Flyerjab
DIS Unplugged Junkie
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2014
I really enjoyed TFA. At my age, JJ taps into that nostalgia period for me and TFA does just that. It’s why I enjoyed Super8 so much. That is a great amalgam of movie themes/settings from the late 70s/early 80s.
For me, TFA was a re-stacking of the deck. Lucas fumbled the prequels with bad acting, poor dialogue, bad storyline decisions and an overall sterile feeling from an overuse of green screens. JJ brought such an organic feeling back to Star Wars, something that Georgie boy tossed aside behind Jar Jar and overdone fart gags. I never go back and watch the prequels - aside from the lightsaber dual at the end of Phantom Menace.
I have already Re-watched TFA numerous times. Daisy Ridley is such a find. And he know people have issues digesting Ben Solo as a villain, finding him to whiny or childish. That is why I appreciate that character. Yes, he is not Darth Vader, but maybe that is the point. He is a flawed villain, trying to be Vader but he never will be. And maybe we find that out in TLJ.
As far as a new trilogy, that is a wait and see for me. And haven’t seen enough of Rian Johnson to glean anything from him concerning his acumen as a storyteller and/or director. TLJ will answer a lot of that. Hopefully I am as pleasantly surprised by TLJ as I was Rouge One.
For me, TFA was a re-stacking of the deck. Lucas fumbled the prequels with bad acting, poor dialogue, bad storyline decisions and an overall sterile feeling from an overuse of green screens. JJ brought such an organic feeling back to Star Wars, something that Georgie boy tossed aside behind Jar Jar and overdone fart gags. I never go back and watch the prequels - aside from the lightsaber dual at the end of Phantom Menace.
I have already Re-watched TFA numerous times. Daisy Ridley is such a find. And he know people have issues digesting Ben Solo as a villain, finding him to whiny or childish. That is why I appreciate that character. Yes, he is not Darth Vader, but maybe that is the point. He is a flawed villain, trying to be Vader but he never will be. And maybe we find that out in TLJ.
As far as a new trilogy, that is a wait and see for me. And haven’t seen enough of Rian Johnson to glean anything from him concerning his acumen as a storyteller and/or director. TLJ will answer a lot of that. Hopefully I am as pleasantly surprised by TLJ as I was Rouge One.