Jiji Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 The Guardian gave it five stars and says it erases the bad taste left from the last trilogy. I didn't dare read further. 2 damn hyped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Here is my awesome and spoiler free review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 https://books.google.com/books?id=_MMqAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT142&lpg=PT142&dq=luke+skywalker+is+a+nerd+and+darth+vader+sucks+runny+eggs&source=bl&ots=O4FaQXU2VI&sig=sn9L_vioTcG8QXWzRBB1REZer-A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjInd6h6d_JAhXHSyYKHevIDto4FBDoAQgbMAA#v=onepage&q=luke%20skywalker%20is%20a%20nerd%20and%20darth%20vader%20sucks%20runny%20eggs&f=false You want a review, here's one. Harlan Ellison is a national treasure and will burn your childhood love in effigy just because he can. And yes, I like Star Wars. Posting this is like Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant calling the church a racket and asked if he's a Catholic then saying yes and smiling, but I can't resist. EDIT: this is about the original Star Wars, when it came out, so chill. Read it first and then put me on 'ignore' EDIT II: Reading this, all of his arguments are the reasons I despise Independence Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterien Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Empire gave it 4 stars. Total Film 5 stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I accidentally clicked on the Spoiler thread, but ended up reading TVO's DVDVR based (non-spoilers) review - sounds wonderful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 As of 7am, 101 reviews are in: Rotten Tomatoes 98 Metacritic 83 I think it's safely time to really, really get amped. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Here is my awesome and spoiler free review. I agree....awesome and spoiler free. The only review I'm reading. I can not wait. Thanks for posting and being a gent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_MJ_ Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 It took some of yall too long to be excited about this film, but I'm glad you're here with me on the train now. I'm at the front though; with jellybeans. I hope we don't crash. Yall finally believe now. Finally. It's so beautiful. These delicious jellybeans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Spoiled it for myself in the spoiler thread because I thought I'd never bother seeing it, then realized it's getting such great reviews that I probably should. What stupidity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I am so excited for this. Can;t wait to see what Snoke and Luke look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I have an 1145 showing tonight. No reserved seating at the imax so I am standing in line mother fuckers. Luckily my buddy's wife works at the Alamo and has reserved parking so that is one headache we don't have to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Saw Episode 7 tonight. Loved it. Details in spoiler thread. In the leadup was trying to rewatch 1-6 but ran out of time and only finished prequels. Honestly I think they get a bad rap. Palpatine's play and Anakin's arc are genuinely amazing stuff killed by hammy, narmy clinch scenes. But there's a lot of good stuff there. I had really detailed thoughts posted to my Facebook which I'll grab when not mobile. The really interesting thing to me is that the films act as though you haven't seen the original trilogy, so until Anakin figures it out in Episode 3 there isn't any confirmation that Palpatine is Darth Sidious. The first two don't even really tease it. Had the payoff been better executed, that could have been an "I am your father" level reveal to someone going 1-6 on their first watch. Alas. Also, to the question of that 18% RT Score abomination, I genuinely like all three prequels (in spite of their flaws) and I thought that Clone Wars movie was an unrelenting pile of shit. 'Stinky' Hutt makes Jar Jar look like Chewie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 To the best of my recollection, The Emperor was never called Palpatine in the original films either. But lord Episode 1 makes absolutely no sense at all if you don't know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 No spoilers. I saw it. Goddamn. I was 8 years old again and loved every second. If you don't like this movie, you're probably a bad person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 the Alamo Yeah, the motherfuckin Drafthouse. You have good movies running hot and cold on tap where you live Will, so you wait in line. YOU WAIT in LINE. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unholy Dragon Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 To the best of my recollection, The Emperor was never called Palpatine in the original films either. But lord Episode 1 makes absolutely no sense at all if you don't know that. Without that knowledge, Episode I is about a Sith Lord starting a war because the Sith are evil.With that knowledge, said Sith Lord is attacking his own home system knowing it will get stuck in the Senate, force the leadership change, and he'll get in on sympathy for his home system being under fire. That said, Amidala goes back to the fight (and wins) before the later stages of his plan play out, causing him to take a decade to design a new plan with failsafes and redundancies on both sides. The Clone Wars investigation stuff is SUPER COOL but it requires you to put the pieces together yourself and doesn't do much to connect the strings so I didn't realize how intricate the plan was until the most recent rewatch. Also the Hubris of the Jedi is amazing. They talk about Anakin bringing balance to the Force not realizing that a hundred plus Jedi against two Sith (and maybe a handful of dark side practitioners) is wildly imbalanced. Yoda is the only one who brings up the fact they may have misread the prophecy slash heard what they wanted to hear. Anyway, there's so much cool shit in the prequels that it's frustrating the delivery wasn't better. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 He was called Emperor Palpatine in the end credits, wasn't he? Just not in the movie. Like the Ewoks were never named in the film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADCAP Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 In my seat more than a half hour early for the 9:00 show. I'm going to hate myself when I have to get up at 7:30 am for work tomorrow, but fuck it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodhelmet Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 the Alamo Yeah, the motherfuckin Drafthouse. You have good movies running hot and cold on tap where you live Will, so you wait in line. YOU WAIT in LINE. Hahaha... no, I meant the real fucking Alamo. Davey Crockett motherfucker! My best friend's wife runs the Women's Museum in coordination with the Alamo and has free parking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Haha! I forgot you live in San Antonio. You actually parking at the Alamo is the last thing I would have thought of even if I remembered though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Best parking there is in the basement. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 From re-watching the original trilogy, I'm surprised Lucas didn't go back to ep 4 and add in scenes of the Emperor actually disbanding the Galactic Senate, instead of us just hearing about it in a Death Star staff meeting. Or put Jimmy Smits in old man makeup and let us watch the destruction of Alderaan from Bail Organa's POV. Also, what did Bail tell Leia about his role in the Clone Wars? Because she seems to think that the Jedi were below him in the chain of command. And how is she a Princess if her (adoptive) father isn't a Prince, King or Emperor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 From re-watching the original trilogy, I'm surprised Lucas didn't go back to ep 4 and add in scenes of the Emperor actually disbanding the Galactic Senate, instead of us just hearing about it in a Death Star staff meeting. Or put Jimmy Smits in old man makeup and let us watch the destruction of Alderaan from Bail Organa's POV. Also, what did Bail tell Leia about his role in the Clone Wars? Because she seems to think that the Jedi were below him in the chain of command. And how is she a Princess if her (adoptive) father isn't a Prince, King or Emperor? Now that I think about it, does Vader ever refer to her as a princess? C3PO does, and therefore so do Han and Luke, but C3PO knows that she is a descendant of royalty based on her mother. Could that be one of those things we never really notice like Vader never being in the same room as C3PO and R2D2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Wasn't Threepio's memory wiped at the end of III? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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