Star Wars - Impressions, no spoilers, just impressions!

[Barrister]

Meh - Jar Jar had no lines in Episode 3, and only appeared in a couple of brief scenes.  That wasn't enough to save that movie.

On a more serious note - 'just not screwing it up completely with annoying characters, wooden acting and lengthy boring exposition' guarantees a reasonably high rating for the new movie. 

It's not like it is that hard to make a decent Star Wars movie.

Lucas had to really put a lot of work into making the prequels as bad as they were...

No, I think it's hard to make a good blockbuster.  After all Hollywood has lots of experience in screwing them up.

But what TFA managed to do was get quality writers (Abrams and Lawrence freakin Kasdan), a decent enough director (I'm no huge fan, but Abrams is competent enough), together with some really good actors. 

[celedhring]

I thought the girl playing Rey is a real find. Driver [spoiler]looks maybe a bit too gangly/geeky, although that's kinda the point of the character[/spoiler]. Boyega was ok, his character isn't the best written but his banter with Rey is great.

[Savonarola]

Somewhere between a B and a C on the scale listed in the poll.  It's probably about as good as "Return of the Jedi".  To make a movie as good or better than "Star Wars" or "The Empire Strikes Back" would require making something very different than what we've seen before.  That's a huge risk, and one that I don't think Disney is willing to take.

[Malthus]

Somewhere between a B and a C on the scale listed in the poll.  It's probably about as good as "Return of the Jedi".  To make a movie as good or better than "Star Wars" or "The Empire Strikes Back" would require making something very different than what we've seen before.  That's a huge risk, and one that I don't think Disney is willing to take.

They are gonna have to take some risks with the second movie, though.

[Savonarola]

Somewhere between a B and a C on the scale listed in the poll.  It's probably about as good as "Return of the Jedi".  To make a movie as good or better than "Star Wars" or "The Empire Strikes Back" would require making something very different than what we've seen before.  That's a huge risk, and one that I don't think Disney is willing to take.

They are gonna have to take some risks with the second movie, though.

"Some risks", probably; "Something very different than we've seen before", probably not.  I'd be happy to be proven wrong.

[Admiral Yi]

Very bi-modal distribution of reviews.

[The Larch]

Just watched it. I'll simmer on it and probably give it a second viewing at some point in the next few days, but at the moment I'm leaning towards B/B- territory. Good, entertaining, but too reliant on nostalgia and winks to the original movies. I certainly hope that they'll be more original in the coming films.

[katmai]

Yes, I was pretty shocked when they revealed Jar Jar had gone over to the Dark Side and was the new dark lord.

It could happen.

Gone over???

[Valmy]

I don't understand the Star Wars hype. The last ones were shit, why should the new one get the benefit of doubt? Because Disney made it?

Well I did not decide to see it until it was vetted. I only wish I had done that with episode 1

[Valmy]

I certainly hope that they'll be more original in the coming films.

I wouldn't bet on it.

[Valmy]

They are gonna have to take some risks with the second movie, though.

You mean like they did with the Star Trek Reboot sequel

'The Bad guys from Episode VII Strike Back'

[Barrister]

They are gonna have to take some risks with the second movie, though.

You mean like they did with the Star Trek Reboot sequel

'The Bad guys from Episode VII Strike Back'

I don't love the idea of a "reboot", but I cautiously embraced the 2009 Star Trek film.

But Star Trek Into Darkness shat on my embrace.  There's very little chance I go to see Star Trek Beyond now.  I don't think I'm the only one.

So Episode 8 doesn't need to be "risky" but surely to God they need a slightly more original screenplay than Episode 7 had.

[katmai]

As far as i know it , Rian Johnson is writer for VIII?

[celedhring]

As far as i know it , Rian Johnson is writer for VIII?

Yeah. What I don't know is whether Kasdan or Abrams developed the trilogy arc.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

I don't love the idea of a "reboot", but I cautiously embraced the 2009 Star Trek film.

But Star Trek Into Darkness shat on my embrace.  There's very little chance I go to see Star Trek Beyond now.  I don't think I'm the only one.

I thought Into Darkness was awesome...