Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

I didn't like it. Too many things left unexplained (i.e. why did Kylo go bad, why did Finn suddenly grow a conscience, why did the republic have no fleet). I'm still pining for a Star Wars directed by Christopher Nolan.

 

I suspect that some of the questions will be answered in the follow up movies and of course, there are comic books/books that answer the rest.
The Finn question is, I think, handled in the movie though.

 

The goat?

 

You like what you like and you don't like what you don't. Fine, but why does everything need to be explained for it to be good?

 

Because it seemed perfunctory and gave the characters very little depth. I found myself caring very little for the characters, because there was no origin or background to them.

 

The movie trailers didn't say, "wait until you read the book before you see this movie"... I might be a nerd, but I don't read the books or see the cartoon versions of Star Wars in-between the big movies.

 

There is no noise in space! And don't forget the force. The whole supernatural mysticism thing. At least they didn't bring up midichlorians. Oh, and draining an entire sun? And it's one thing to launch a ship into hyperspace, but how do you propel a beam of energy faster than light? So yes, pure escapism. The whole thing is about the characters. I used to try to explain to my ex wife that Sci fi and westerns still boil down to the people. It's all about people, regardless of what the background is. Watership down is just people in rabbit skins dealing with a different set of rules. As long as the rules are consistent, that the movie plays fair.

 

I've never screwed an animal.

(Insert ex wife joke here)

 

Why do Scotsmen wear kilts?
Irishmen can hear a zipper 50 yards away.

Why do Irishmen wear kilts?
Sheep can hear a zipper 100 yards away.

My Scottish BIL used to stock up on Levis jeans when he visited the US*. I asked him why he bought only button fly jeans. He responded, "Sheep are scared of zippers."

*The Levis he preferred were about 60 quid a pair in Scotland, about $35.00 a pair here.

 

As far as Adam Driver's looks, to me he is interesting. Not beautiful, but intesresting isn't bad. Yeah his ears stick out, and he has big features. I don't like his huge freckles but oh well. To me he looks a lot like parker Schnabel from the discovery show gold rush. I also said to my girlfriend after the movie " I can't believe Snape did that when he was younger."