epicurean said:
thismeintiel said:
I think if people were honest with themselves, and this movie was called Space Battles, people would look at it as a poor imitation of SW, but with a boring, drawn out plot that really leads nowhere. Sure it's pretty, but so are some of Michael Bay's films. That doesn't make them good/great. But, because it's SW, some just feel the need to not just love it, instead of just thinking it's OK, but also completely ignore the major plot holes and plot points that amounted to nothing. And label anyone bringing up its flaws just a hater or fanboy (though that's the opposite of a fanboy), and when asked to address them, they just don't/can't.
Also, the whole taking risks thing. What risks? Maybe risking pissing off a lot of the fanbase by trolling them, having things set up to mean something just turn out to be nothing. But I never saw any actual risks taken that meant anything or feel like they have any major impact on the story/universe. Some boring/dumb stuff happened and we left the situation exactly how we came into it. I feel like the guys at Redlettermedia put it best. This movie wasn't absolutely terrible, but at best it was only sporadically interesting. They didn't really set up much for the sequel, nor am I even interested in where it goes.
I'll be skipping the next one cause I fear we'll either get another poor Marvel movie wannabe. Or they'll try to fix so much from this one it'll become a muddled mess.
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If the movie had been called "Space Battles" it would have been perfect as an obvious parody, which is what I thought I was watching for most of the movie.
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To be fair to parodies, I think they could have thought up a better main plot than "we bout run outta gas." Though, I get what you're saying. Some of those scenes did feel straight out of a parody. Or at least a gag reel of the actors messing around, especially the earlier scenes of Luke.
