Star Wars: Episode VII

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Originally Posted by Cowutopia

I wish the movie moved a little slower. They try to cram too much in. The showdown on star killer base wasn't even necessary. There was too much happening for any of that to carry any weight, and they were very glib about it. Five of the most populated planets in the republic get annihilated and there is practically no reaction.

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Yeah, I agree. The Starkiller Base wasn't even needed, really. There was plenty enough going on.

The race to Luke's hiding spot at the end felt way rushed as well, in an "Oh, shit! Three minutes left!" kinda way.

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

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I'll give them this:

And another thing: if the Republic is in power, why is the Resistance the "Resistance"? What are they resisting? Isn't the First Order the "Resistance," as they're resisting the hegemony of the Republic?

But none of the shit on that list matters as far as enjoying the movie goes. All movies do stupid shit when you think about it.

Essentially, yeah!

I just want to know what lint trap caught Luke's blue lightsaber.

This movie isn't Joseph Campbelly at all. There was no mentor figure. There were no gifts or returns home at the end.

That's one of the things I dug about it because it's one of the few things that differentiates Force Awakens from A New Hope: the characters felt more like real people than archetypes.

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

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I like the way the this guy thinks. And his further explanation in the expansion piece is a well stated reason for why I think films of this magnitude deserve this level of scrutiny.

And oh man yes, Mass Effect is so good. It's so good it gives me a mass positive reaction.

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

That's not a "nuances of every fucking little thing" kinda thing, that's a common sense thing. Finn and Rey were several floors up and standing right at the exit, and Kylo was wounded and out in the middle of a little catwalk. Kylo pulling some Jason Voorhees shit and popping up in front of them was just some cartoonish shit. The audience I was with actually laughed when he appeared.

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It really doesn't matter. "How did he catch up?" I don't care. Maybe he had secret speed bike. Maybe he just knew a shorter route out (they did use a massive ladder system to get up there and weren't even in the proper place). The less explanation here the better. I'm sure in the Lucas version he would have had a horribly CGI space camel monster scoop him up and carry him away. Ren hunted them down because he's a talented human.

Same way I'm personally glad we didn't get a First Order and Resistance backstory. Would have been awful boring.

I like to think he just force jumped through the treetops like yoda was flipping all over the place in aotc and got ahead of them that way

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

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Yeah some of these are excellent. I never really thought about it — why the fuck does Po just suddenly leave Jakku after his crash. It's not like his mission was actually through. What an asshole

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Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me

This movie isn't Joseph Campbelly at all. There was no mentor figure. There were no gifts or returns home at the end.

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But those things are literally the ending.