| jake_the_fake1 said: So I just came back from watching the movie, and suffice to say that deus ex machinas are rampant and in your face, not even the force can explain the stupidity that was on show, people with no skills in certain things all of a sudden becoming proficient as if they downloaded that skill set out of thin air, couple that with poor character development for main characters and what essentially amounts to a retelling of the original movies (episodes 4,5,6) but crappier cuz of time constraints....and that makes for a terrible movie, what saved it a little for me and moved it into the mediocre level was the nostalgia of old characters, some genuine funny moments, action sequences and visual effects. |
So, without the PC part, that sounds exactly like what Abrams did to Star Trek, which was still loved by many people. (I thought it was an ok action movie, not really star trek) Curious what he's going to pick for episode 8, can't retell the prequels next.
