I agree but it's a shame snoke was bloody rubbish

regmcfly wrote:

I agree but it's a shame snoke was bloody rubbish

I still cannot fathom why they choose to make him a CGI character ( which as with most CGI characters looked like a cartoon), hopefully they will rectify that next time around,

They're not Sith.

We don't know that, they said Kylo Ren is not a Sith but that doesn't mean he won't become one. Luke wasn't a Jedi in ANH and ESB, but was in ROTJ and like like Luke Ren's training hasn't been completed.  They are the dark side,  there is to our knowledge only 2 of them who are force sensitive and Ren obsesses over Vader( a Sith) and uses an accent Sith designs with his sabre.  If they are not Sith then they are the closing thing to them.

Just got back from it. Spent the first chunk of it with a big smile on my face, overall found it really enjoyable.

While I kind of agree about the Starkiller Base plotline being a rehash of A New Hope, I think to some extent it was inevitable given that:
* It was coming off the back of over a decade of edited re-releases and prequels that lacked legitimacy with a lot of people so had to overcome that additional barrier as well as generally selling the audience this new generation of Star Wars characters and filmmakers.
* They seemed to steer heavily away from getting into the whole 'this is the state of the galaxy' and 'this is what happened in the space between Return of the Jedi and now in terms of the major space powers' stuff. Something original would probably have necessitated further explanation and ended up being vaguely similar but with more exposition.

It was interesting that the whole thing did lack the presence of the Death Star and I wonder if that's deliberate or not - perhaps they didn't want to make a Thing out of something they have no intention of returning to.

If nothing else, at least a small child didn't blow the fucking thing up by accident!!!

I was ready to be pissed off if one of the stormtroopers accidentally shot the Tie fighter loose.

Best review yet.

I must admit I was wary going in, no way could it possibly live up to all the hype.

As soon as we meet Finn and Poe breaking out in the stolen TIe Fighter I sat back, breathed a sigh of relief and was 100% on board.

It's fantastic.

I went in only having seen the very first teaser and absolutely nothing less, barely looked at any posters either. Was good for a popcorn flick.

regmcfly wrote:

It's very good but there's rather large issues with it.

I disagree. It does what it needs to do perfectly. Sit back, enjoy the ride, you'll have a great time. Honestly, if you were expecting anything more than what was delivered, you've gone and watched the wrong film.

You're welcome.

XOX.

Saw it last night. Private booking of a cinema for a mate’s 40th birthday. We all dressed up and made like it was a big premiere. You’ve never seen such a happy bunch of grown adults grinning at each other in the pub afterwards. Every person loved it. No dissent in the ranks at all. And we all raised a few toasts to Han’s memory.

JJ Abrams nailed it. That was a proper Star Wars movie.

I’m going to go see it again this weekend and take the girlfriend. She’s going to love it.

Hang on, let's not be pretending I was willing to lob out an extra half star.

Is that what you think my point was? Because it really wasn't.

pantyfire wrote:

The most Important thing I took from it the franchise seems to be in the hands of some very capable actors now. The new characters/actors as a whole where great.

Yes