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It does capture a lot of the magic of the original films. It is good in its own right. But I find I can't qualify it as great due to the lack of appropriate music and that it is so much of a re-tread of what has been done before.

I'm guessing that whole Vader as the big, strong, enforcer type who was helping bring order to a chaotic and corrupt galaxy. Not someone distracted by petty weaknesses, but ruthlessly capable kind of thing. Think about it, you're a confused adolescent who found out you have this great power.. Your mother is this heroic member of the government who is always busy saving other people, and your father keeps wandering off for excitement with his best friend. You get dumped on your uncle to train, but you're struggling with self-identity, worried about being considered weak, and then along comes someone to tell you about your grandfather. The man who was an iron fist and provided stability and was respected by the people he worked with.... Edit: Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPV9NNvtL20

I think Kylo Ren does make an interesting character. Taking a step back to look at it all, He is a conflicted character. He feels the good inhimself, but wants to be Vader. It's why he loses to Rey. He's not fully commited, trying to convince himself he's as badass as Vader, but isn't. He can't handle adversity. When an enemy he expects to be a push over holds their ground, he's afraid. Rey has that moment where she connects to the force, and it's from that that she pushes back and he loses his confidence. Before that point, he was using the pain of his wound to feed into his anger and force use. When his confidence shakes, he loses that and gets his ass kicked. When he has the helmet on, he's pushing the whole Vader vibe. But when Vader would have killed a nearby Imperial for failure, he just throws a tantrum and damages the room he happens to be in. Very much the adolescent style. Whenever you have those scenes where his helmet is off, it's deliberately showing him as that more humanised, young, not as confident as he tries to appear. Edit: And for the other Star Wars related news.. Something David Prowse mentioned:

And from Abrams.. Also for those that might have missed it, Daniel Craig was the Storm Trooper in the cell who gets mind tricked into dropping his blaster...

It's not really grumbling over it per se. It's more.. I think if they'd blazed a completely original story it would have made it better than simply a "good but.." sort of film. I

Just saw it as my first Imax experience. It was that... hm. I'm conflicted. It has that "good but.." vibe. As a general movie it was good. On most things a lot better paced, acted and looking than all of the prequels. However, as has been mentioned now, it also basically re-runs a lot of A New Hope with little twists. But the one major problem I have with it.. is the music. Sure, the blended in pieces from the original trilogy are nice call to emotions and events, but there is not one single stand out piece of recognisable music that is The Force Awakens own. At least the prequels did have that nailed, even if you didn't like the music, you had bits that were distinctly recognisable and tied to each film.

I like how people have stopped using spoilers when mentioning direct points of the film rather than general impressions...

Since we're diverting from Star Wars slightly...

Well, to be fair, he's more of a supporting character in the Mad Max remake.

On keeping the secrets.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO3aByH_4DY

For the medley moment.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22mdHYEzKC0

Everyone gets into the Star Wars mood..

Hmm, Greenman Gaming are doing their Best of 2015 sale I'm being some tempted by Assassin's Creed: Syndicate with 60% off....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlZIeCjIL40

The joy of languages...

And for the other consideration, just where would Star Wars be without John Williams? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jWb9Z2k20M

From a certain point of view?

Is this in bad taste?

It's all about the tshirt timing?

Not something new but...

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