It has been a long time since the last Star War... No... I don't mean the pre-quels. When this new part of the long loved franchise was announced, we all almost cried. Seeing on Christmas was the most heart wrenching things we've seen since Avatar. Just seeing the words "Star Wars" scream at our face almost put us back when we were young, watching the first episode to come out, Episode 4: New Hope on that cheap 80's/70's TV. We wanted this and it made us happy. I surely loved it. I cried almost everytime me and my familia saw old Han and Leia. I just wanted to see it again after watching it. We waited for DVD release and finally got to see it again. What I saw... Was awful... Hello and welcome to this very late thought blog about The Forces Awakens.
I know most you loved this movie and many would be offended to hear (Or read in this case) me talk about how bad it is. If you don't wanna hear talk about how bad this movie was, then you don't have to read. I don't mind you leaving. It's your choice. If you wanna hear what I have to say, then go ahead and go on and try to make a debate about if in the comments with me. I wouldn't mind the the little discussion.
The Discussion
Anyways, I saw it for the first time and loved it, but afterwards when we got the DVD release, I felt like I was watching a different movie! There is so much wrong with the movie that it is hard to tell of it was intended or not! I saw that there were more CGI in the movie than the Pre-Quels, that is so noticeable! I don't know about any of you, but I didn't see the practical effects that Abrams has promised. Those... Tentacle... Things were so poorly animated, I could see the lines holding Finn when he was caught by them. Most of the characters were awfully laid out that I don't know how Ray became the best female character in movies! The story is so bland and poorly set up that I was confused by some characters!
Okay, I should stop... I need to put these in categories and flesh out why this movie made me hate it. Okay, let me start with the CGI and the lack of (promised) practical effects. I would like to say that most scenes were hard to say were practical. The Tie fighters looked more CGI'd than a model. I've seen the Extras, they used real models. I just don't know why they had to polish it with CGI. I would have loved it more without the CGI polish. Some of the background characters are understandable and well used, but most others like the ships, most of the creatures, and the ration dealer.
The ships were poorly animated and you could see some obvious actions of editing when the camera surrounds them for some brief moments. The creatures were hardly polished as I could see. I hardly saw some, but most spoke louder than it's appearance. The Ration Dealer was the worst in my opinion. He was fully practical, but his mouth. They suit was hard to notice specific mouth movements. So they put a "small layer of CG on the poor actor in that suit. It was so obvious to spot and looked so out of place! I couldn't look at the character without seeing the CGI mouth lines. What sucked was that the actor inside was Simon Peg, one of my favorite British Actors. He got his little part in the movie with, in my opinion, the worst character without name. I bet he had a name. I mean, the background characters in Episode 4 had names, even Balls-Face Magee who got his arm chopped off by Obi had one.
And the Tentacle monster thing was so bad. I could see that Abrams was just like, "Should we do this? You know what? Who cares, the fans would like it." I didn't like it even though it was Han and Chewy's reveal in the movie. I would consider that scene the worst out of all of them. It was not well performed, the animation was easy to see it was fake and the damn scene where Finn get picked up by one is so awfully hilarious.
The one thing I thought was wasteful about the movie was how many hidden famous actors and actresses were in the movie. I mean, I like how they were in there, but it's like trivia information for a game show. As I said, Simon Peg was in the movie, the newest Bond was in the movie and many more. I don't know why the director decided to do that. Maybe for some extra "interesting" info for the fans? There were no hidden famous people in any of the movies, besides Lucas in some shots, but that doesn't count. I can see that they wanted to just be part of the movie, but if I was in that movie and I was a side character that you couldn't recognise, I would call that a wasted roll. It's like being the Tree in a school play.
Now to the characters. I love to talk about this because expose people to the awful character design of the characters including Finn and Ray. I didn't like them. I just wanted to punch most of them. Han's snarky remarks are charming, but questionable. I would like to point out how Han tries out Chewy's Cross-Blaster. He said he loved that weapon. If you read the comics of Han before this movie was announced and before Disney almost f*cked the franchise over, he doesn't want to use this thing that chewy has because he amped it so much that only people like Chewy could use it. And he made the weapon break every so often so that if anyone who used it would have to take it apart and fix the thing or drop it. And he made it so that it was impossible to fix. There is even a scene where he has to use it on Luke, it launched him to the floor it was so powerful.
Besides that, he seemed changed. He seemed more afraid than relentless. He wasn't afraid to see Leia or their son. He didn't feel or act like Han and (SPOILERS) his death was so wasteful and stupid to be included in the movie. Finn was one of the worsts of all the characters. He wanted to escape and venture into the universe! After he crash landed, he wanted to leave. Then he wants to go back on his adventure. Then he doesn't want to be apart of the rebellion and go live a lonely life. Then he wants to stay and fight for the rebellion-WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR CHARACTER FIN!!? You and Ray just make me confused why you are the best characters of the franchise now! Poe, you're not so great, but I can tolerate you. Your straight forward, but I question why you left Finn in the desert. Kind of a racist move Mr. Damir.
Ray? I would love to talk about her! She is one of the most messed up and jumbled up characters of the entire movie. First you understand every language for some reason-"But StarterPack," you say as you try to type away in the comments, "Theory say that she has the force and, like the force, she can understand almost all languages!" Let me point out something there: THEORY! I don't care for a theory about what you think is really happening. I find it incorrect until it's proven by producers or writers. And god damn, her personality is so crappy! You were about to get scrapped little droid? Well go to the village full of scavs and people desperate for Rations. That's a good idea! She is such a jumbled character that she scolding Finn for not wanting to be apart of the Rebellion, then wants to leave rebellion! Why? Why would you be such a hypocrite to a person you hardly know? She makes me question the feminists for making her the best character female lead. I mean, Leia can beat her within a heartbeat! She has gone through war, ruling a planet, and killed a legendary gang leader! What has she done? Get off a planet and get emotionally confused with her decisions.
And don't get me started on Kylo! He looked awesome in the trailers. We could wait to see him. Hell, we even thought he could beat Darth Vader's iconic image. Turns out he was a whining little b*tch with little to impress! I mean, when a general tells him they lost the girl, he throws a fit and destroyed expensive equipment. I know this sounds like a house maid complaining, but seriously, how much do you think it was to build Starkiller Base? Imagine trying to cover what your apprentice has destroyed. I'm surprised that his master hasn't told him to stop! Seriously, how much do you think you wallet can spend, Snoke! What I found shocking was how they made fun of his character in SNL. I mean, they were on point with his character, I felt like I was watching a cannon spin-off.
And a quick little talk, who thought Captain Phasma was cool? I thought she was cool, but they hardly got to use her. A female character that couldn't get the chance to take Ray's title. They used her as much as she could and on top of that, she's a famous British Actress! You've seen her as the knight... for something... In Game of Thrones (Sorry, it's been a while since I've watched the show). I would have to say she was a missed opportunity.
The plot holes were worse than the rest of them. I hated how many there were! It felt like I was watching half a movie! I mean, there is many to name that even the Deleted Scenes have shown. I mean, do you remember that guy who said "Traitor!" and became a short meme? Well, the question was how did he know he was a traitor? He doesn't even show his face to any of his troops in the movie. "But StarterPack!" you begin again. "The director, JJ Abrams, said he was a friend that and stuff!" And that completely proves my point. That wasn't even included in the movie and the script for was scrapped and completely re-done for the beginning scene of the movie. How great was that? I mean, you kept the idea, but didn't show it off! It would have made a better plot for the movie and gave better character development for Finn and the "TRAITOR!" trooper.
And what about that scene when Starkiller Base fires at a Rebel planet? Have you noticed how the camera zoomed in on a woman standing on a balcony? I can guess you already know what I'm going to say. That was suppose to be an important character for better plot, she was a senate that was friends with Leia. Her death was suppose to be more tragic than the planet itself. Why leave that in when you take plot out of the movie! Actual good plot that would have made me less aggressive on the movie.
What I'd like to ask is how did that old man in the beginning have that map to Luke? And how did they obtain it? Was it with some kind of planet mapping while on one of Tattooine's Moons? I mean, there isn't even an answer! How!? And why did Luke leave? I know why he left and hid, but for a stupid reason. He left because his student was going havoc on his class of other Jedi. Why not end him like what Qui Gon did with Dooku? Well, that situation was a flip, but it's still relevant! Instead he was afraid of him and ran off for him to a lost planet that somehow the Rebellion can't find. And how R2 had the entire map was so crappy. It was a crappy conclusion and a strange way to say, "Mark Hamil's in the movie." And that entire scene was so awkward! Ray staring at Luke and Luke Staring back. No music and no emotion given. What am I suppose to feel right there? It's empty and hollow this scene! The feeling I'm suppose to feel is a surprised and intense happy feeling... I guess. It was hard to understand most of this scene and I just felt confused half the time as I watched it.
Summary
I could see they were trying to catch the charm and greatness of Episode 4: A New Hope, but they did it too similarly. It was like saying, "Did I see this already?" while watching a new movie. You don't want you audience to do that, but I guess they managed. I mean, they did better than Avatar, another movie I would love to discuss, but later.
I can see that the movie will have a sequel to this since Disney has them hooked on making more, and I hope they're better. I can't wait until Rogue One and I hope it can top this. Anyways, I hope you at least found this interesting. I know there will be lots of people going to get angry over my opinion. Again, hope you liked this and 'til next time...
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