Ragnorok64
Member
I thought they made it pretty clear that Kylo Ren betrayed the order and killed near everyone. He was in the flashback/vision wasn't he?
[SPOILERS] Star Wars: The Force Awakens - It's True. All of it.
- Thread starter Bobby Roberts
- Start date
- Status
Han hardly knew Obi tho. It just sucks I won't get my answers for another 2-4 years
Elitist1945
Member
ITS SO GOOD. Hearing that in theatres was so amazing.
I have to say the theater I saw it in was fun, the audience basically had the same reactions I did at parts. Everyone gowned loudly when they should off the Death Star 3.0 plans and started talking about a weak point. Also, before the movie started there was a trailer for "Gods of Egypt" which got a big laugh from the entire crowd. I look forward to seeing that movie bomb.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
Daisy Ridley, though.
She did a great job. SWOON.
She did a great job. SWOON.
keltickennedy
Member
I think Leia chose the name.
LMAO oh shit didn't notice I was saying that
captainpat
Member
What the hell man. "My apprentice turned evil and is slaughtering a ton of innocent people.....Welp, time to go on a self-imposed exile."
We did get background on his relationship with his parents, I'd say. It was never outright stated--but do you really think Leia and Han would be good parents? The fact that they split up and spent years apart with almost no communication speaks a lot about their relationship. Nevermind the fact that they said they fought a lot.
Leia was almost definitely 100% about her duty to the New Republic while Han just wanted to go on dumb adventures again.
It doesn't need to be spelled out that they were probably real shitty parents.
Which is a nice parallel to how reluctant Rey was to go on her own journey/destiny throughout this movie.
Count Dookkake
Member
Drop ship sequence is almost a direct lift. Makes sense given that we are watching a good-bad guy.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Agreed. I stayed through the credits because that song was amaze.
Schattenjäger
Gabriel Knight
But Leia ...
Slept on it and thought about it a lot.
This movie was really great. I think it might be my favourite of the year (yes, I saw fury road). Really genuine character moments which makes the action sequences tense and investing. One issue that bugged me was that the entire star killer plot seemed tacked on and not set up properly. If that was left out of the plot, I don't think the movie would have suffered at all.
Also thought the reveal of Ben's lineage was clumsily introduced. Maybe could have stretched that out till when Han and him face off.
This movie was really great. I think it might be my favourite of the year (yes, I saw fury road). Really genuine character moments which makes the action sequences tense and investing. One issue that bugged me was that the entire star killer plot seemed tacked on and not set up properly. If that was left out of the plot, I don't think the movie would have suffered at all.
Also thought the reveal of Ben's lineage was clumsily introduced. Maybe could have stretched that out till when Han and him face off.
He was injured and bleeding.
He was badly injured and the thumping is a way to try and fight through the pain.
That's where he got hit by the crossbow ... I'm guessing he punches it to make the pain go away or something.
Seems like he's into self inflicted pain.
He was injured and angry at the wound, trying to snap himself out of it or whatever. In any case, it was making sure the audience knew that he was wounded to help justify how two people who have never touched a lightsaber can hold their own against him. They even showed blood on the ground as he pounded his wound.
DownGrader
Member
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
They should have named him Anakin, just to throw a bone to the old EU fans.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
A modern Y-wing absolutely needs to be in Episode8.
LookAtMeGo
Member
I blame Leia for Hans death.
MisterHero
Super Member
Yeah, neither Han or Leia had an emotional connection to Obi-Wan
I really hope they can use him and Yoda. Luke addressing the Jedi Council as a bunch of ghosts sitting in a circle would be cool too
Adrenaline could be one of the things. Pounding at himself to keep the pain fresh to keep the adrenaline going. It's also an old Marine tactic--when you're injured, draw your mind's attention to a lesser injury by causing it yourself.
Also potentially to keep his anger going. Pain sucks so keeping that pain fresh keeps the anger of being injured fresh in his mind.
Plus it's intimidating as fuck.
Fucking Skywalkers man they are the worse
I figured he was doing the dark side thing of getting himself pumped up emotionally. Maybe he was trying make himself angrier in order to use that emotion for battle. That's pure speculation of course.
ROUGE_BLOCK
Member
So I went with a couple friends, I ended up really likeing it, one friend was unimpressed and the other hating it comparing it to phantom menace but he is hyperbolic.
So what is the consensus on this movie? Are people liking / loving it, finding it average at best or hating it?
It seems pretty positive on GAF but no idea of the greater opinion from others.
So what is the consensus on this movie? Are people liking / loving it, finding it average at best or hating it?
It seems pretty positive on GAF but no idea of the greater opinion from others.
gutter_trash
Banned
you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view
Salty Catfish
Member
Oh yeah, the audience mockery of that trailer was out in force in my theater as well. The one thing missing in Hollywood right now is even more white dudes playing Middle Easterners.
yeah, she knew about him before a new hope started.
although maybe only luke knew him as ben so i don't know.
stufte
Member
Ben? You mean Ren?
His name is Ben he changed it
It's also a way to stay angry and focused after killing his dad and going through all those feelings.
Juan Solo.
keltickennedy
Member
Dude yes! I think people missed that, because they were so happy to see him, but Luke looked so damn heart breaking I was feeling his pain somehow. So it was not a happy reunion
My casual fan friends loved it
TangoAlphaLima
Member
It makes some amount of sense. Luke feels guilty. This wasn't just a pupil he lost to the dark side, but his own nephew. And obviously Luke would realize the parallel to his father. Luke is the last remaining Jedi, he doesn't have Obi-Wan or Yoda to guide him, he's got to do this on his own, and it's a great burden.
-Plasma Reus-
Service guarantees member status
Ren's real name is Ben
StormyTheRabbit
Member
I man Obi-Wan is who Leia reaches out to in ANH for help..
I always thought it was implied that she knew of him before ANH started.
stufte
Member
Ah, weird.
Count Dookkake
Member
When Snoke first appeared to be a giant, I got excited and thought that Palpatine would return as a tumor in his brain. Lol.
Sectorseven
Member
That's kind of like naming your kid Adolf though.
It's pretty ridiculous you think the movie spent it's entirety conveying that message. I don't think anyone has come and agreed yet. Sure it's possible but I saw little to no hint of that through the film.
It's been universally acclaimed by critics 81 Metacritic and 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and loved by (most) audiences from what I've seen.
I think people are rating it as above-average. 7/10.
I think this movie will not age particularly well though, and that the massive parallels to A New Hope will become more tedious to people when they aren't as excited and engaged for Star Wars. Once there's a new Star Wars movie coming out every year and they all (hopefully) have really interesting and creative story beats, The Force Awakens will seem even more like kind of an unnecessary retread.
Digital-Hero
Member
They sure did. Not even padawan was used in an appropriate scene talking about Luke training Jedi's.
A little overboard. Some references would have been fine like that.
It is. This soundtrack has a lot of great stuff. Most of it just seems like it's set up to be built on for Ep8 and 9, which makes sense and is probably why some are disappointed with it.
- Status