| reggin_bolas said: Fanboys are struggling to explain how Ren gets rekt by an inexperienced force user who suddenly wakes up and becomes more powerful than a full-blown Jedi. But can they defend how a lowly captain can, at a random computer, at random and unguarded section of the planet suddenly turn off the ENTIRE DEFENSIVE SHIELD OF THE PLANET? Shouldn't a decision of that importance go through several chains of command to be finally executed at the main control center where they fire the solar weapon? You can't possibly explain away this. It kills the movie. The planet blowing up is also too soon. It's been one movie and they already destroyed the most awesome weapon in the entire series. So, they won then? No need to get Luke right? Very disappointed in the movie. |
You must know that Captain Phasma is not, precisely, a lowly captain, and it will have importance in the trilogy. They merely introduced the character, but it's high in the chain of command. Basically she's the lead of the Stormtroopers batallions, so... We're not struggling in telling you why Kylo Ren was defeated on the battle. We're telling you that he was severely wounded by a crossbow that blowed all the Stormtroopers with one shot (he was punching his wound all the time and bleeding through the entire battle), that he've just killed his father, that he was troubled and struggling with the dark side of the force the whole movie, and that seems perfectly enough for me. It's fine that you can't believe this or you think this explanation is weak, but it works fine for me. The planet blowing up too soon? Same thing as Episodes IV and VI. It's Star Wars. Really, if you over-analize all the movies, you'll find that the plot doesn't stand very well in ANY of them. It's just an excuse to make an action, fast-paced, character-focused movie.
And I welcome the return of a good visual storytelling once again. For example, the movie's last scene was visual storytelling as its finest. Something that was lacking on the prequels too.
