Star Wars: The Force Awakens |OT| A New Hope
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Or maybe, just maybe, it's his honest opinion? It's okay to not love a movie.
I think it's a tie between this movie and Minions.
Because despite the different writers, there are similarities in the approach taken here, and it's the last film I saw from the same director, as I said earlier. (Another Abrams reboot where he brings back the original cast and and retreads a lot of the same story ideas.) I know there are different writers, which is why I am hoping for a different outcome despite my worries. I'm a huge fan of the OT and dearly want this to be good. I'll stay worried until I see it.
And yes, I'm setting my expectations low, which is basically my approach to everything. It makes for more pleasant surprises.
half a moon
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I should go to sleep but the hype is keeping me wide awake.
JetBlackPanda
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Damn that spoiler thread says
but I've clicked it like three times now.
bananafactory
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I was having a similar problem, just subscribe to this thread and access it through your subscriptions instead of the main OT page. Problem solved
DontBeThatGuy
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It's not just a Star Trek thing, it's an Abrams thing, considering I thought Super 8 disappointed during it's 3rd act as well. We'll see.
tokilamockingbrd
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or maybe you just completely avoided my entire point which was why are we focusing on one "ok" review, when there are so many out there that are overwhelmingly positive.
For now lets set it aside in the pile of "meh" reviews where for now it is kinda lonely. When other meh reviews come in (and they will) we can look at them collectively and see if there is a trend. As of right now he is the only one saying the things he is saying.
Lifejumper
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Brehs an oke review is still counted as fresh. Chillax. Dont expect the second coming, it was never supposed to be.
DontBeThatGuy
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Rotten Tomatoes got rid of user comments on critic reviews for a reason. Because certain insane internet people would go ape shit over a bad review. It's a cowardly insecurity that isn't new or surprising.
Ignore whatever reviews/opinions/impressions you want. But saying
is kinda silly and downright wrong. Faraci is a lot of things, but he's not someone who's going to be contrarian just for the sake of attention.
Very positive, a couple of just ok/fine but the rest of them I have seen basically say it's amazing.
tokilamockingbrd
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Because despite the different writers, there are similarities in the approach taken here, and it's the last film I saw from the same director, as I said earlier. (Another Abrams reboot where he brings back the original cast and and retreads a lot of the same story ideas.) I know there are different writers, which is why I am hoping for a different outcome despite my worries. I'm a huge fan of the OT and dearly want this to be good. I'll stay worried until I see it.
And yes, I'm setting my expectations low, which is basically my approach to everything. It makes for more pleasant surprises.
A HUGE thing to consider is JJ is a true and true Star Wars fanboy. So he gets Star Wars he knows what made him love it. Same can no be said for JJ and Star Trek.
Another major thing. Star Trek was a reboot. Star Wars VII is a sequel where they have taken a back to basics approach(mostly in the effect department). To tie the OT to the ST and make people feel like it was a true continuation it was a simple as getting familiar characters back in where they would logically be 30 years later.
With Star Trek it was a reboot. To achieve a link to the past they had to come up with the whole time travel plotline which considering how messy that could have been it was a wonder they made it work at all.
Yesssss
RastaMentality
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So did lupita's parts actually get cut down in the film or was that a lie?
Doctor Bat
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Don't tell him that /s
tokilamockingbrd
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its not ignoring. It waiting for a larger sample before assuming he is on point or is off. Big difference. Right now is like 30 to 1(rough estimate) in favor of it being great. If the next 10 come in and say similar things as Faraci then I will start to believe he was on to something.
Honestly its rather illogical for someone to run with the 1 out of 30. Only reason someone would do that is if they have a preconceived notion that that one opinion confirms.
I feel like we're on two different wavelengths here.
Just to clear, I don't think the movie is going to be bad or mediocre in any way. Nor I do care much about Faraci's impressions.
JetBlackPanda
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Jeff Cannata says this is what we love about Star Wars and Star Wars is back, film is not without flaws.
Honestly Canatta is kind of like me and I usually fall in line with him on stuff.
Really Really excited now
Honestly Canatta is kind of like me and I usually fall in line with him on stuff.
Really Really excited now
Vampirolol
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Tomorrow can't come soon enough!
Wait, what?
I mean technically everyone's parts get cut down through the editing process. Is there something in particular you are referring to?
JetBlackPanda
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That farci guy.. Like he is all over the net now "first Meh review of Star Wars" haha
Not discounting his opinion at all
Not discounting his opinion at all
tokilamockingbrd
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my wavelength is simple. I tend to discount outliers. As the sample set changes and if data points move the mean closer the outlier, it will at some point cease to be an outlier. Until that happens I am not going to worry about what one impression said. If it was 60/40 or even 70/30 I would be concerned we would have another PT on our hands, but its not so far (that could of course chance).
I will admit that I don't want him to be right, I want TFA to be great (why wouldn't anyone). However if what he is saying becomes a trend I will need to temper my enthusiasm towards the movie (for my own sake..lol).
maquiladora
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Any impressions on the score?
Nope. I just stated that he loves something that is fairly unpopular and is himself incredibly defensive about it. I like Ultron myself.
tokilamockingbrd
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JJ shot that down a few days ago. It was a stupid tabloid article. He actually said he felt the need to defend her and that she was spectacular.
http://www.*****************/tvshow...ams-denies-scenes-cut-subpar-performance.html
JetBlackPanda
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Few more before I go to bed.
Scientist Supreme!
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How was that relevant?
half a moon
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#conspiracy
tokilamockingbrd
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http://variety.com/2015/film/news/star-wars-force-awakens-reviews-premiere-reactions-1201661338/
Here is nice little write up about the reaction from the premiere. Has some comments from Geena Davis that were not posted to twitter.
Here is nice little write up about the reaction from the premiere. Has some comments from Geena Davis that were not posted to twitter.
banefirelord
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I'm definitely optimistic, but I trust no opinions in the immediate afterglow, especially when it's this franchise and it's been so long since the last one.
Don't know if this has been posted in the thread yet (there's a lot of pages), but it might not be a terrible idea to keep this in mind (immediate Phantom Menace reactions from back in the day).
Don't know if this has been posted in the thread yet (there's a lot of pages), but it might not be a terrible idea to keep this in mind (immediate Phantom Menace reactions from back in the day).
It's insane. There's even Max Factor make up. Both Light and Dark Side shades. "Choose your allegiance"...
FFS!
People forget so easily....
people were flipping out and I commented on it because it about a specific critic -- who like many others -- has wildly varied taste.
plus he's an asshole so *shrug*
Scientist Supreme!
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Ok.
mocolostrocolos
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The score got leaked, right? Anywhere I can hear the full soundtrack online?
lol are you friends with him or something?
JetBlackPanda
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He saw it like a week ago and said he liked it.
Some negative reviews on Twitter and they all kind of read the same. They are all people that are kind of abnoxious blow hards too.
Funny how I could have wrote the reviews before they did just based on how they usually post.
I freaking can't wait to see this movie.
Said fans would love it since it's exactly the type of movie they've been wanting.
Scientist Supreme!
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Nope. Just thought this conversation was strange and wanted to understand the reactions.
half a moon
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I miss 90's fashion
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