Lawlight said:
Soundwave said:
Lawlight said:
Did you miss all the posts about why people think it's bad?
Edit: I have not met one person in real life who liked or disliked this movie. They all think it's very meh.
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From the "general" audience I would say the reaction has been quite positive without a doubt.
It's mostly "Star Wars geeks" or hardcore cinephiles that have their bone to pick. It's the same thing with Jurassic World except The Force Awakens is a better film than Jurassic World, but the general public really enjoyed both.
To me the movie was basically exactly what I expected. Good performances from the actors (Abrams is good at this, even the little kids in Super 8 gave very good performances), lots of nostalgia, a wishy washy plot, and a large set up for the next movie.
This is basically what Disney does ... they make good/competent films that treat the source material with a fair amount of respect. That's basically their formula with the Marvel movies, I've never been "blown away" by any of their Marvel movies (not even Avengers) but they're all fairly well made.
It's not like the 80s/90s where you'd walk out of a comic book movie and say "what a giant turd that was! They totally did not care about that character/comic at all" type thing. Disney is smart enough to respect the fan base to the extent that they won't do anything egregiously stupid with the franchise.
Personally I don't think they can ever top the OT, just because I mean what can you do post-ROTJ? Some other Skywalker/Solo kid turns bad? Well even in the EU that's the best they could come up with.
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Well, the "general" audience pretty must likes very blockbuster.
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Perhaps the emphasis on originality in plot is also overstated. Look at Avatar (Pocahontas rip off), Jurassic World (Jurassic Park rip off), The Force Awakens (A New Hope rip-off). These are 3/4 of your biggest films.
The truth is I don't think people really want to see something new, and honestly most sequels that *too* different from the source material end up being failures. The Matrix Reloaded is certainly original and very different from the first one ... but that dissapointed most people. The prequels were very different from the OT, that alienated a lot of people and created a tremendous amount of backlash that is still very much around today.
Maybe the truth is big franchises are like comfort food. Don't try making a fucking pizza if someone is asking for a hamburger. Maybe that's just it.
Even Terminator 2, which is one of the best sequels of all time ... it is kind of a remake of the first film, it's just this time Arnold is in the protector role and there's a different Terminator. Godfather II? Yes there's some original things here too, but ultimately it's basically the same movie as the first one ... Michael Corleone IDs his enemies and has them all killed in an operatic montage to end the film.
