| Vyse_Blue_Rogue said: If Lucas had made this it would be getting slated for being a total rip-off of 4, but as it was JJ people are acting like it's the best thing ever. Can't wait for the next one - Star Wars 8 - The First Order Strikes Back. |
George Lucas would need to go into a time machine and learn how to write characters and direct actors before he'd be able to make this movie.
JJ Abrams got better performances from that little BB-8 droid than Lucas got from Sam Jackson, Natalie Portman, etc. etc.
All the special effects and alien planets in the world don't save your movie if it has no heart or no believable humanity in it.
This Star Wars simply is far more fun and true to the original spirit of the franchise and people are responding in droves to that. Avatar is in trouble, the box office returns on Monday (which is good barometer of how well a movie is playing because its after the first weekend hype) were staggering.
Sure there are plot holes in this ... but there's always been plot holes. If Obi-Wan Kenobi is so intent on hiding from Darth Vader, why the hell would he go hide on a planet that Darth Vader is most familiar with? And why would he let Luke keep the name "Skywalker"? And why does he walk around in plain daylight wearing Jedi robes? And how the hell does Luke blow up a giant Death Star with a whopping 15 minutes of Jedi training?
Don't get me started on the prequels. Anakin Skywalker: wakes up a good guy, has breakfast ... in a span of an afternoon + early evening, has renounced the Jedi order, pledged allegiance to a Dark Side cult, and (here's the kicker) is knee deep into murdering little kids. Yeah ... think that transition might have been able to be pulled off a little more believably if the previous three movies didn't dick around focusing on stupid things like Jar-Jar and Obi-Wan's idiotic "detective plot". The Jedi in the prequels are apparently dumber than Scooby Doo characters.
Etc. etc. etc.
