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We have a Studio Movie Grill here. I picked my seat online. I'll go to the bar and have a few beers, then walk to my seat five minutes before the movie starts.
The return.
We have a Studio Movie Grill here. I picked my seat online. I'll go to the bar and have a few beers, then walk to my seat five minutes before the movie starts.
Just got out. Great movie if you're into nostalgia. Good movie if you're more interested in where things are going rather than where it's been. If you read a certain spoiler and hoped maybe it wasn't true, it is.
I'll be watching this in less than 24 hours. IMAX, to boot.
The reviews are spot on in that JJ Abrams played it safe here. If you want to cheer and clap the first time you see the Millenium Falcon or R2D2, he basically gives every member of the old trilogy their cheer and clap moment. Story closely mimics A New Hope. It's really good and understandable why he didn't go for broke. But he also sets things up really nice for the next two movies to take more risks.
Also, Carrie Fisher looks and sounds like she's smoked a pack of Winstons every day since they wrapped on Return Of The Jedi.
Last edited by Kim Jong-il; 12-18-2015 at 01:35 AM.
does the structure feel like SW? Like every SW film has no flashbacks, there are multiple linear threads, and by the end the characters are in a much different place. Episode 4 in particular feels like a different film 2 hours later. I saw one review that pointed out the previous SW were self sustained in this regard, whereas the new one feels like it's just setting everything up for the next film.
As for the spoiler, some asshole ruined that for me but i figured something like that would happen.
Last edited by HI-FI; 12-18-2015 at 01:58 AM.
B- movie. Does everything that you'd predict quite well. Nothing innovative. Bad guys really poorly developed. Casting the get from Girls was a really ty choice. That get makes for a made villain.
Good movie overall, notwithstanding JJ Abrams ing up a Star Wars villain -- which should be the easiest part of the movie to get right.
+1
I think her voice was deeper than Harrison Ford's.
I thought the movie was really really good and the villain was really ty. Similar to Captain America 1 in that regard
VAGUE SPOILERS AHEAD - IF I RUINED ANYTHING FOR YOU, YOU'RE A ING TOOL
This movie stole three things from other SW movies:
Episode II/III: Anakin struggling with turning to the dark side
Episode IV: Entire movie
Episode V: Luke traveling to another planet to find an ancient Jedi master
Was still good though. It was like they rebooted Star Wars and did a sequel at the same time.
Saw it tonight in lovely 3D. A lot better than the hit or miss prequels. The light saber battles were awesome.
It was good, overall, I'd put it at #3. Story was a little too convenient and not a lot of down time to let the charachters breath, but way better than the prequels and on par with Jedi.
Weird, I thought Kylo Ren was really well done. He's basically Anakin - a brat with insecurity issues who's prone to temper tantrums. This time I thought they made him alot more of a real person and not a whiny pussy like Hayden Christiansen.
I felt the same way, but there was a disconnect during the third act. Guy goes from being setup to be extremely powerful, to barely going toe to toe with a couple of noobs who don't know about nothing. Having said that, the light saber fights were better than the other movies. Having them act like knights and not ninjas just translates better than the ridiculous over-choreographed from the previous three movies.
The new cast is great, the effects were not overwhelming at all and it was just a fun watch overall.
That said, as opposed to the prequels, the weakest part of the film was the story. That's what makes me wonder about how it will hold up for future viewers. Not sure if the nostalgia stuff works as well on audiences who haven't waited 30 years (or 20, or 10...) to see the old characters on screen again. And will fans love the movie as much when they're watching it on a 55 inch screen at home instead of at an "event" like opening night/week surrounded by other fans?
I'd give it a 6.5 out of 10
There was a movie there that had potential to be a classic, but the business interests keep that potential from being reached
too much Han, too many pandering allusions
new characters were great
That sounds like a chill plan. I know they have those here as well, but I don't drink so it wouldn't suit me. I'll probably go when i'm off next week or something. I have already been posted spoilers on FB so i'm not really worried. But enjoy the drinks as they will probably numb the nerdist atmosphere of the crowd. I've heard people wearing Star Wars shirts to the movie. That's like wearing a band's merch you're going to see in concert.
This is what loses me on Hollywood.
The will spend a billion bucks on SFX and hype but go with a weak arsed storyline/plot.
I just don't get it.
The OST sucked. What the ?
Anyone ever been to an IPIC theater?
They have something like that here in So Cal...Never been, but it looks like it makes the movie going experience all the more better.
Paying above the already absurd prices isn't for me tbh. I can sit on a couch at home with better beer for less.
You do make sense. I guess it would be absurd, normally, to pay that much to see a movie (its already mad cash to do so...). I don't really go out to theaters since I have KODI at home so maybe just a one-time thing would suffice.
Definitely, special occasion thing but some people I know drop hundreds a month at the Alamo Drafthouse.
I'm guessing the Drafthouse is the place where you can get your drink on and reserve a seat to catch The Force Awakens? Yeah, that would definitely be a special occasion place. I'm just going to go to the local AMC and catch it. No need to break the bank.
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