| AlfredoTurkey said: I gave the Force Awakens a shot... I really did. I think it's safe to say that Star Wars ended with Return of the Jedi. Those three films were great and we never needed more. To me, that's it. I won't recognize another film lol. |
I've kinda come to accept that the OT simply cannot be topped.
They will never be able to create a villian as good as Darth Vader, and the OT managed to create one even better than Vader in The Emperor.
They will never have the spiritual underpinnings that Yoda brought to the series. There's just too many good things in OT that they just can't ever top IMO.
They can't beat the twist of Vader being Luke's father, etc. etc. etc.
That said TFA passed my test of I was watching it on Netflix, just for 10 minutes, but I ended up watching the whole movie straight through again and even more shocking is my girlfriend, who is not a Star Wars fan by any stretch of the imagination also watched the entire movie.
Pros to the TFA ... the banter between characters is good again .... sometimes really good, especially having Han back. Like a warm blanket, JJ really knows how to write and direct for Han Solo.
Also when Rey gets the lightsaber .... goosebumps, goosebumps, everywhere. Oh I thought they handled the pivotal Han-Kylo scene better than I thought. Lucas of today probably would've had Han rip a giant fart at that moment.
