Star Wars: The Force Awakens |OT| A New Hope

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A-V-B said:
That's all I ever hoped for. I never expected Empire. Just... a good Star Wars film.

So, congrats JJ.
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Yep. I'm content with this film simply being a reset button and getting the look and feel of SW back. Now that you've rebuilt the foundation you can move forward with 8 and 9
 
half a moon said:
Man my dog keeps wanting to go in-between my legs in bed. So constricting
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bought 5 imax 3d tickets for a 2:40am showing this saturday. got a code for an instant win game on fandango right after my purchase.

won $100.. free movie night wit da boyz.
 
Oddduck said:
So who is planning to see this movie in 3D? Because most of the showtimes in my area seem to be RealD 3D, Digital 3D, or Imax 3D.

And then I read this quote from JJ Abrams.
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I am because obviously the IMAX release seems to be mostly in 3D and with IMAX I got to book reserved seating and in my local theater it's the biggest, and loudest, screen they have.
 
Syriel said:
Converted to 3D.
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The movie was envisioned with 3D from the beginning. You make it sound like the movie was always meant to be in 2D, and then some time after completion, just converted to 3D. Which is not the case. Today's 3D technology has made huge advancements in the last few years. Unfortunately there are plenty of uneducated people out there who have no clue about this technology, and who think the industry still uses the exact same tech and the same low effort which was used for crappy movies like Clash of the Titans. They don't. Star Wars is a multi-billion-dollar-franchise, and they are using the best technology available. If you want to get a glimpse of how modern 3D "conversions" are done, just look at this article about the 3D used in "Gravity", a movie universally acclaimed for it's incredible 3D effects:

https://library.creativecow.net/kaufman_debra/Gravity-3D-Conversion/1
 
For anyone who has seen the film already, how is the acting/writing/dialogue? That's what will matter to me the most. For all the hammering that the prequels got over its abuse of CGI, or lack of classic Star Wars aesthetic, it was the writing that took me out of the experience. I'm not expecting ESB level greatness, but something that feels earnest, something that's not insultingly bad.
 
crackhead_bob said:
For anyone who has seen the film already, how is the acting/writing/dialogue? That's what will matter to me the most. For all the hammering that the prequels got over its abuse of CGI, or lack of classic Star Wars aesthetic, it was the writing that took me out of the experience. I'm not expecting ESB level greatness, but something that feels earnest, something that's not insultingly bad.
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Haven't seen it but most tweets I've seen have been singling out Daisy Ridley as best in show and that she's really good.
 
Ridley struck me as a real steal from the minute I saw her in that first trailer. I'm really glad to see that being echoed for the film itself.
 
crackhead_bob said:
For anyone who has seen the film already, how is the acting/writing/dialogue? That's what will matter to me the most. For all the hammering that the prequels got over its abuse of CGI, or lack of classic Star Wars aesthetic, it was the writing that took me out of the experience. I'm not expecting ESB level greatness, but something that feels earnest, something that's not insultingly bad.
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Based on the impressions, thats what you will get. Nothing great, but serviceable.

Gemüsepizza;189458375 said:
It's a 3D movie, so of course I am going to see it in 3D. It's the definitive version.
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It is partly shot in 70mm and 3D postconverted. Decide for yourself what the definitive version is.
 
Haven't seen it but most tweets I've seen have been singling out Daisy Ridley as best in show and that she's really good.
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That's good to know. And Daisy Ridley apparently has less acting experience than Natalie Portman did when she did the prequels. I could never understand why Lucas couldn't get a decent performance out of her, seeing as how she did a remarkable job in Leon the Professional. I felt really bad for her in particular because of that reason because I knew she was better than that. Heck, everyone was better than the material they got. Ewan McGregor, Terrence Stamp, Liam Neeson -- all wasted. How can you sap all the charisma out of Samuel L. Jackson? Lucas did that. So unethical, given how tough this line of work is.

How was John Boyega and Oscar Isaacs? I heard that Isaacs was short changed in this film. Wasn't he signed on as a regular, along with Boyega, Ridley, and Driver?
 
crackhead_bob said:
That's good to know. And Daisy Ridley apparently has less acting experience than Natalie Portman did when she did the prequels. I could never understand why Lucas couldn't get a decent performance out of her, seeing as how she did a remarkable job in Leon the Professional. I felt really bad for her in particular because of that reason because I knew she was better than that. Heck, everyone was better than the material they got. Ewan McGregor, Terrence Stamp, Liam Neeson -- all wasted. How can you sap all the charisma out of Samuel L. Jackson? Lucas did that. So unethical, given how tough this line of work is.

How was John Boyega and Oscar Isaacs? I heard that Isaacs was short changed in this film. Wasn't he signed on as a regular, along with Boyega, Ridley, and Driver?
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agree. She is proven time and time again to be a quality actress. Her performance in AOTC and ROTS will always be a mystery to me.
 
tokilamockingbrd said:
agree. She is proven time and time again to be a quality actress. Her performance in AOTC and ROTS will always be a mystery to me.
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I think the dialogue was just so stilted and awkward it's very tough to deliver it convincingly.

I also think Portman has honed her craft since then (not that she was ever as bad as those films would have you believe)
 
agree. She is proven time and time again to be a quality actress. Her performance in AOTC and ROTS will always be a mystery to me.
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Why does she get a pass in Phantom Menace? Her performance in that was as dreadful in that they were in AOTC and ROTS. Her exchanges with Anakin. Qui Gon, and Boss Nass all sounded like wooden monologues. I know she was younger in PM, but I saw American Beauty that same year and you had decent to excellent performances coming from the two young actresses in that film -- both of whom were around Portman's age. And is it just me, or did Ben Burtt do something to deepen Portman's voice in PM, because she sounded alot deeper in that film than in the trailers.
 
Really annoying there's no 2D IMAX but alas I will be seeing it in 3D on Sunday. If I like it enough I will go again for 2D Atmos (Only movie I've seen twice in theaters is Fury Road!)
 
crackhead_bob said:
Why does she get a pass in Phantom Menace? Her performance in that was as dreadful in that they were in AOTC and ROTS. Her exchanges with Anakin. Qui Gon, and Boss Nass all sounded like wooden monologues. I know she was younger in PM, but I saw American Beauty that same year and you had decent to excellent performances coming from the two young actresses in that film.
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You are comparing one of the worst written and directed big budget major movies of that year with one of the best written and directed movies from that year.

Come on now. No one came out of that trilogy with their acting credentials elevated. Not even Daniel Day Lewis could of saved those scripts and that direction.
 
Jonm1010 said:
Bad script, awful direction. Never really seemed too mysterious to me.

Hayden Christiansen was even considered a solid up and coming actor before Star Wars.
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ya its sad really. She could have been really great. She was the right cast. Beautiful, excellent actress, looks like she could be looks Mama. I wonder what kind of performance JJ could have gotten out of her.
 
Some fun reading while we wait for the new reviews

Denver Post has linked all of their original reviews - including the original trilogy

http://www.denverpost.com/entertain...al-star-wars-movie-reviews-from-awed-dismayed

Direct links:

Episode IV

http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_29257148/episode-iv-new-hope-original-star-wars-movie

Episode V

http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_29257196/episode-v-empire-strikes-back-original-star-wars

Episode VI

http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_29255554/retun-jedi-original-star-wars-movie-review

Episode I

http://www.denverpost.com/entertain...ode-i-phantom-menace-original-star-wars-movie

Episode II

http://www.denverpost.com/entertain...ode-ii-attack-clones-original-star-wars-movie

Episode III

http://www.denverpost.com/entertain...ode-iii-revenge-sith-original-star-wars-movie


One thing I found particularly interesting is that in that the ESB review specifically mentions it being part of a nine-part series. I thought Lucas had always only planned six, but there it is in the original review from 1980

"Empire" is the second of a planned nine-part series of films, based on a huge script by Lucas. "Star Wars" was episode IV and "Empire" is numbered V — so it is clear they won't be in chronological order. According to published reports, the last segment will view everything through the eyes of the anthropomorphic robots.
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"The last segment will view everything through the eyes of the anthromorphic robots" lol wut??
 
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