Starting this off with a big bang, I suppose. The Force Awakens. The Force Awakens, as I suppose it was for most people, was a very peculiar experience. As I am just a kid, I wasn't able to experience a Star Wars movie in a theatre once, and I deeply regret that. But, this was my first time. And it felt odd. For those of you who watched the other Star Wars movies (except for the Portman, I mean, Phantom Menace) in theaters, did you feel this way? An experience you really can't get out of any other movie, even if it is just a story about some chosen kid? I mean, why? Why is Star Wars so special? It's not like it's the first of it's kind. George Lucas literally spoke out to say it was based off so many other movie and book series (The Hidden Fortress, The Seventh Samurai, hell, even some chinese mythology. Most notably the Ying and Yang concept.) yet it still became one of the biggest film history. 864Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9t8JrSbEb
Anyways, I'd like to talk about Force Awakens specifically. I've actually seen it three times since now, just never had the time to write a review on it. I'll start off with what my father viewed it as. Nostalgia driven and unoriginal. But I don't think those are necessarily bad things. What Abrams was trying to do was not just please the older viewers who remember Star Wars in '77, but the younger viewers, who because of their birth, never got the experience of seeing huge words in yellow appear on screen, and being instantly indulged in a struggling battle for the galaxy. The TV shows tried to give them that feeling, but ultimately failed. So did the prequels, and those sure as hell didn't work. I think only a movie like this could really bring that feeling back to the audience. Not some cartoon, not some poorly made prequel, but something that really screamed "Star Wars is really back!! And they don't have an annoying and racist alien this time!!". Sorry for hating on the prequels so much. The third one was actually pretty decent. But I can't help myself to some Jar Jar teasings. 864Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD80XQhOJul
The characters, I feel, were well designed and thought through perfectly. Daisy Ridley did an awesome job as Rey, and John Boyega did great as Finn. I loved seeing Oscar Isaac in another film, especially as the backup Han Solo for the next movie. Adam Driver as Kylo Ren was one of the best parts of the movie (Fun Fact: Both Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver played in another movie as well: "Inside Llewyn Davis". I'm sure everyone reading this already knew that, but it's not like I give a crap.). He played an amazing villain that I can actually link to the villain of a Netflix-Marvel TV show called Jessica Jones: The Purple Man. He's snively, a loose cannon, and pretty much everything a Star Wars villain shouldn't be. I believe that's why I like him so much. He's the villain that really isn't a villain. A type of villain I've been waiting to see in movies for a long time. Not every villain has to be a master of weaponry and physical combat. Some can be weak, but dangerous. I think that's what more and more directors are either understanding, or need to understand.
Alright, yes, I realize that Starkiller Base was Richie Rich's Death Star with a cherry on top. And I didn't quite get how the First Order wiped out an entire republic in a few shots. I get it. But I think people have to let this movie be. This isn't just some excuse to justify all the wrongs of this film, but people have to understand what this movie was really trying to do: bring Star Wars back. And it did just that. It gave us Star Wars. And guess what? I cannot walk over to a Barnes and Noble, or a Comic shop without seeing at least one kid or adult in the Star Wars section, checking out a new expanded universe novel, or playing with one of the lightsaber toys. And what Abrams and Disney have made is a rebirth of everything we love about Star Wars. How the franchise works and feels, and how everything fits into place. And I can't help but smile at what an Empire (joke entirely intended) they have made. And I can't help but love them for it.
So, I guess that's my review of The Force Awakens. Not sure if I'll do a lot of these, but this will most likely be my way back into writing. I would expect a lot more of these to come from now on, though. I hope you liked it, I guess.
-Holden864Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcqgosIPfo
