Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Wobbie

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

imalive said:

might as well just declare friday a national dweeb holiday.

could be worse, could be a thread about the SF Giants....

Even worse. A thread about non-existent tour dates, and hotels booked all over the U.S., months in advance, to secure a good room, for these non-existent shows! Ha

so true

MayDay10

The prequels aren't bad at all.


Nerds just got mad that the story didn't hold true to their fan fiction and they held the original trilogy in some sort of mystical light... while in reality it is pretty cheesy at times.

Mignelli14

MayDay10 said:

The prequels aren't bad at all.


Nerds just got mad that the story didn't hold true to their fan fiction and they held the original trilogy in some sort of mystical light... while in reality it is pretty cheesy at times.

Especially return of the Jedi. As if the Ewok's were any different than the kid friendly stuff in the prequels. And all the gimmicky stuff going on in Jabba's lair.

I have tickets for tonight at 1015. Gonna be a long day, but an awesome night! May the force be with y'all

eddiec

Saw it last night. ;

MayDay10 said:

The prequels aren't bad at all.


Nerds just got mad that the story didn't hold true to their fan fiction and they held the original trilogy in some sort of mystical light... while in reality it is pretty cheesy at times.

Yes, the original was cheesy at times which in some ways made it fun. But it had a solid storyline and you were invested in the characters and believed in them. The prequels? I have to disagree with you. They are awful. So bad I probably will never watch them again. None of the characters were even likeable. Zero character development. Well, not zero, Lucas tried but failed. The storyline was non-existent and even hard to follow with all different government factions and wondering who the hell was who...and those stupid skinny robots with guns were hard to defeat? Everything about the prequels stank except for maybe the last 10 minutes of Episode III.

2-feign-reluctance

MayDay10 said:

The prequels aren't bad at all.


Nerds just got mad that the story didn't hold true to their fan fiction and they held the original trilogy in some sort of mystical light... while in reality it is pretty cheesy at times.

Uh, nerd here who can also spot HORRIBLE acting. The story wasn't terrible, just everything about the way it was told and portrayed.

InHiding80

2-feign-reluctance said:

MayDay10 said:

The prequels aren't bad at all.


Nerds just got mad that the story didn't hold true to their fan fiction and they held the original trilogy in some sort of mystical light... while in reality it is pretty cheesy at times.

Uh, nerd here who can also spot HORRIBLE acting. The story wasn't terrible, just everything about the way it was told and portrayed.

I'm noticing this even more since I've been watching them on Rifftrax this week. Corbett, Murphy and Nelson are spot on about how awful they are.

The Juggler

eddiec said:

Saw it last night. ;

MayDay10 said:

The prequels aren't bad at all.


Nerds just got mad that the story didn't hold true to their fan fiction and they held the original trilogy in some sort of mystical light... while in reality it is pretty cheesy at times.

Yes, the original was cheesy at times which in some ways made it fun. But it had a solid storyline and you were invested in the characters and believed in them. The prequels? I have to disagree with you. They are awful. So bad I probably will never watch them again. None of the characters were even likeable. Zero character development. Well, not zero, Lucas tried but failed. The storyline was non-existent and even hard to follow with all different government factions and wondering who the hell was who...and those stupid skinny robots with guns were hard to defeat? Everything about the prequels stank except for maybe the last 10 minutes of Episode III.

all of what he said....plus the prequels all looked and felt like cartoons with the awful cgi.

intodeep

The movie theater by my house is showing the film all night long. The last showing is at 4:25am.
That is nuts.

eldarion75

intodeep said:

The movie theater by my house is showing the film all night long. The last showing is at 4:25am.
That is nuts.

Nuts that you haven't seen it yet at least twice.

JTH

the writer of this is a former coworker of my brother's.
http://www.chicagonow.com/portrait-of-an-adoption/2015/12/star-wars-the-force-awakens-set-visit-the-day-katie-flew-the-millennium-falcon/

InHiding80

Only one showing at my theater sold out this weekend and it's 7 tonight. That's what happens when you pick a local Laemmle art house plex instead of a big theater.

Still, better safe than sorry.

Mignelli14

The story in the prequels is actually laid out well IMO. One of the biggest things that would make it easy for people to dislike it is that it involves properties such as the "Galactic Trade Federation" and "Council Chambers" etc. It was probably for worse that Episode I's crawl began explaining how there was strife due to like a "tax" being implemented by a "trade federation". But the story does have to start somewhere and eventually you have a strong tale of the Emperor rising to power and conditioning Anakin to join him. Maybe it's presented with some cheesy acting and (definitely) blocky writing but the actual plot line of the prequels is sound. At least I think so.

PJfanwillneverleave1

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MayDay10

Saw it.


Enjoyef

Mignelli14

Just saw it and I mean you're going to have to take my word for it, like I didn't actually cry, but tears came out of my eyes 3 times during the movie. It was so beautiful

pdalowsky

watched last night, and loved it to bits. Thought it was tremendous

MayDay10

I liked it, but dont understand why they had Jar Jar kill the entire original cast 5 minutes into the movie

wall232

Awesome!

Theia

MayDay10 said:

I liked it, but dont understand why they had Jar Jar kill the entire original cast 5 minutes into the movie

Ha!
This movie does not disappoint! Loved it. The action scenes were really well done and great humor throughout. The end leaves you anxious to see VIII.

JK_Livin

Saw it last night and loved it. Could be the best one yet. I liked the prequels for what they were, they gave back story. The effects were too much in the prequels. I hate the updated versions of episodes 4-6. I wish you could buy the original theatrical versions. I think I have them on VHS but not sure if they were before they were updated.