Star Wars

[ehanes7612]

Okay .. One small phrase or one word for your experience . Please don't post any spoilers

 

[ehanes7612]

I will start

Speechless

 

[theshatterings]

Watching it more than once :rollhappy:

 

[troy]

529,000,000 gross opening weekend

 

[AdamD]

Better than Return of the Jedi. That's right. I said it.

 

[Linus_Cello]

Better than Return of the Jedi. That's right. I said it.

But not ESB (V)? Haven't seen it yet; not sure when I can with an 8 month old. Maybe I'll watch it in 6 years...

 

[NYEric]

It was pretty good. Weak point was former hot-figure previously ravaged by substance abuse and mental health issues and it showed!

 

[gnathaniel]

Surprisingly emotional.

No babysitter, Linus? Maybe go in shifts?

 

[cnycharles]

Big! (I saw it in imax) to me it seemed to mirror the first movie a bit but I guess every movie now is copying some other..,


Elmer Nj

 

[abax]

Probably won't bother

 

[ehanes7612]

There is a fundamental underlying similarity to ESB while being different than New Hope. You see it in LOST and Abrams nailed it.That's all I will say about that

 

[NYEric]

BTW, saw it in 3D! Nice.

 

[ehanes7612]

BTW, saw it in 3D! Nice.

Agreed .. And it's really hard for me to agree with Eric on anything

 

[gnathaniel]

Yeah, I agree this one felt a lot like ESB in tone, though superficially the plot tracks ANH in so many ways. I hope all the echoes of the originals are setting us up for interesting twists in the next two.

 

[ehanes7612]

Yeah, I agree this one felt a lot like ESB in tone, though superficially the plot tracks ANH in so many ways. I hope all the echoes of the originals are setting us up for interesting twists in the next two.

Well, Abrams will remain as the producer , I believe , and we have seen what he did with LOST and Fringe.. Plot twists galore

 

[paphioland]

5,4,6,3,7,2,1

 

[cattmad]

I thought it was just a remake of the original with new characters plots nearly identical

 

[ehanes7612]

Better than Return of the Jedi. That's right. I said it.

for sure..definitely..there was one point in the movie where I was thinking, if they show an ewok, i will be very very pissed

 

[ehanes7612]

But not ESB (V)? Haven't seen it yet; not sure when I can with an 8 month old. Maybe I'll watch it in 6 years...

In my opinion it is on the same caliber as ESB.

 

[ehanes7612]

I thought it was just a remake of the original with new characters plots nearly identical

I suspect Abrams wanted to make it accessible to people who haven't seen the previous trilogies ( I know a few people and a lot of kids who haven't). It was made well enough so that you stay engaged without being confused about some event that needed a backstory. For these people, continuity would be really important to provide for a bridge to the cinematic structures, characters and plots of the original trilogy. (The prequels can stand on their own). It's not an easy feat to accomplish this, IMO. It would have been much easier just to reimagine these elements in a completely unique way (such as what Ronald Moore did with Battlestar Galactica)