| Soundwave said: The film is for everyone, but it doesn't bog down like the prequels do. George at some point forgot he was making movies for human beings and just got absorbed into the mythology rather than understanding things like "who's my protagonist in this scene?", "why am I having Jar-Jar step in poop?", "do I have an antgonist in this movie that pushes the plot forward?". etc. etc. etc. And sure Finn was a well done character, and yes he had several funny lines in the movie that actually got a laugh, unlike Jar-Jar in Episode I or actually probably even worse C-3PO in Clones is just terribly bad writing. He's funny, he's brave, and he brings a lot of energy to the movie, he's the basic "window" character that most fantasy films have. My favorite lines were from Han Solo, who was written absolutely spot on in this film, this is Harrison Ford's best performance in this type of film since like '89's The Last Crusade if not before that. "It's true ... all of it" was a great line, but the one I really loved was when he says "you got bigger problems kid, women can always tell you're lying". Stuff like that just worked, those lines just felt more like real actual human beings talking than the prequels where it was so painful watching actors like Natalie Portman and Sam Jackson, who are legitimately good actors, stumble around like they were in a 7th grade play reading lines to what was probably a tennis ball on a blue screen (A Sith ... Lord? .... I'm .... Ron ... Burgundy? ... like who the fuck talks like this?). |
I agree with you on every point you made. Also using a beloved character like Ham to pass on the torch was super clever, newcomers went along with it fine, old timers got to see Ham notice these new ppl and trough his actions got closer to the new cast. Another thing to consider, altough this is anedoctal, everyone I know who hadnt watched Star Wars or had done so but like ages ago and didnt even pay atention loved this movie to bits, like we did when we watched Ep IV, became completly enthralled by this universe and are now on board with the series, reading books watching the old movies etc. Force Awakens captures what makes Star Wars what it is, somehting that Lucas was unable to do on the prequels and that the series needed restored.
Another 1 liner I love is C3POs "It is I C3PO, you might not recognize me because of the red arm", thats glorious, it captures C3POs goofness perfectly and is just so dumb that you cant help but laught.
