done.

I’d be interested to see how far this could be taken. Thoughts on how to make the ultimate version of this:

• I agree that the pillar boxing should probably stay as black bars.
• I’d probably remove the ad at the start too. It’s not really a part of the doc proper.
• I think it’d be really cool to see the text graphics redone in HD (the titles and also the credits so you can replace those images with HD ones).
• I’d love to see what improvements the LD transfer has. That’d be great.
• If any of these clips are available in other HD or SD (on the Blu-ray or DVD) fit them in.

Again, great job.

Now when is someone going to do this for Empire of Dreams and The Legacy Revealed?

I’d love to see some of the people in this thread direct a SW movie just because it’d be hilarious knowing how quickly they’d find themselves way out of their element and they’d learn what a real shit film is. And everyone on the internet would hate them.

Tobar said:

DominicCobb said:

I trust Lord and Miller to pick the actor that will be best for this film.

I did as well until I saw the shortlist. Miles Teller, seriously?

Miles Teller is a talented actor. Did you see Whiplash?