Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Spoiler Review

[@Detreaisland]

“We dont see the big picture yet” 3 years later neither did Disney

[@LTParis]

Unfortunately accurate.

[@XDarkBrotherhoodHD]

I still like all 3 movies but its true :(

[@heldane778]

This. Now we know the big (shit) picture.

[@jimbowlan5804]

I like force awakens but I feel like since force awakens was such a money maker that over let the leash off Kennedy then she destroyed Star Wars so after last Jedi over knew they need rise of skywalker need to be a hit and I think they went with Abrams because of how force awakens was good not great but made money

[@spaceace4387]

And you never will

[@BestintheWorld247]

Looks like Kylo stabbed first

[@RiderAssassin23]

+BestintheWorld247 lol chewbacca shot first

[@ejelder]

Yeah if Kylo ends up turning good, George Lucas will demand editing it so that Han shot first to show Kylo didn't have any other choice and the kids don't think he's a bad guy

[@McDylbot]

+BestintheWorld247 - And Han threw first...

[@afonsolucas2219]

Ye bastard! XD

[@Vini-zv3lr]

+BestintheWorld247 Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyy

[@AngusCookProductions]

Daniel Craig was great in this film

[@clontroper5]

"And I will Drop My weapon"

[@EthanJohn1986]

Yes, we googled that too

[@brandonstephenkladis9600]

true! 007 in action.

[@JuanGarnicaVera]

"And I will drop my weapon"

[@Knight-Bishop]

You didn't recognize his voice? That's understandable, but the amount of random cameos made me wonder. I didn't look into the entire cast just in case of spoilers before I saw it, but when Captain Phasma spoke, all I heard was Brienne of Tarth filtered through an iComm. Maybe it's just me, but I'm also not great with voices.

[@greg5411]

Retrospectively, it is so sad that there was no "bigger picture" for the Sequel Trilogy, and they were pretty much winging it as it went along. :(

[@BabysitterSky]

Every single trilogy was "winging" it. Do some research.

[@BabysitterSky]

@Jimb0 Lmao you say that like episode 1 and 2 are consistent AT ALL. There was zero overarching story and I'm tired b of being told that. They were building to Darth Vader....that's literally it. They threw a bunch of s**t at a wall and none of it mattered as long as Vader popped up at the end. I never said it was perfect or amazing...but Its light years ahead the prequels in every way but music.....prequels had some bangers. So how about you just pretending that movies 1-3 were about anything else other than selling toys and video games because that's where the real money comes from.

[@BabysitterSky]

@Jimb0 Are toys and merchandising involved? Absolutely. Were they made FOR that purpose? I don't think so. You know how many star wars games were made for force awakens? 0. You know how many were made for and were out BEFORE phantom menace? 3. You know why Padme changed clothes 12 times in Attack of the Clones? Because that's 12 different toys you had to buy. Why was there a new villain in each movie? Ooohhh because more toys and t-shirts. Have I made my case yet?

[@BabysitterSky]

@Jimb0 What was the point of phasma? What was the point of boba fett? Hey let's stop Episode 1 dead in its tracks for 25 minutes so we can have a space NASCAR scene. And I'm sorry man your examples just sucked. You literally just named things from a movie then said toys. Why did they have coffee mugs? Toys. Shoes? Toys. Umbrellas? Toys. You didn't make a point man.

[@BabysitterSky]

Okay man. You win. This is absolutely pointless and I'm done here. Have a great day.

[@spicymeatball0688]

My favorite part is when Kylo gets mad and swings his lightsaber around in fury, and two stormtroopers walk by and turn around...haha.

[@hermannsamuelsen108]

They we're like: just Walking here (Then see kylo raging) NOPE!

[@dustinhoang4397]

They were like o hell nah

[@coreyjones4485]

they were like "I'm not ducking handling this today"

[@harfast10]

+Royal Bear- A Buddy of Bears He's having one of his hissy fits again, let's get out of here.

[@schm00b0]

+Royal Bear- A Buddy of Bears Yup. Main villain: Darth Tantrum :P

[@scraftyboi]

It’s sad watching this knowing chris would in the end be disappointed by this trilogy

[@JasonJohnson-lq5jh]

When he said, “we don’t know the big picture yet,” I’m just like 😬

[@peterjohnson8935]

As so many of us are as well.

[@erichmyles4481]

Its sadder that I was lmao

[@spaceace4387]

Not me, I actually find it quite hilarious because I knew back in 2015 that this trilogy was going to suck.

[@BigT.Larrity]

@@spaceace4387 No you didn't, nobody knew that, you just weren't willing to give it a chance back in 2015. It's easy to look back in retrospect, but if you were trashing on it before the second movie was even in production then you were just being weird and bitter

[@alejandroalba6909]

I just realized that the people that hate Star Wars the most are Star Wars fans

[@jarosbodytko6462]

Boy, you ain't wrong...

[@Cov1ngtonsGhOst]

Worse than Episode 2? Pfffft lol

[@AgentOrange88785]

I am waiting till episode 9 comes out to make that call. We may look back and say that episode 7 is where it got crazy. Personally Episode 2 is the weakest for me. It is very drawn out.

[@maxmetalknight]

lol, reminded me a line in an article about something, who's fans are nitpicky: "Fans are such fans - they'll shit on anything what is given to them :D"

[@jarosbodytko6462]

maxmetalknight Haha, that's brilliant XD

[@familyvoid]

Kinda disliked how Rey instantaneously got the hang of the force.

[@Submersed24]

Ya.. it ruined the movie for me.

[@Sirmenonottwo]

+Trevor MacEllven I kind of agree. It is like in legend of Korra how Korra started out badass while Ang became badass over time and this made season 2 of Korra crappy because she basically didn't change as a character. At least season 3 was ok, but season one was just too good for its own good. So I agree that Rey knew too much right away.

[@ThatGuy-qp6dv]

Luke was blocking lasers blind folded on his first try....So I wasn't too bothered.

[@JerseyBoy489]

+Eli Kelley but she still got beat in season 1 so what are you talking about. she had to overcome things while she still was training the exact opposite of rey

[@JerseyBoy489]

***** he had to learn to use the force(cough) rey. and struggle with killing his father which he did not do and almost got himself killed.simple

[@VinceAnity]

Daniel Craig has more lines than Mark Hamill

[@lethelweapon5]

that's because Daniel Craig had 4 lines and hamill had 0

[@lucasarnold6783]

Anyone has

[@shaecouture7480]

We all have equal lines to Luke in this film

[@glst1974]

I have as many lines in this as Mark Hamill.

[@bennettneuhoff4922]

Fun fact the storm trooper who Rey uses the Jedi mind trick on is played by Daniel Craig (James bond)

[@getshrekt4413]

really!!!!

[@lukeskywalker47]

No jj dismissed that rumor idiot

[@lukeskywalker47]

+Gabriel Gomez jj Abrams the director said it wasn't asshat

[@TheIpodMan32]

+Luke Skywalker he's right, idiot.

[@poseeerollins]

+Luke Skywalker HE'S IN THE CREDITS

[@trouserboy3234]

Chris: you don’t know much about Hans past. Disney: write that down, write that down

[@SnakeBiteGamming]

Wasn't the storm trooper that Rey tricked Daniel Craig?

[@Scrapluv]

+SnakeBiteGaming I read that somewhere

[@CthedrulWtr164]

+SnakeBiteGaming It was :D

[@kamatematelive3000]

It is, his voice was unmistakable

[@TiciTotyTony]

She James Bonded him

[@TheGamerJayD]

I thought it sounded familiar.

[@MrFlamesFan12]

If A New Hope came out today, i guarantee you people would bitch and moan about it. I feel like people don't know how to enjoy movies anymore.

[@DarthRushy]

+Desertxskills This comment section(and indeed, most of the internet) is so depressing. I just look at them and I feel bad for JJ Abrams who made such a great movie.

[@MrFlamesFan12]

***** No because everyone today is a cynical critic. Honestly, it's a fantasy movie set in space, stop trying to apply realism to a fantasy movie, it's not supposed to be realistic.

[@DarthRushy]

***** Wasn't the point of it to run on the OT's coattails? What with all the mythologising of the OT's events and everything. Besides, they introduced enough new storylines for the next two movies to have little to nothing to do with the IV-VI. I know why you're angry, remakes are utter crap, but this is not a remake. The characters are new and not ripoffs, time has moved on, things are noticeably different. Only the very basics are the same like the droid with the message and the Death Star.

[@DarthRushy]

***** I agree with you on the fun watch and pretty exciting, but I wasn't disappointed at all in the end. To me, the characters felt new, the story was more of a continuation than a remake(in fact, if you think about it, Return Of The Jedi is a remake too, yet nobody says so). It introduced enough new things for me to be really into it, the Han Solo death scene was magnficient and I really liked the cast. Considering how crap blockbusters tend to be nowadays, TFA did an amazing job bringing Star Wars back with panache. It felt new again for me, whilst the other movies, as great as they are, are burned into my skull.

[@sadhydra]

well ya we probably would, the movie is almost 40 years old, times have changed.

[@xeinre]

Ep4: Find the droid with the secret message. Ep7: Find the droid with the secret map.

[@Tomy8531]

+xeinre A map and a message. Very different.

[@louisalvarez9907]

+Tomás Barreto Hmmm. A plan to destroy the death star and a plan to find Luke. Leia putting vital information on the R2 unit and Poe giving BB-8 vital information on Luke Skywalker's whereabouts. I liked TFA but its not as great as everyone claiming it is. Episode 8 will feel new and should be better than 7.

[@Tomy8531]

Jedi Dark Knight New characters, new stories. It's not a remake. Obviously , it has similarities with Episode IV . The good news is that the episode VIII will be something much newer and I'm sure innovate .

[@louisalvarez9907]

Tomás Barreto Agree to disagree but I am excited to see episode VIII and yes I agree it should feel innovative. Excited to see the evolution of Kylo and Rey! Happy holidays!

[@JefeTheSituation]

+Tomás Barreto The entire third act was way too similar. Really....a third death star....they could have it least have this one stick around for more then 1 movie.

[@sweetna22]

“She’s obviously closely related to the lineage of Luke Skywalker”. Oh, sweetie.

[@nurdle8673]

Wel technically Palpatine is Luke’s grandfather, so she is.

[@JeffreyHeffley-x1f]

Ooof

[@garethdevlin5399]

@@nurdle8673 good point

[@lautapinter]

@@nurdle8673 ?

[@xander799]

@@nurdle8673 bruh have you seen the movies?

[@ClashofDutyGamingPlus]

My audience would clap everytime their was a reference to the older movies... It got kinda annoying after a while.

[@NeDDleZzZ]

Lol my audience clapped when the millennium falcon and han and chewie showed up

[@ironmaiden5901]

+Chris Rice My audience clapped when Admiral Ackbar came on screen, it was hilarious

[@NeDDleZzZ]

Johnny Bills lol wow, that's funny

[@dumplump5155]

+Donuts Wafflez I got out of there before the inevitable standing up and applauding for a fucking movie. People do some stupid shit that annoys me.

[@juanguy4769]

So what

[@ali123522]

"Disney paid Chris stuckmann and other critics to praise the film", yeah they also paid everyone who cheered and clapped at the cinema when the film ended both 3 times when I went to see it.

[@zackarin4703]

+alistair p i swear just because "true star wars fans" don't like itthey say that any critic who enjoyed it is getting payed by disney its the stupidest thing isn't it?

[@rogerpuzzitiello5175]

Didn't Chris say people were cheering at the end of transformers 4? Not saying TFA is bad like AoE, hell, TFA is really good, but people can cheer for almost anything.

[@iSuperdupaloveweed]

really? cause when I saw it people were laughing at the scenes that were supposed to be serious and sighing at the parts that were supposed to be fun or any jokes. I don't know how stupid you are but clearly pretty dumb. when the film ended, I'd never seen a theatre clear out so quickly and silently

[@rogerpuzzitiello5175]

+iSuperdupaloveweed wait are you talking to me or alistair?

[@iSuperdupaloveweed]

+Roger Puzzitiello alistar

[@carljuvy]

"The prequels are not like the originals" "The Force Awakens are too much as the originals" Get you head straight guys. Chris is right, you guys are Cherry pickers, this movie was great!

[@BioMatic2]

+kar muts this reminds me to the F2P games "we dont want f2p we want to pay a reasonable price for all the content" "we want it to be f2p and choose what we want to buy"

[@popcornfilms1]

Just shows that whatever one does, 'people' will never be happy.

[@voltaire5427]

+kar muts No. You just have low standards.

[@rcfiwqx]

+Stephen Stinson More like no standards.

[@yoshiplaysmc2163]

+Stephen Stinson Take off your rose tinted glasses and stop being one of those guys who cherry picks TFA. Seriously, Star Wars fans are rabid. You guys seem to pick out every little mistake this movie had even though there were just as many plot holes in the originals. I guarantee that if A New Hope came out this year, everyone would hate on it. People just can't enjoy movies anymore. TFA was better than the prequels by a long shot in my book. The prequels have not aged well at all over the years while on the other hand, TFA will age very well over the next couple decades. To add on, although there was a lot of reused ideas, TFA succeeded in creating a fairly good story. I cannot say the same for the prequels at all. It's certainly not as good as the originals, but give it credit. Come out of your cave of nostalgia.

[@YesManNomad]

“We don’t know the big picture yet.” Eventually, we found out that neither did they.

[@69MrMaster69]

Kinda stupid how Kylo Ren loses to the girl who literally holds lightsaber for the first time.

[@Kharmul]

+Matti Seppänen Yeah Ren was quite great until he put his mask off, from that moment he was like some child who is just swinging with lightsaber on all sides when it is angry. Some may say that sith are supposed to be angry, but they use the anger and hate in fight, not like some 8 years old child that destroys everything it can because its parents did not want to give it any candy, lol

[@martinadikara]

+Matti Seppänen Kylo Ren is also inexperienced. In other words, he's still in "training".

[@bobjenkins643]

+Matti Seppänen you can tell he is a shit force user considering the amount of times he had gotten shot and how Finn a non force user injured him

[@Kharmul]

+Death Reaper In training, and that is the point, he is in training which means he should be able to defeat someone who discovered that is force-sensitive like 2 hours ago and even if Rey is really strong in the force, then at least some stromtrooper who wields a lightsaber 2nd time in his life should be no problem for a sith in training, especialy when he is 50% Skywalker.

[@LeonardoDavidLeal]

Also, Kylo was injured, Chewie shoot him.

[@Egonzal316]

Star Wars fans are some of the biggest crybabies on the internet. Seriously, what the fuck? This movie is great... And as for Rey knowing the force and knowing how to fight... She wasn't doing front flips, force pushing, or doing crazy light saber moves? She had melee training with her staff(those 2 thugs she owned) My favorite star wars movie, 9/10 IMO

[@FermiToll]

+Elias Gonzalez Suuuure a staff is the same as a light saber, in theory a weapon EXCLUSIVE of jedis that requires training since childhood, She is also super good as a pilot, super good in mechanics as Han Solo, super good aiming with blaster pistols, she does everything super fine without even trying... So much you can learn being an orphan inthe desert. GIRL POWER! SWJs be happy. The truth the movie is not bad but i don't see anythign amasing or surprising.

[@tealGalaxy]

+FermiToll Ability with a staff doesn't directly translate to skill with a lightsaber, but a melee weapon is a melee weapon and certain things overlap. More importantly, however, it's always been made a point by Jedi that the force has a lot to do with skill with a lightsaber. The ability to gain glimpses into the future allows increased reflexes and faster action, so when you add Rey's obviously powerful connection to the force and her ability with a staff (and the skills that would overlap), you get an obvious reason for her to be skilled with a lightsaber. I mean really, even watch what she does. No flips, no flourishes, basic parries and thrusts for the most part with a few swings. Anyone with a basic understand of melee combat can do that. As for her ability in other things. It's established early on that she has a great interest in flying. She has an old rebel helmet -- a sign of her passion, obviously spends a lot of time taking apart and fiddling with aircraft due to her status as a scavenger, and is shown piloting various craft before the reveal that she's a talented pilot. As for the ability with a blaster, please. Point and pull the trigger. She's not doing any sharp shooting, all the targets she hits are within a few feet of her, and when she makes her first few shots she misses. Of all the things you may question in this movie, Rey's ability and her talents aren't really one of them. As for the stupid passive-aggressive "SWJ" comment. 1) SJW, if you're going to get on the bandwagon please get on properly, and 2) if your response to a strong female character with an established number of strengths is to instantly cry "SJW corruption", you're the problem.

[@RedX165]

+Elias Gonzalez I wouldn't say just Star War fans but Movie fans in general. Take any classic movie released back then and release it today. Most people would point out all the negatives and the lack of answers. I agree with that rating.

[@MZONE991]

Those cry babies who gave the movie a 1/10 on IMDb are not Star Wars fans Never were and never will be

[@tealGalaxy]

***** Something being the original never makes it naturally better than things that "aren't". George Lucas -- when you remove the veil of nostalgia -- was never a stellar director, and made a lot of mistakes. Especially when it came to the prequels. I could not be more happy that he wasn't in charge of The Force Awakens. What talent he had is long dead, he would have ruined it.

[@r3771-n2r]

So someone tell me why does Chewy not get the big hug from Lea after Han's death?? Furball has been BEST FRIENDS with Han for over 40 years! But no... Hug the strange chick and ignore the wookie...

[@koobie7]

Leia thought that her son was just taken over by the dark side, so pretty much saying he had no control and was trapped in his own body with just the darkside. So my guess is that she didn't know he was alive and then thought that Rey basically freed him of torment so she hugged her

[@r3771-n2r]

But Leia Knew that Han had died. She felt it through the force. That means Chewie was the one who needed comforting. Not Rey...

[@hughtubecube]

I like to think that he's just going to go off, after all his life debt has been served, why stick around when he could be doing woodie stuff?

[@r3771-n2r]

Hug that theory works with the ongoing slavery of clearly thinking and self aware robots that no one questions.

[@nahmate2484]

Are you really complaining that there was no hug in this movie?

[@pewpewdompewpew]

I feel like starkiller base would be better pulled off if they saved it for Episode 9 and have rumors of it being built being revealed by Finn in episode 7. Then Leia would be able to send off Poe to investigate and we could have had a cool subplot for Poe to return to throughout the trilogy, leading up to a Starkiller base finale which would also set the stage for the final confrontation between Snoke and Luke and Kylo and Rey. I feel like that would be a better application for the Starkiller base storyline.

[@JamesYatestrickysnugglemuffins]

Agreed that would be a better use of Starkiller base, but I feel in Episode 9, the payoff wouldn't be too exciting. Everyone would just be like "oh its just another Death Star". I say get rid of the whole "Death Ray Base" thing and come up with a new weapon.

[@jazzx251]

+domxthexdon "A New Hope" successfully introduced the Death Star and had it beaten in the same movie, with the most epic space battle scene (and arguably any type of battle scene since "Zulu Dawn"). The whole movie was about the terrifying Death Star, and how the rebel alliance was possibly going to bring it down. And it was touch-and-go all the way until the end. The final battle was a masterpiece that will probably never be bettered in Star Wars. Apart from Poe, I didn't get to know any of the other pilots as they assaulted the "star capacitor" (my term) ... whereas in New Hope .. you got to know Wedge and Biggs and Red Leader, just from that one scene - because it was long enough and involving enough to care about what they were doing. I agree with you that sucking up a star's power is such an immense technological achievement, that it should have been a slow burner (no pun intended!) - something as immense as that should have been the entire focus of maybe the second movie, and our heroes must try to stop it etc.

[@MrEmafon4]

+domxthexdon When i saw it i tought it was defenitely too big for being destroyed in the same movie i was kinda dissappointed when they did ;/

[@gastoncastrovivoda5211]

+domxthexdon Yes! In my opinion having them destroy the base was worse than actually putting it on the film. I feel like it wasn't really necessary to have a bigger newer Death Star, but I would've been ok with it if instead of blowing it up again, they destroyed it's weaponry or something like that. Then the Resistance would be on a race against the clock to recover Luke and kill Snoke before the First Order rebuilds the super laser. Leading up to a very sweet final confrontation in episode 9.

[@ZLEFT]

omg, you're a genius.

[@fezmacauly1827]

Who’s here after the rise of skywalker

[@JohnnyNada]

Yupp

[@Bullistic777]

All three movies were total shit. I went into each one with the expectation of an original movie quality story so it was totally disappointing. These movies were crap from a story telling point of view.

[@fezmacauly1827]

Sam White I agree but I honestly enjoyed the force awakens plot but the last jedi and rise of skywalkers plot was lazy.

[@CptCage]

Sam White I liked Th Force Awakens and I feel like most people did too. I hated the Last Jedi, which some love and some hate, and going against the grain I actually liked Rise of Skywalker. While it doesn’t match up with the originals it is a pretty ok trilogy and is for sure better than the prequels

[@brianbrush5107]

100th like

[@MatthiasPendragon]

Thank you for reminding everyone to remember the big picture, and also that the Original Trilogy had plenty of flaws that we ignore. A handful of flaws do not a movie break.

[@rudrose_tcg]

+Pendragon Agreed! Well said. At the same time... it is very valid to complain or to point out something in a film now. If something doesn't make sense now, it can still be a problem. Sure perhaps it will make sense once the big picture is revealed, but I don't think its not valid to dislike it currently. After all we can only go based off of the information we currently have.

[@TeaLobster]

The strength of the original trilogy was that the other parts were so captivating that it made you overlook the flaws. All this new remix of A New Hope has going for it is good CGI; everything else was garbage. And good CGI alone does not a movie make.

[@patriautism]

+TeaLobster Yep just good CGI, and writing, and characterization, and animotronics, and fight scenes, and was funny. But none of those makes a good movie, wait yes they do. . You must be a prequel and special edition lover..

[@TeaLobster]

Danny Fedor I'm talking about The Force Awakens, not A New Hope. Also CGI wasn't around back then. What on Earth are you talking about?

[@MatthiasPendragon]

+ghoster88 Completely agree with you. If people dislike it, its a valid dislike, but its good to keep in mind that there are more movies coming.

[@OrangeHand]

Snoke and Maz looked fine to me. Not every alien can (or should) be practical.

[@abcsalad]

+IOwnTheSpire I thought so too, and I'm critical of fake looking CG in movies. I thought they looked fine and didn't stand out at all. The only CG I thought was noticeable are the monsters on Solo's ship.

[@MaxAurnhammer]

+No Youmaynot Snoke was pretty noticeable . . . but I thought Maz looked great.

[@abcsalad]

DFM Productions I'll have to reserve further comment on Snoke until I see the movie again after it's out on video. I think I was okay with him after I found out he was a hologram.

[@MaxAurnhammer]

No Youmaynot I guess you are right.

[@abcsalad]

DFM Productions Nah, there's no right or wrong here.

[@chooky6297]

Your wife has a channel????!!!!!!????

[@michaelprontojordan]

+DickChappy Anyone know what her channel name is? Can't find it anywhere...

[@Z.dg56.sfg46.axjp9.zz.yinm.]

what's her channel? ?

[@michaelprontojordan]

+Fazoo It is called samliz

[@karventis]

+Fazoo It's Sam Liz. She hasn't uploaded the video yet though and whether she has a different Channel I don't know

[@rodein_knight]

+DickChappy Her channel is called 'Sam Liz' There are like 3 videos... I'm not sure what Sam wants to do with it, You can see them together in 'Scary Movie Binge!' video that Chris made...

[@SpinningTurtle66]

I miss when we were optimistic about The Last Jedi :(

[@SpinningTurtle66]

Benjamin Ramsey Yeah...

[@joshb8574]

I loved The Last Jedi as a movie but after seeing The Rise of Skywalker, it was pretty clear how the movie did not fit Abram's vision.

[@SpinningTurtle66]

Josh B I think some blame falls on Abrams. He tried to act as if TLJ was a concept he was told to loosely follow instead of a part of the franchise, so he tried to make 2 movies into 1 and as a result it didn’t feel like the finale, it was, rushed, there were confusing ideas, it was mismatched and it would’ve just been better to continue from TLJ, so he could make a coherent story and most of the blame would be on Rian Johnson.

[@mrclean3472]

This movie was very disappointing although it’s message and it’s artistic tone really made me intrigued and it also makes me view this movie in a very interesting way

[@siimkivisild2251]

😔

[@captainawesome830]

I am excited to see the light saber fights in the future movies because both Rey and Kylo are both going to get stronger. That means more cool light saber fights.

[@SuperMrPoly]

As long as they stay away from pointless flips, twirls and bad dance moves I'm happy.

[@captainawesome830]

Clark Kent I agree. I want them to find a good middle ground between the prequels and original trilogy fights. I think they gave us a glimpse of it in this movie and I hope it just gets better.

[@jonathanmajor7189]

+Clark Kent stfu revenge of the siths fight was legendary

[@lucapachee9863]

Kylo Ren reminds me almost as a Zuko character. If you understand that reference.

[@captainawesome830]

Isaiah Luc Apachee-Kriz I thought the exact same thing while watching the movie. I don't really want him to turn to the light side.

[@smaloney100]

Can we talk about the red guy in Maz's palace with the cool hat that Fin talks to about leaving? I like that guy. He had a nice hat. I think he's my favorite character.

[@Draco_Alpha]

He sounded like a Kel Dor when he talked... Maybe he was a Kel Dor but just had a different mask on than what they normally do.

[@MatthiasPendragon]

+smaloney100 I think he has a spin off book coming out soon, but I cannot track it down for the life of me.

[@filipmac1545]

+smaloney100 i might see the movie

[@sarahsue123]

i thought he was a droid

[@alarios51]

His name is Crimson Corsair and he is bad ass!!!

[@imsteezy1]

My theory is that Rey is Luke's daughter, thats why R2D2 awakened when Rey awakened the Force inside her. It would also make Rey & Kylo both the grandchildren of Vader.

[@CodenameOcelot]

Not to mention a lightsaber to only be owned by the Skywalkers called out to her.

[@imsteezy1]

Yup, & also in one of the Trailer's, you hear Luke saying "The force is strong in my family, my father had, i have it, my sister has it, & you have it too" that was probably ment for Rey but they cut it out of the movie.

[@bobjenkins643]

+imsteezy1 I'm guessing she is the sister of kylo ren

[@imsteezy1]

+Bob Jenkins hmm maybe but I see her being Luke's daughter, but either way she definitely has Skywalker blood in herb

[@cammythecamel1690]

Has to be! The lightsabre went through the family from Anikan (Vader) to Luke and then to Rey!

[@Andre_Maldonado]

Now we know there was no big picture in 2015

[@MyKillMolina9]

I don't know about you but I absolutely loved the visual symbolic that took place when kylo killed Han... When han first approached a dim red light shadowed Kylos face and when Han started talking about coming home to be with his family it went away and looked almost blue. But then when kylo made up his mind his face became completely shadowed by a bright red light ... Astonishing, bravo

[@MyKillMolina9]

*symbolism

[@hootsifer-darling]

+Mykill Molina I'll pay attention when I see it again in a few days. Thanks for pointing that out!

[@vzacage]

+Mykill Molina YEEA I noticed that too. The base finished charging which took out the sunlight leaving only the red glow. So cleaver.

[@ianmcmillan1209]

+Mykill Molina I noticed the same thing. Posted a comment above talking about it. Also made a note of how I thought Han should have died.

[@xavierangel100]

+Mykill Molina Thank you! A lot of people are saying Kylo only killed Han for the shock of the audience and that it didn't have any build-up. From the moment he was talking to Vader, we learn he's still struggling with the Light side, and that shot with his face divided in colours really pays off.

[@GetToDaChoppa-k5r]

I was totally in shock when Han got sabred by his son, but I totally melted when his long term friend Chewie roared in agony and went ballistic. His actions were realistic and totally agonizing to watch. R.I.P Han Solo

[@GetToDaChoppa-k5r]

+no hassle Kylo Ren was awesome, but please don't compare him to Vader. That's like comparing Snoke to the Emperor.

[@DarthRushy]

+no hassle I actually got tears in my eyes. I never - repeat never cry during a movie. But Han Solo was like this big immovable part of my childhood and suddenly he was gutted and tossed into a pit.

[@GetToDaChoppa-k5r]

DarthRushy Yeah, I know your pain. He was so iconic and lovable. It was hard to watch, but it was brilliant drama. Tragic, but brilliant.

[@DarthRushy]

no hassle I do agree with you about Snoke, though. They should've just used Andy Serkis on his own. He's creepy enough as it is.

[@KroganMechanic]

+no hassle My big problems with that scene are: 1. He doesn't look like neither Han or Leia AT ALL = Lame 2. Neither he and Han Solo shared a moment together on screen to at least add a bit of a sense that they actually knew each other before the scene. 3. They could've added a 1 min. flashback or something to give a little background about what made Kylo be such a pain in the ass and not just make him be the bad dude because of... REASONS! Having Leia mention "Oh it was all because of Snoke (whoever the fuck that is) is NOT ENOUGH!" Geez... it could've been so much better and bitter to see a well prepared scene like that, than just feeling bad about Han's death because you're not gonna see Harrison in Star Wars anymore.

[@sendtherain]

I agree that R2D2 turning on felt abrupt, but I think it was a response to Rey's presence. Whether she is Leia's daughter or Luke's, I guess her 'return' brought R2D2 back to himself. (Love your review, by the way, and pretty much agree with all your points!)

[@dragoweedacorpse9746]

I reckon rey is leia's and Hans daughter, not just the sister of kylo ren, but the twin sister.

[@Hoops9049]

+ScorpioLeagueX they do love their twins I reckon kylo's the one on jakku with younger rey in the flashback as well

[@silversundash]

interesting opinion, I've thought its more a response to Luke's lightsaber being present, although both the lightsaber and Rey probably showed up in front of R2 at the same time

[@sendtherain]

+Dennis Ortiz I hadn't considered the light saber, but I think Finn had it with him when he first met up with the Resistance and it didn't wake R2D2 then. That being said, it's possible that the combination of Rey and the lightsaber (or the lightsaber being wielded by someone with Skywalker blood etc) is what did the trick.

[@Xanthosis012]

+sendtherain but R2D2 is not force sensitive. for goodness sake, it's a robot...and old tech robot dated for like more than 50 years ago...How could it react to Rey's presence and a lightsaber (if considering the saber doesnt have an id code, encrypted)

[@tygerhil9505]

The best thing that ever came out of the prequels was the last fight between Anakin and Obi wan Kenobi. That was full of such emotion and you could feel the moment. I loved that final scene.

[@hathbeenslain]

I still love Episode III over all others if only because of the fall of Anakin and the final battle. I just wish all three prequels focused on his downfall and not intergalactic trading and politics. It's really disappointing.

[@kozmnavt5158]

Episode 3 I feel is still a good Star Wars movie. The first 2 prequels are mediocre or bad but Episode 3 was actually enjoyable and delivered a pretty good story.

[@noobmasteryoyo5136]

Same.

[@ed1rko17]

I personally hated it and when I think of why I hate ROTS so much, one of the things is that fight. It's like 10 minutes too long, so choreographed, and the lava surfing was one of the dumbest things in the whole series. Then the high ground thing was really corny. I think the best light saber fights are in ESB, ROTJ, and TFA. I think Vader and Obi Wan's fight in ANH is better even though technically speaking it was way more limited.

[@mogaman28]

ed1rko17 the ANH fight is pure kendo. The most spectacular fight is in TFM and the more dramatic in ROTJ. The Anakin/Obi-Wan fight in Revenge of the Sith is stupid and boring.

[@sinisterkiid2301]

After seeing it 3 times, I love the new cast. That was by far my favorite aspect of this film. Especially Rey and Kylo Ren. I love how Kylo (Ben) was so powerful in the force, but was clearly young, arrogant, bratty, and over confident in himself. The final lightsaber battle between Kylo, Finn, and Rey was top 3 lightsaber battles in all of Star Wars. I love the use of the old characters, especially Han. I felt that Han's exit was handle brilliantly. I really liked that Kylo has that constant battle of light and dark going on within him and his dynamic between Hux and Snoke. I rank it as my 2nd favorite in the entire saga, tied with A New Hope. I genuinely felt like it was the best possible way to enter back into this world. And no, I'm not Phantom Menacing this. I've seen it 3 times and have judged it as fairly as I judge any film. My only problems were the fact that Starkiller base was just another Death Star and that Phasma was underused. Beyond that, it's a near perfect film

[@sinisterkiid2301]

And I just have to say that I HATE when people complain about how Rey was able to basically defeat Kylo. Kylo was clearly very powerful but not trained with a saber very well and was already damaged from Chewie's blaster. Also, I don't believe he was trained well with a saber. If I had to guess, I'd say that Luke teaches mostly about the force and how important it is instead of with a saber. Also, they established on Jakku that Rey was skilled in combat when she took those guys out with her staff.

[@sinisterkiid2301]

(God there's so much I have to say about this movie) and also, I loved that they didn't just blatantly explain everything about the first order and the resistance and Luke and blah blah blah. They didn't need to. They didn't in the originals do I don't get why I'm hearing some complaints about them not explaining enough. They're playing the long game and if they gave us everything in episode VII, there would almost be no point in an episode VIII. And the final thing I will say, is... that was hands down the best final scene in ANY Star Wars movie.

[@grizzlykate]

Yes to all of this.

[@doomldn718]

+sinister kiid kylo ren has been training ever since he was a child by luke skywalker, im pretty sure he could have best rey with his eyes closed. Maybe they should have made it so that kylo ren sort of won and rey lost with minor injuries, because one of my many gripes with this film is that some characters were rushed

[@Wagwanfellasses]

Laugh if chewbacka become Jedi because he survived

[@darraghtate440]

Chris, did you hear the theory about why they built what was functionally a new Death Star, with the same weakness as before? It basically states that Snoke built it in order to have the same thing happen to it that happened twice before - to draw Luke Skywalker into trying to destroy it, therefore revealing himself during his exile. It makes the whole idea of rebuilding the Death Star quite brilliant.

[@thomashall6733]

+Darragh Tate actually that is a really good theory. but the problem is that it's not 100% reliable because han was in the base and even without luke, it's possible that the rebels could have figured that out on their own.

[@Pinklewilly]

+Thomas Hall On the plus side even if the plan didn't work as intended they still got to destroy the New Republic. So not a total loss.

[@chillzwinter]

+Darragh Tate ...and wasn't the original death star 'the size of a small moon'. The new death star looked 10 times the size of the original - putting it in the vicinity of the size of our Earth. Really - how could any economy justify building something the size of a planet in an attempt to draw one man to them - a man who has been lying low, and not really causing any trouble these last 25 years or so.

[@austinschillage5620]

Want the new "Death Star" just a planet that was takin over and the first order just put a big laser on it? That's how I saw it at the premiere

[@futureismine3295]

+chillzwinter Just curious: was it ever stated how long he was actually in hiding?

[@awesomeas2]

WHY DIDN'T FINN GO TO THE UPPER GUN TURRET WHEN THE LOWER TURRET GOT STUCK IN THE JAKKU CHASE SEQUENCE ARGHH

[@gatohaha1]

I had the same thought

[@awesomeas2]

I checked and the turret is still there too FINN YOU DUMBASS THERE ANOTHER GUN

[@ivandankob7112]

+GamermanRPGKing is that the only fucking thing you found illogical in this movie to wonder about? Really?

[@hugkalTV]

maybe because he would hurt him self getting there, rey was driving the falcon veery wild

[@awesomeas2]

Ivan Dankob no but it bugged me xD

[@fullmetal1666]

I've come from the future to tell you about the sequels.... ._.

[@haselvp03]

Lmao

[@Autizzler]

I Knew They Were Going To Be Good Movies

[@mrknowhere6457]

@@Autizzler Troll right?

[@Vman9484]

I got 20 bucks on Rey and Kylo being siblings.

[@drek100sm]

+Sergio Vale da Serra (Mr. V) I think that's her primo

[@Vman9484]

I can see that too. But I'm still leaning on siblings

[@Kalleosini]

+Sergio Vale da Serra (Mr. V) I always thought they were cousins.

[@DJ-vg1pr]

meh

[@Cristov123]

+Sergio Vale da Serra (Mr. V) I don't think so. Han and Leia didn't really react to her at all, and Leia wasn't even slightly concerned about her being on StarKiller base. It wouldn't surprise me if she was related to the Skywalker family somehow, but I don't think they will be siblings. She could be Lukes kid, but I can't wrap my head around why nobody would have known who she was, or why Luke would have abandoned her on Jakuu to fend for herself.

[@alexYJZ]

FUN FACT , the stormtrooper Rey manipulate is none other then Daniel Craig ! he got a small cameo in the movie ! i just rewatch it and it make the scene 10 times more entertaining he even walk abit James Bondish !

[@alexanderpetrov8074]

+Yee ji ziang JB007 report for duty.

[@hootsifer-darling]

+Hessiakoff you mean 'Snoked'? okay I'll leave now

[@99MilitiaMan]

Another fact is that it was completely retarded. If only someone would have told Luke it was that easy.

[@PauLtus_B]

I heard that rumour. It would be cool if it isn't a rumour.

[@alexsc7187]

I loved this movie. Just a question for chris, were u disappointed with captain phasma? U really hyped her up and she didnt do much, she had a cool look , just didnt do a lot

[@WillBinks]

+Alex Sc YES I agree- such a waste of her character. I think along with more moments of her and others from the dark side would of been nice, it was a bit too heavily weighted to the heroes. Also curious what you thought of (Sorry not sure of his name) the ginger starfleet- captain? I thought his character really stuck out. I would of preferred more of a normal 'russian' sort like the originals like there were in the cock pits in the force awakens. He just seemed to be trying too hard.

[@germnbill]

+Alex Sc Yeah. Just like Boba Fett. ;)

[@eXdXgXe4life]

+Will Binks I feel the second episode will have more of the first order... Just like episode 5 had more empire.

[@morerobotwarscontent1476]

+Alex Sc Too many other characters to introduce. Somebody has to get less screen time.

[@morerobotwarscontent1476]

+Alex Sc Too many other characters to introduce. Somebody has to get less screen time.

[@klaymeister]

I wish we still had this hope.

[@tezmard3003]

There’s always hope, but Disney and Kathleen cast a dark shadow

[@markdevlin4232]

Another thing, Kylo Ren shouldn't of taken his helmet off until the scene with Han. That would've added something to the movie

[@jackcheng3513]

+Mark Devlin totally agree. if they wanted to imitate the whole "I'm your father" thingy they should have saved the big reveal of both Kylo's real name and his face until Han caught up to him. No reason why he would have revealed himself upon Rey's request (the sexual tension between Kylo and Rey gives me quivers and not in a good way :P)

[@markdevlin4232]

+Jack Cheng yeah he would've remained a mysterious villain up until the scene with Han instead of revealing himself to Rey. A lot of people say he doesn't look intimidating but to me he looked like a really troubled person who's still really confused

[@martfp88]

+Jack Cheng More like rapy tension :s

[@BlackSun6393]

+Jack Cheng Sexual tension? It's most likely they are either siblings or cousins. I mean, Leia and Luke kissed but...well...

[@jkrenee]

+Jeremy Stuut I think they are siblings too. Jedi aren't supposed to have kids so they shouldn't be cousins.

[@MaJuV]

What? You didn't get the R2 thing? I admit, that was a wrongfully placed shot. But It's the moment Rey lands on the rebel planet that R2 awakens. It's a force trigger. R2 awakens due to somebody with the force coming closer. Awakened by the force... The force awakens? Hint hint?

[@extramouton]

+MaJuV Why didn't leia trigger it then ?

[@geekedmedia]

+MaJuV Yup

[@ericjedel5159]

+extramouton Leia had been with the rebels and R2D2 for the entire time, there wasn't any change from when luke was there to when he left. Rey was the only character introduced to this movie that was force sensitive (and is also likely linked to Luke)

[@brickboi4894]

r2d2 is a droid he couldnt have felt the force

[@fakenameaccepted1555]

+MaJuV My theory is that R2D2 was in hibernation until Rey's Force Awakens. I have to see it again, but I don't think he woke up until she was gaining power. I'm pretty sure Rey is Luke;s daughter. R2D2 had the missing piece needed to find her father and only she could trigger him to wake up. Luke knew that when the force awoke in her, trouble was ahead and it was time for training. Luke left when Han and Leigh had Kylo. He could feel the weakness in him and knew he had to die or train until the Force Awakens and defeat the dark side.

[@gameboi360]

I just remember smiling like a dork during the opening credits crawl...never washing these eyes again!

[@IamaCosmonaut]

+Angry Jim I almost cried during the credits

[@shawklan27]

I was smiling like the joker when I saw that

[@tmzissupergay]

I'll never wash this flipper again

[@EricCartman-mx5wg]

Oh my God, me too. I watched it two times, and the opening is always what gets me... For me, this is the first Star Wars movie I've ever watched in the cinema... And it really brought me back into this world. God damn, I got nostalgic during this movie. I thought I was a little kid watching Star Wars again. It wasn't the adult in me that watched this movie. It was the little kid in me. Hell, you shoulda seen me when I saw the Millenium Falcon again. I was like this: www.dumblittleman.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/banner-chids-01.jpg And I found myself in love with Rey half the film... Jesus Christ, her voice, god damn. Her friggin smile! She's fucking adorable and I am stuck with bitter, ugly, girly girl bitches where I live! >.

[@Tamaki742]

+Angry Jim I think I squeaked at that part XD

[@Andrewx4]

This review had so much optimism for the trilogy. Little did we know

[@Youarekenough]

RJ and his TLJ.....

[@sowmithreddy8178]

@@Youarekenough actually jj and tros tlj was perfect for me its just that i wish tros was a more slow and longer movie

[@sowmithreddy8178]

@@Youarekenough like 3 hours at least

[@shmooveyea]

Rey isn't a Mary Sue just because you just have a problem with strong females because girls don't talk to you in real life. She was the best part of the movie.

[@russianbot2179]

+SmashBrosSieger Nope. I hate political correctness and I hate feminism, but I can tell you are wrong on this. JJ Abrams just likes female characters. He made Felicity and Alias, both super popular series featuring female characters. Literally every other character who does something significant in the movie is a male. Captain Phasma hardly counts as she has almost no screen time. Rey does not need training to do things well because she is naturally stong with the force, just like how Anakin was able to pilot pod racers when no other human on the planet could.... and he was age 10. It is not bad writing, it is in fact very thoughtful writing. I for one, am glad that we have a main character who is actually strong for once. Having your main character be weak and stupid and slowly growing to become strong is soo cliche and overdone.

[@shmooveyea]

drooleybob Virgin identified ^^ I'm a male.

[@soundstudio594]

It was a bit much that she was God at everything, I didn't find her interesting, nor Finn. Harrison Ford carried the movie at 70+ years old. I'm not saying they weren't good actors but they definitely weren't charismatic.

[@voltaire5427]

+shmaveyea Rey is the definition of a Mary Sue. In A New Hope, Luke was a complete liability until the end of the movie. He was saved at least 6 times, and didn't do anything significant until the very end of the movie (even then he was backed up by two of arguably the best pilots in the entire SW universe). Luke had two skills that he was moderately good at. 1. marksmanship and 2. piloting. He sure as hell couldn't do half the things Rey could do.

[@drooleybob]

***** how is he wrong when what he said is undeniably true

[@elijahcassidy]

Seeing as how awesome this movie was, just imagine what Episode 8 and 9 will be like?

[@christopherrustad737]

The Hype is real

[@gengarwarrior6802]

+Elijah Cassidy 9 may not be so great, apparently it will be directed by the guy who made Jurassic World

[@elijahcassidy]

GengarWarrior Yeah I'm a bit concerned about that too.

[@Valon129]

+GengarWarrior You're kidding right? Damn Jurassic World sucks ass.

[@sinisterkiid2301]

I think episode 8 will be the best in these 3, but I'm nervous about 9 because I was not a fan of Jurassic World at all

[@TheInfinitify]

I got the impression R2D2 felt Rey's force and sensed that a Jedi needed Luke.

[@sadhydra]

Droids can't feel the force

[@TheInfinitify]

Candy Vegetables and darkness I worded that wrong. Maybe R2 just sensed that a Jedi was nearby or that Luke needed this Jedi?

[@sebastiananzures7398]

+Infinitify I think BB-8 just told him to wake up cause he had the rest of the map.

[@lccomics9536]

I think he sensed the same kind of power as Luke... As in i think Ray is Luke's daughter

[@sixstanger00]

+Candy Vegetables and darkness No, but R2 units can scan for specific lifeforms and/or objects (R2 scans for Luke's lifesigns in _The Empire Strikes Back_) It's more than likely that Luke used the Force to tell R2 to shut down until he detected Rey or detected Luke's lightsaber in close proximity. It's the only way Luke could be certain his whereabouts would be revealed to the right person.

[@samfilmkid]

THANK YOU for bringing up that point about Rey fighting Kylo Ren! No, she's not a perfect warrior, and neither is he! It was a fight between two young, talented but still inexperienced fighters where the one on the side of good and selflessness won out. She's not some Mary-Sue-Pixie-Dream-Perfect little Disney girl. Is she the most complex character ever written? No, but this is Star Wars and her character is handled just perfectly.

[@w1q2e3r4t5]

Also, did no one notice that Ren was shot before the fight? No wonder he wasn't able to win.

[@joelgilmore3084]

I also liked the way Kylo hit his wound to get his pain up and strengthen his dark side use, great tactical move in my opinion

[@SoulFistGaming]

no shes a mary sue

[@gabrielk.8523]

+Soul Fist Get out.

[@dubbeking]

Honestly, that scene was still pretty bullshit. Kylo is a trained force user who's presumably been training nearly his entire life. Rey is a scavenger who is holding a lightsaber for the first time in her life. There is no way she would overcome him as easily as she did just by being reminded "the force exists." I mean she's just such a bullshit character. She outmatched Kylo in his whole mind-read thing in their second encounter without any training. Mind you, he's been doing that shit for ages probably. Then she learns Jedi mind-trick in less than minute, something that Luke three movies WITH TRAINING! Then she wrestles the lightsaber from Kylo's force grip with the Force. She's just so perfect and infallible it got seriously noticeable on repeated viewings, even in between all the fan-service and great acting. Rey is just bullshit, and they better justify some shit in the next movie.

[@steezenuggets]

anybody feel like the scenes with han & leia interacting was a lil corny? the dialogue just didn't do it for me.

[@zenlikestate]

Yes. I'm glad we won't see any more Han/ Leia scenes.

[@WarriorShooter7]

+steezenuggets All the dialogue in this movie was shit in my opinion. And this movie was exaggeratedly fast-paced to the point of absurdity. I couldn't root for any of the characters thanks to that :/

[@GetToDaChoppa-k5r]

+WarriorShooter7 You have not taste at all.

[@RedX165]

+steezenuggets You could say the same about Episode 4 dialogue with them too. God, movie fans today don't enjoy movies like they use to.

[@sanarr1]

+steezenuggets 15 years from now when they are both dead you will look at it nostalgicly

[@wirnis4498]

The movie was awesome. Also, that scene where bb8 pulls out a lighter for it to look like a thumbs up was hilarious

[@wirnis4498]

Jesus Christ A thumbs up was honestly my only thought

[@andyb2341]

+sadlandsirwin my only thought was also that he gave him the middle finger

[@Kursmashh]

+Jesus Christ it was a thumbs up, he did it with a lethal tool to say "I still don't like you". Like spelling out "happy birthday" with knives.

[@89tonstar]

+sadlandsirwin That scene was made for idiots to think it was funny, it didn't have any substance to make it funny

[@cooldanrod5596]

tbone martinez Or maybe, you have no sense of humor.

[@EyesOfTheInternet]

The Force Awakens is a very well made film and probably better than Return.

[@halloweenfriday]

I say it's as good as Return, and it's much superior to the prequels.

[@tylerjacobson8012]

It's ten times the film rotj is. Way way better in the technical realm, way way way better in the acting department. It's overall a better film. It's on par with the original Star Wars if not slightly better.

[@chrisperlaky8715]

+Tyler Jacobson , considering that it's a remake of the original film and its beat structure was entirely predictable, no.

[@urilaf8598]

+Tyler Jacobson its definitely tied in second with a new hope imo. Hopefully the next one is great. But its with the director of jurrassic world which isnt a very good movie. Not terrible. Just not good ...its basically a glorified syfy channel movie. Im worried it will just throw references of the empire strikes back and not be its own thing.

[@joshuamcclellan4942]

+Tyler Jacobson don't jump on the hype train to !uch

[@richardmerkin69]

It's funny watching this review now when Chris talks about Force Awakens setting up the Big Picture of where the trilogy was going - and in the end it just ended up being a complete mess.

[@magicorthodoxy]

well you admitted that Rey has a tie to Luke and when does R2 power up? When Rey enters the base.......

[@UnderdogPlays_]

Luke enters Rey ;)

[@CeelahBeelah]

+UnderdogIQ22 that'll be really gross if she ends up being his daughter...

[@UnderdogPlays_]

SoundtrackFanGirlFa chwwbaca is r2d2s dad

[@CeelahBeelah]

+UnderdogIQ22 lol thats common knowledge

[@ilittlemonster22]

+magicorthodoxy R2 ex machina

[@il100374]

We need a strong female Jedi? Why? A Jedi has to be female for other women to relate to her? Very close minded. Star Wars isn't about race or gender, but from the looks of his interviews JJ doesn't realize that. Political correctness will be the downfall of cinema. I don't need a black Jedi to feel empowered. I don't need a male Jedi to relate to a character. Rey is a badass character who happens to be a female. Stop bringing focus to gender/race

[@befru]

+il100374 I agree. The pro-minority people are just as racist as the anti-minority people. I liked Rey, but she seems somewhat overpowered in the movie since she quickly and easily solved all of her problems.

[@Billybohilly]

+il100374 Its just nice to see minorities in such roles rather than a full white cast, and males as the leads, like most American movies used to have. I don't think he means they included rey and finn just to appeal to minorities. But America is supposed to be a melting pot and its nice for heros not to all be white males all the time because that's not the ideals of America.

[@Kalleosini]

+il100374 I can't like this statement enough. if people can't relate to a human being on screen because they don't look like themselves, it's not the movie that did something wrong, it's just the person being narrow minded.

[@befru]

Billybohilly Variety is good since it keeps things interesting. The problem is that many people are going out of their way to include at least 1 of each minority type when making advertisements or movies just so they can be politically correct. I'm sure they intended for the main character to be a strong female from the very first day of writing the script. It actually worked really well in this movie.

[@befru]

황원 The pro-minority are racist if they only support someone just because the person belongs to a minority race. My point is that discriminating for someone because of race is just as bad as discriminating against someone. People shouldn't get special treatment or privileges just because they are a minority. Everyone should be treated equally.

[@sinisterkiid2301]

Honest question: Do people who are negative about this film actually honestly dislike it or are they just desperate for attention?

[@halloweenfriday]

They're trolls or "original" purists. They just nitpick the minor flaws in the film and call it trash. But hey, welcome to 2015 where almost everyone on the internet acts like they have a stick up their ass.

[@geromino97]

they are just scared because this movie is just as good as the originals

[@Tyngdlyftning1]

+Denigar Anaxarthos Yeah, because the prequels are so good.

[@Oneplus75]

+sinister kiid oh, so every body has to love it do they ?

[@anessone]

Ooohh SOMEBODY IS MAD BECAUSE THEY KILLED HAN BWAHAHAHAHA! The way they killed him off is nothing short of brilliant. Sure his death scene slightly mirrors Obi-wan but what i like about Han's relationship with Finn and Rey is that he is their Obi-wan but more subtlely. It also makes it more emotional because it wans this duty to help them unlike Obi-wan. I liked it a lot.

[@mrmindtrick99]

Well this review didn’t age well...

[@CharlieViking95]

I loved this movie, cried while watching it. A few flaws can't sully the best Star Wars movie in over 30 years. (On a side-note: PLEASE give us more of Phasma in the upcoming movies)

[@tomkelly338]

+Hayden Burke Boba fett looked cool as well and is still people's favourite even though he died like a bitch

[@Joshcoshbagosh]

+Tom Kelly Boba Fett is one of the most overrated fictional characters ever created.

[@digital_gaucho]

+Charlie's Drum Corner For me Phasma wasn't in this movie I hope she will kick some ass in the next ones instead of walking around and getting knocked out by teenagers. Loved the movie

[@iTzDouken]

+Joshcoshbagosh Yeah but they built him up as a bad ass, Phasma just gives orders, doesn't show anything impressive YET, who knows what happens after

[@BxsicEuro]

+Charlie's Drum Corner the saddest part was when han solo got killed by his son

[@RANDR01]

R2-D2 wouldn't power on until Rey arrived at the rebel base.

[@xXxsampplayer1xXx]

+Randy Nguyen As Chris said, I think Luke manipulated R2 to do that.

[@ghostbuster7575]

+Randy Nguyen HE SENSED THE HOPE IN HER.

[@Daniel-Rosa.]

Aaaaaaaand the plot called for it, guys, let's admit it XD

[@Markenjiru]

+Randy Nguyen So what if Luke put the missing part of the map on Jakku, where he left his daughter (?), so she could get it once she's old enough and try to find him. So when she gets close to R2 he can give her the rest of the map. Why else would the map be on Jakku, in the smallest village with no outside connections?

[@_RT___]

+Randy Nguyen its weird to me that everybody doesn't realize this. She wasnt there earlier with Fin, the end was her first time there, and the moment she steps off her ship and onto their base, R2 wakes up full of excitement. Either R2 thinks its Luke, or Luke programmed R2 to only turn on for his daughter so she can be trained at the right time.

[@JWUniverse]

I also liked Daniel Craig's cameo he had in the film as a Stormtrooper so Awesome!...

[@rileyfreeman7122]

When?

[@pontusgustafsson5109]

+Riley Freeman When Rey is using the force on that stormtrooper to release her. the trooper is Craig

[@MrEmafon4]

+Riley Freeman He`s the one stormtrooper that Rey Uses mind tricks on

[@Timmah73]

+JWUniverse "Annnnd I'll drop my weapon."

[@jointhe6461]

+JWUniverse FN007.

[@Curt_Randall]

my theory is that Luke planted the lightsaber with Maz as a test. If the force called to anyone and brought them to it, then he would know they were worthy of training. That person of course was Rey. After that happened and Rey realized the force was strong in herself, Luke allowed R2 to open the door to him.

[@katyrish]

+Scwurt Good theory. I like the one with her being Luke's daughter. Would make sense with her missing family and all.

[@CthedrulWtr164]

+Scwurt Kind of reminds me of how Yoda first tested Luke's patience and precision in Empire. That's a pretty good theory to fit in with.

[@Axon4000Gaming]

+tellytooya But Jedi aren't supposed to have kids...

[@vivanlascosas7652]

+Tylord The Great Luke would not know that.

[@katyrish]

+Tylord The Great anakin skywalker? like father, like son

[@robertringuette2197]

I felt there were 2 flaws with the film: 1. Length spent on Han Solo's death. The grieving process went by too quick. But Chewie's howl upon seeing it got me. 2. Starkiller base destruction...not feeling it, should have only been disabled. Looked too much like planet Vulcan being destroyed in the other series.

[@treyhudak3542]

+Robert Ringuette I though so too regarding the base, but think about it. The base had the power of a star to fire its big cannon. If the containment system was compromised, it could have easily been destroyed along with the entire system. I at least thought the effect looked good.

[@DuilioTMurai]

+Robert Ringuette Really got the feeling that Starkiller was only a excuse. I didn't care much for it in comparison of Ren x Kylo duel.

[@zappbrannigan2801]

+Robert Ringuette There was another flaw, and that was Captain Phasma. My god, even for the first movie, what a waste of potential, I really hope she gets more screen time and a badass scene in the next movie, because she was just so stale in this film.

[@nundalatacama3613]

Yeah, Chewie's scream got me too! It was so sad ;(

[@sabinea.4532]

+Declan Brannigan stale is kind of a harsh way to put it. I would say underused, more set-up than anything else..she probably will play a bigger part later.. but yeah abit disappointing

[@joker45186]

Anyone notice that the snoke soundtrack is similar to the background music in the opera house scene/ the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the wise in ROTS?

[@mvp0]

+Brennan Cain I will go crazy if in episode 8, it is revealed that Snoke is Darth Plagueis.

[@schm00b0]

+Mike Welson Actually, knowing crap that J.J. did so far, Snoke should be Kylo Ren that time-travelled back from the future :P

[@Ethan-de3we]

+schm00b0 Luke is going to skype with his future self and he'll say "here's how u defeat him"

[@TheAccursedEntity]

+schm00b0 It can't be more crap than what Lucas did with the prequels.

[@sirkarl1]

Definitely did hear that, I think it could possibly be plagus explain y he's all messed up facially

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

Spoiler alert: Rey is a granddaughter of admiral Ackbar!

[@monkeydude9192]

If the leaks about her being Palpatine's granddaughter are true, this would be better.

[@r0N1n_SD]

Nope... She is a palpatine

[@sowmithreddy8178]

palps not ackbar

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

@@sowmithreddy8178 nah she totally has his eyes

[@MegaSpideyman]

@Iamebubblesflysohigh If only!

[@demianhaki7598]

"Make up your damn minds" is kind of an unfair statement. It's a false dichotomy, since people who disapproved of the sequels clearly didn't mean "We want a movie with a similar plot as the OT".

[@RainsFamily03]

+Demian Haki EXACTLY!!!!

[@FrostWolfPack]

+Demian Haki Hear hear

[@ryho1020]

People are hypocrites. They are complaining about the opposite things they were complaining about when Tpm came out. The filmmakers just can't win

[@mattiej2311]

exactly. when people say the prequels weren't enough like the OT, they meant that they didn't have the same feel. When they say the force awakens was too much like the OT, they meant that it had almost exactly the same plot points. Stuckmann, and anyone who makes this argument, is a fucking moron.

[@mattiej2311]

+SinuousCobra8989 it's pretty clear that it's not a bullshit position to take. Read my comment, and then read the original comment of Demian again.

[@lachiesholl687]

The Storm trooper who said, "And I'll drop my gun" was Daniel Craig!

[@captainsnapple]

That was confirmed to be a fake rumor.

[@patrickhofstad3012]

+Captain Snapple damn it would be cool if it were true

[@MikeRitiques]

+Captain Snapple it sounds like him when I re watched it I really heard him

[@DarthVandigo]

+Captain Snapple Listen to the voice. It's Craig.

[@TiciTotyTony]

I thought Craig was the badass fighting Finn on the field.

[@Coolcats-cb7yx]

I thought it was because Rey awakened then if she is related to Luke he felt that family presents and woke up.

[@tomkelly338]

"You have that power too" we didn't see that scene in the movie...I think that is Luke giving it to rey when she was a child!

[@haunttheeditor]

+Tom Kelly That dialogue is from Jedi.

[@alexbernal7857]

+Kody H Not the line, "You have that power too"

[@McDylbot]

+Alex Bernal - Yes it is, he says it to Leia. Same scene.

[@Klayhamn]

+Alex Bernal yes it is. they just changed the order of the sentences. watch it again. it's on youtube

[@lordwhoopi9132]

It's getting easier to become a jedi as the generations pass, is there something the council weren't telling us

[@legendofthefall7082]

Apparently someone telling you that the Force exists now means that you can resist interrogation and do a Mind Trick with no training or practice.

[@TommyClemenza]

TheCompulsiveWinner Rey could had been trained throughout her younger days - just wait mate

[@legendofthefall7082]

Argus The Colossus I'll wait. I actually hope I'm wrong on this but I doubt that I am because everything about Rey screams Mary Sue. It's a real shame too because Daisy Ridley is a good actress.

[@FronzClownz]

Did everyone miss that the title of the film is "The Force Awakens"?. In summary, to me, it means that suddenly the last Jedi was no more. The force awoke inside living beings to create some sort of balance. That would be why Rey and Finn felt some sort of force within themselves. Without training. Like "Cavemen", they knew, but was not finalsed.

[@legendofthefall7082]

Fronz Clownz That's not how the Force works though. People who are "force sensitive" simply have the potential to connect with the force and attune themselves with it, but the actual connection is something that only comes with practice and training. It has always been like this. If you're going to change the most fundamental elements of Star Wars then stop calling it Star Wars.

[@spooderous]

Kylo Ren is the Anakin Skywalker we never got. Loved his character.

[@Bryan-dr5qy]

At first I thought that how Kylo Ren got defeated was lame. But now that I think about it, I agree with what you say. To those who say this movie is racist because Finn is such a 'coward'. Not every character has to be perfect. Look at where he started, he was a strormtrooper who didn't agree with the first order's ideals, he already has a very cruel life. He wants to quit, but he is forced to join the fight even though he doesn't want to. Some people might argue that Rey is a stronger character than Finn because she is a girl, look where she was. She is an orphan who was forced to lived on Jakku who always had the sense that she could do more. She is forced to be independent and collect scrap for food. When people compare Rey to Finn, you have to think about where the characters were at the time. Finn was in a more emotionally disorganized state than Rey when they first met. But in the second act, Rey too is becoming emotionally challenged in a sense. And at the end she stops running from Kylo Ren and uses the force in a way that Kylo Ren can't, in a calm manner.

[@Bryan-dr5qy]

And in the end Finn changes as well, Finn also stops running and stands up to Kylo Ren even though he knows he can't win. This is his character arc. It's ok to havea character this way so long as they evolve at the end like Luke in the original trilogy.

[@michaelfires4827]

I do not think Finn is a coward. He just did not want to have anything to do with wars and murders anymore. Cannot really blame him. It does not mean he is a coward.

[@johngun7418]

rey really shouldn't be more competent than Finn since he was trained since he was young in combat. being a scavenger having to survive by yourself doesn't necessarily make you a great fighter. And no its not because she's a girl that I think that(not saying that to you specifically but people assume)

[@michaelfires4827]

"being a scavenger having to survive by yourself doesn't necessarily make you a great fighter" Not necessarily, but skilled to some degree it does. Finn was trained since he was young, yes, but his first battle was at Jakku and look how that turned out. It took a lot for him to actually step up and use all the training he had. And even then he utterly failed against Kylo. Which is completely logical.

[@hughtubecube]

Also those who say Finn was a coward clearly didn't watch the film: Finn is a warrior, through and through.

[@doctorisjoe]

Man if Finn does not awaken the force I'll be pissed

[@comiclove5]

Truth.

[@hyperdeath84]

+doctorisjoe Maybe he'll have a robotic spine since that wound he received looked pretty fucking nasty. I'm intrigued as to where his character will go as Rey has all the talent but Finn is so damn likeable I just want him along for the ride.

[@Daniel-Rosa.]

If Finn awakens to Ray keeping him in the friendzone *_then_* I'll be pissed and wish he stayed asleep.

[@dw3134]

+Daniel Rosa Sorry man. But I think he is already deep in the friendzone lol

[@lifetake3103]

+Denita Watkins eh that forehead kiss (I know it is just a forehead kiss) might say slightly otherwise. like they are going out of their way for each other. Rey is trying to get Finn to stay Finn saves Rey, Rey gets to know it was Finns idea. Rey saves she will see Finn again. I think it is leading towards a relationship, but they are going to need to have Finn be either really good at something or he might look like an extremely small side character in the relationship

[@sodapopred417]

For Star Wars 8, I hope (no pun intended) it opens with Han solo's funeral

[@auggiebiermann]

I'd like a moment where everyone is on the run from the first order and as they are resting at night around a campfire to get character development as they all talk and mourn Han Solo with no music only the sounds of the voices and the Sparks of the fire

[@sodapopred417]

Augs For President that would be pretty cool too

[@averijames3741]

Actually it's been revealed that it's gonna open up right where the force awakens left off on Luke's island

[@sodapopred417]

Blue Averi oh, so no HAn funeral ;(

[@sodapopred417]

***** NICE!!!!!!

[@jakehorsburgh2878]

The best thing about the film is how Kylo is tempted by the lightside, it's such a good flip of the standard "seduced by the dark side' plus how he wears a mask just to emulate Vader is clever. Only thing I still don't understand about the force is how you can go from light to dark instantaneously, like how can all your views just switch

[@PowerCookie1]

+Jake At Uni its as easy as flipping a coin

[@skulllghost]

+Jake At Uni It's as simple as looking after a puppy for all its life, then suddenly deciding to hurt it. It'll probably never truly forgive you.

[@SmartStar]

They shouldn't have had him take off the mask. It ruins the effect Sooo much.

[@jameslearing970]

It happned to Anakin very quickly.

[@chazgaskin8470]

Well I don't understand why kylo ren had a mask in the first place. I mean it's kind of cool but all of the other sith don't wear masks and the only reason darth vader did was so he could stay alive

[@cyoung7127]

Finn and Rey's interactions with each other felt very rushed and forced (pardon the pun). They're already hugging each other and almost tearing up when Finn leaves Maz's place after only knowing each other for a few hours, not to mention Finn was being dishonest the entire time. I just felt their exchanges where written poorly and kind of glossed over.

[@akaElleLatham]

+Cory Y The whole film was rushed to me.

[@cyoung7127]

Yeah, similar to Avengers Age of Ultron, but not quite as bad

[@joaodecarvalho7012]

+Harsh Parmar Yeah.... The greatest Jedi of all will be a woman.

[@DarthRushy]

+Cory Y Considering what they just went through and how they really didn't know anyone else, I'd say their reactions were pretty genuine.

[@nico-v113]

Mission Impossible 3, that was also a nonstop adrenaline rush...just like The Force Awakens. You know both directed by J.J Abrams

[@bobby111]

I'm betting Rey is Luke's daughter and she had some early Jedi training back when Luke had the academy. So when Ben Solo embraced the dark side and destroyed the academy, Luke sent Rey away to protect her.

[@Zackisasleep]

That was a good theory

[@richardswartz8069]

She'ld know more than she does (or at least let on) in the beginning of the movie. I think Snuke was the student that turned on Luke, Ben and Rey were twins and were separated.

[@adamhasser2010]

+Richard Swartz I'm pure sure a Force sensitive like Leia would have recognized her own daughter...

[@adamhasser2010]

+bobby111 How is abandoning her on an awful dessert planet "protecting her?" Luke was given to his Step Aunt & Uncle. Rey was seemingly given to a junk dealer...

[@bobby111]

Adam Hasser Because on a planet like that, The first Order wouldn't find her. Also that environment would toughen her. It's s secret Jedi training plan :))

[@xClunky]

Re-watching this after watching the Rise of Skywalker, I have to agree that Force Awakens is the best motion picture of the this trilogy. To be honest I didn't particularly like any of them. However, I still have a major problem with something you say in this review. The way you brush aside the complaints about the similarities between this movie and the originals as people "not making up their minds" is so easy and unfair. I disliked this movie because it was too similar to the originals in terms of STORY. I, like most people I think, wanted something similar in terms of TONE, PACING, FEELING, VISUALS, etc. but that doesn't prevent you from writing an original story instead of re-hashing the same one we've already seen before. There were a million directions they could've gone in while maintaining the elements I mentioned above but noooo. They had to bring back the Falcon and another Death Star and another Cantina scene and another kid stuck on a desert planet and so many other beats and story elements. I don't like it because it's a waste of time and a missed opportunity.

[@ishmael4489]

Just watched it with my brother and we both completely agree!

[@gbrow1604]

I think what's even worse is how it ruins the legacy of the original trilogy. Think about it, what was the point of the rebellion defeating the empire if thirty years later the galaxy would be just how it was before, with an organization with TIE fighters and stormtroopers being the main power in the galaxy and a rebellion movement with x wings and y wings fighting against it. It makes zero sense because why would the "ashes of the empire have a weapon 100x the size of the death star and HOW THE HELL WOULD THE NEW REPUBLIC NOT STOP IT. And also what's the point of the resistance if there's a new republic? They sacrificed any sort of sense and creativity just so they could rip off the original. And for that reason this is my second least favorite SW movie. Only above The Rise of Shitwalker.

[@xClunky]

@Jack Fisher I couldn't have put it better honestly

[@ryanleadbitter7749]

@@gbrow1604 Couldn’t have said it better myself. This was my biggest problem with the sequel trilogy, though I still don’t dislike it as much as many Star Wars fans do.

[@spaceace4387]

Calling The Force Awakens “the best motion picture of this trilogy” is like saying that one part of a dog turd is less smelly than the rest.

[@carterburkhart4336]

"We don't have to wait three years, only a couple." But isn't that around 3 years?

[@McDylbot]

+Carter Burkhart Only 18 months til Episode VIII.

[@raexrockstar]

"A couple" means 2. But it'll probably be less than that thank god

[@tylerjacobson8012]

A couple is 2 that's a whole 365 days difference

[@kingolight]

+Carter Burkhart +Tyler Jacobson Its actually less then 2 years

[@carterburkhart4336]

Hey don't be so mean.

[@SamMcGaw]

Why is there a kind of undertone of hate for this film. I cant go to a video without someone saying that ep1 was better then this. Ep7 was awesome !!!

[@REDDAWNproject]

for me, i found the film significantly better then 1 and 2, but the last third being such a wierd mess lowers it to being below episode 3 and 6.

[@Badbufon]

is better than 3 for god's sake... but worst than any of the original trilogy, just because is a rehash of episode 4, it had the power to be even better, but they played too safe.

[@Itachikeyser99]

+Sam McGaw (samsung12388) all i see is positive comments for the film

[@kakamaru5]

+Could'veBeenBetterProductions Force Awakens is way better than 3 (and I REALLY like 3) and better than Jedi as well. The Jabba scene (which took up nearly FORTY minutes of screen time) and the Ewok scene (I love the Ewoks, but it dragged WAY too long) put Episode VII above both of those. I'd even say it's on par with A New Hope if not better.

[@EmileFeik]

+AvatarDan You obviously haven't gone on the imdb message boards for this film.

[@frenpilled]

the ending shot of this movie was so fucking awesome it gave me chills. i honestly don't think they could've done a better job at introducing Luke.

[@grizzlykate]

AGREEEEE

[@mykelc205]

Peter Jackson shot it.

[@proxalan]

One of the best moments in the whole saga. And the music was so amazing in that scene.

[@Zanderlorian]

This doesn’t age well...

[@meme-afied7400]

It aged wonderfully. Force Awakens is 100% a fantastic Star Wars movie and easily top 3 and better than all the prequels.

[@MediaLoverChris02]

@@meme-afied7400Finally… someone with some SENSE

[@LaRanaFel1z]

What do you think of TLJ and TROS? Do you like them as much as you like TFA? :3

[@meme-afied7400]

@laranafeliz1684 I don't last jedi as much, but I do love TROS

[@MediaLoverChris02]

@@meme-afied7400 The Last Jedi >>>>>

[@robsorbo]

R2's awakening didn't bother me. There are hints that Rey is somehow connected to the Skywalkers, so I just assumed that Rey's force awakening made R2 think that Luke had returned.

[@zyndeco6659]

+Rob Sorbo so.... R2 is now force sensitive??? in low power mode???

[@robsorbo]

+Zyndeco I was more thinking that it's Skywalker sensitive. Call it biometric screening or something.

[@elwinjosue]

+Rob Sorbo Probably Luke programmed R2-D2 to recognize a certain algorithm that depends on the midichlorian count of the person that's with R2-D2. Therefore it will have a spontaneous recovery to it's original functions.

[@WhirlOmar]

+Tom Miller I think we are starting to make excuses for the lack of good plot development. I think a good movie should not leave important plot points up for guessing. However, I hope you're right.

[@Heldermaior]

I think Darth Vader was a better villain in Episode 4. Kylo Ren looks like a spoiled brat in this movie and the lack of appearence by darth vader was intriguing. Also, they presented Vader as THE villain. And his cryptic sentences only peaked more interest in the character. He had no emotion in his actions which made him even scarier. He was always clinical.

[@richardswartz8069]

Very true. I also think it is deliberate to show that the First Order is a lot more frail than the Empire/Vader. I think that will be a big part of the plot as the last two movies come out: we're dealing with something a lot more volatile than the Empire, to the point where they don't contemplate self-preservation like the Empire did.

[@DuilioTMurai]

+Heldermaior Well, I think that anyone who knows nothing about Star Wars would have seen Tarkin as the main villain (specially because he gives orders to Vader).

[@TheKeksmuzh]

+Heldermaior I completely disagree. Vader is fine in episode 4, but it's not until the sequels that he becomes the incredible villain we know and love. He's menacing, sure, but ultimately he spends most of his time as Tarkin's attack dog (a far cry from being 'THE villain') . Empire is what really makes him terrifying. Kylo Ren, while not purely evil as episode 4 Vader was, is a much deeper character with a well-written, very well acted internal conflict. He's scary in his own way, and unlike Vader doesn't have the control to reign in his anger.

[@undead797]

+Heldermaior Agreed, Kylo Ren was such a brat. Even though Vader was a more mature Sith Lord, before that he was a Jedi, and before that he was a pretty cool and intuitive little kid. The only reason he turned to the dark side was because of his feelings for Padme which were forbidden by the Jedi. I look forward to seeing why Kylo Ren would turn to the dark side. Vader's reason for turning is at least kind of heart breaking but Kylo Ren does seem like a little shit. At least Vader never actually killed anyone in his family. Kylo Ren sucks.

[@kilerman12971]

+a rodrigues In training, dude the guys been in training ever since Luke left which was years ago considering people thought he was a myth. I think he's had plenty of time to be a Sith. Vader was by far the better villain, however, I still like Kylo Ren as a villain.

[@gabrieltsiry]

Rey is definitely Luke's daughter. Which means, Mara Jade is now back into the cannon ... ?

[@gabrieltsiry]

+Gabriel RAKOTONAIVO and Daniel Craig as a stormtrooper spotted. He ends up removing some restraints, and dropping some weapon. ^^

[@captaincold1407]

+Gabriel RAKOTONAIVO Haha. Mara Jade. WTF?

[@Alucard2091]

+Gabriel RAKOTONAIVO is Clone wars Series and Star wars Rebel are those canon to Movie Universe

[@half-hazard8903]

+Captain Cold Mara Jade is Luke Skywalker's wife in the Extended Universe lore.

[@jacobtacosta]

AND KYLO REN KILLS HER! That adds more input on why he lives as a hermit. He destroys his friend's family and even even his own (sister and wife!) *gasps*

[@Caleb904]

Jesus Christ. Anyone who is thinking about reading the comments I suggest you don't....especially if you liked this movie like I did. Most of them are talking about how this movie was just to make men look bad and that its propaganda and just an agenda. People it's a freakin Star Wars movie. A company is trying to give us what we wanted and this is what you say? God I'm so done with some of these fans. You don't like the prequels because they're not enough like the originals, you don't like TFA because it's too much like the originals. THEN HOW ABOUT YOU GO WATCH THE ORIGINALS AGAIN AND QUIT RUINING IT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIKED THIS MOVIE. ITS NOT THAT HARD.

[@TheBrickBaron]

I agree 100%

[@TheBimboSquad]

Preach

[@RIPPaul-xy9yn]

I watched it like 2 times, and it really sucks, I found the Star Wars movie a huge disappointment, especially the character Kylo Ren, I mean, how he talks is so fucking annoying, and the scene where he throws temper tantrums made him look very immature and not cool, especially where he took his mask off, he looked so average, especially that long ass nose, and not to mention, he is not even built, he's skinny as a tooth pick, Kylo Ren has to be the worst Star Wars villain and the worst and most average looking (Not that I'm gay or Bisexual) actor to play a Star Wars villain ever!, enough said.

[@RIPPaul-xy9yn]

PS, the guy who directed the movie was JJ Abrams, who I always hated as a director ever since I watched that lousy show Alias when I was a Senior in High School, it literally sucked ass. Jennifer Garner was the main character in that show, and she was so annoying, all she ever did in situations like confronting killers, she didn't have the heart to kill them or when she learned some other bad stories going on in her life or any shocking family secrets that were revealed to her, she would cry all the time, which was l literately fucking annoying, I couldn't stand it. Anyways, I don't like Jennifer Garner, I don't find her hot at all like a lot of other guys do who have heard of her, and plus she barely gets any tv or movie roles anymore, she just gets paid to do a bunch of adds on tv, which is no surprise to me because she's not a good actor at all.

[@H4nn4hLuv]

+Cameron Manesh he is a bad villian because he isn't some dark edgy emo fuck?

[@1beatcher]

too bad JJ won't direct the next 2 films :(

[@chrisperlaky8715]

+1beatcher , it's too bad he directed this one.

[@m2412]

I'm kinda scared ? Will jj at least be involved ?? In anything for the story ???

[@LordJeffries]

+maya JJ is producing for VIII and IX, so he will have some input.

[@LordJeffries]

+1beatcher That's fine, cause a) the originals each had different directors and they turned out fine, and b) it stops one person from having total control of the franchise (that's what ruined the prequels).

[@Tr1ckySh0tzz]

JJ can literally never finish what he starts, and it makes me mad because he's good at what he does. Look at Lost and now Star Trek. Just too bad, maybe he doesn't know how to finish a film or just doesn't want to be responsible for how a series should end.

[@CNSD75I]

I wish we got to see Captain Phasma a little more.

[@useful76]

+CNSD75I Yea maybe she could have fucked up in some more dramatic way than she already did.

[@allangomez5728]

yea

[@albertthepeacock8020]

+CNSD75I Hopefully we do like with Boba Fett in 5&6

[@bloodorange6713]

+CNSD75I She was just there for merchandising.

[@albertthepeacock8020]

Zach Forrester That sucks,they spent all that time hyping her up

[@Azivegu]

SPOILER ALERT: Behind the wood panel, is wood...

[@TiciTotyTony]

:( i didnt finish watching Wood 2 man

[@HNfilms]

+Azivegu oh no.....

[@TheGamerJayD]

+Tici Toty Tony don't bother watching it sapling dies :P haha

[@MyRadar23]

Still a better story than the prequels

[@HNfilms]

Riley Johnston NO!!! THE PREEKWELLS WEAR THE BEST WONS FUK U

[@ilovebutterstuff]

The "thumbs up", by BB-8... I thought it was the middle finger.

[@ayleelya]

When Kylo Ren kills Han I so wanted the dialog to go: "I love you" Han solo said. "I know." Kylo Ren said, a tear rolling down his cheek. He activated the light saber ripping the light side from his heart and with it the life of his father. Han Solo looks in to his son's eyes for the last time and gently reaches up and pats him on the cheek his thumb wiping away the tear.

[@useful76]

+ayleelya That was a missed opportunity, agreed. Of all the things they pulled from the originals, that was the perfect set up for that line.

[@hootsifer-darling]

+ayleelya damn...that would have been spectacular

[@WKADESIGNS]

+ayleelya It sounds nice on paper, but that would have been an incredibly cheap and unoriginal way to pay homage to the original, it would have soured one of the most iconic and beloved lines in film history. Literally rewatching those movies would ruin those lines since all you would be able to think about would be this death scene. Plus, it was already rehashed in ROTJ, I think it would have added insult to injury using it a third time.

[@ayleelya]

phskeithatkinson the heart wants what the heart wants =D

[@freshdude56]

plot twist, rey turns to the dark side, and ren goes to the light. we see that ren is weak as shit when it comes to being "dark", and when rey was fighting ren it looks like her fighting style although amatuer it was very offensive.

[@mbanerjee5889]

+freshdude56 i would love it if that actually happened

[@MidnightSpecialist]

That's a really cool theory. I wouldn't be upset if that happened.

[@austinschillage5620]

She was trying to kill ren because he hurt fin, killed Han, and because he was trying to kill her. She didn't care if she got hurt. She just wanted to kill him. That's why she was more offensive. Right?

[@JakvsMetalheads999]

+Austin Schillage So she was fighting using her anger over what Ren had done to Han and Finn... like the dark side!

[@austinschillage5620]

+JakVM999 Leave me alone I'm only 13 lol. And I've only seen Empire Strikes Back and The Force Awakens

[@abeljuarez]

This movie is good. But I feel people are looking past a lot of flaws. I've seen Chris pick apart a movie and it feels like he is letting a lot get a pass on this one.

[@JOE40341]

+Abel Juarez giving it a pass? My God he gave it an A. to me this movie was meh.... but its just my opinion

[@prizefighter7607]

+Abel Juarez The movie's brand new and everyone's wearing their nostalgia goggles right now. I walked out of the theatre thinking this movie was fun, but rather lazy. The slow moments were it's not cutting from action beat to action beat were seeping with melodrama. Whoever in The First Order thought the new deathstar was a good idea should have been killed right away. How would that sales pitch have gone anyways? "We know the empire's plan of a giant sphere of death failed, twice. So how about we do the exact same thing as they, only _bigger_." The movie's a lot of fun, way better than Phantom Menace but it steals whole plot points from New Hope. To me it's a 6/10 when taking the originals into account. If this was a standalone, or someone's first time in the Star Wars universe, I'd give it an 8/10.

[@darthwolf2592]

I went to the midnight premiere of TFA in Leicester Square in London and it was awesome. Everyone turned up in outfits and when the opening theme begun, everybody cheered. They also cheered whenever a returning character came on like Han, Chewie, Leia, C3P0, R2 and Luke. Really great experience and a great movie.

[@TheThe-cw7ee]

That sound like a terrible audience to be watching a movie with

[@juliaboguslawska4794]

A large room full of Star Wars geeks dressed up like kids on Halloween, probably stinking of body odour and cheering every ten minutes when you're trying to watch a movie? Sounds like a fucking nightmare tbh.

[@ryanhinckley6472]

When I saw it on opening night, the Falcon got more cheers than most of the returning characters

[@DarkWolf-407]

Its plagiarized. So a non film, really its a damned crime and people love it.

[@SpiderManlLover]

Probably one of the best experiences of my life, loved it!

[@samuelhawes6735]

How? It wasn't even that good...

[@haydenross4688]

+Sam Hawes you're wrong buddy

[@NewtNewt117]

+Sam Hawes everyone has an opinion, even if yours sucks ass, which is my opinion. The force awakens opening night being one of the most fun nights I have had is also my opinion.

[@1995krampe]

+Eduardo Hernandez i saw the original trilogy not to long ago for the first time. Instantly loved it. Watched episode 1 and i was so disappointed, but the force awakens reminded me so much to the original trilogy. I think i never got so hooked during a movie. I almost cried cause it looked so good and i was glad they didnt fucked it up.

[@metfan999]

+Office of Naval Intelligence section 3 Intelligence that comment is so good. I'm nicking it!

[@Sameeer_Saker]

I liked Finn WAY more than Rey, but regardless of that both of them have equal weight to the movie. I don't see why people are giving so much focus to her on reviews and comments.

[@Sameeer_Saker]

Imrul Khan Well, I disagree. The comic relief moments only made him more relatable, and the character don't rely only on gags, far from that. I didn't see any stereotypical traits on Finn, but I respect your opinion.

[@VentMagic102]

Shit it's a respectful debate in the comments kill it

[@dylanscriven892]

I wanted him to have the force so badly and when I knew he was about to fight kylo I was so excited, and then he gets his ass kicked

[@th0ng828]

+Samir Mapelli People disregard Finn because he was overshadowed everytime he had to share the screen, his comic relief parts (like Solo nodding his head and Finn asking why you nodding like that) were forced and dumb where as Reys character was strong and dominant. Finn had the force awaking in him - too bad it was the Jar Jar Binks kinda force.

[@jamesrojas2067]

+Dylan Scriven I believe Finn WILL become a Jedi, they need more Jedis to be trained to bring the Council or the Jedi Order back He looks BADASS with a lightsaber

[@taz4382]

Anyone disappointed with the inclusion of the Raid actors!!!..Thought they were gonna do some slick out of the world action scenes or help the action side, instead they said a couple of words and thats it...😞

[@JaeRell]

+Tazz I know right. They were only in the movie to get ticket sales from overseas. Sad.

[@Iggsy81]

+Tazz Yep! No martial arts from them.. i guess they used them just to market the film in SE asia

[@taz4382]

+Iggsy81 Im pretty sure the name STAR WARS sells it self overseas. They're major crazy about it over their, don't think hiring asian actors played a significant role in getting them come to see the film.

[@Fourtgru123]

Yeah, I was so pissed at that! I thought they were going to play the Knights of Ren (who were barely in the movie), but they didn't :( Still an awesome movie though

[@Planetnish]

Totally!

[@josephwalsh4530]

Holy shit this review did not age well.

[@Rudy-hq9rx]

Rey was a Mary sue...

[@Rudy-hq9rx]

*****​ Mary sue is,in simple terms,a female "good at everything" type deal.Sorta like nothing bad happens,figures everything out by herself.

[@FlashCamel23]

+playus 12 So she could do everything that little Anakin could do in episode 1. She constantly had fear following her in the entire movie. Kylo Ren was able to get the best of her in every moment besides the ending. I just point you to John Campaeas rant on collider from their episode yesterday. He will set your dumbass straight and I'm guessing you're just a bandwagon who heard that online somewhere. Once cinema finally delivers a strong female character who no one watching is able to differentiate from there being a male protagonist comes about, she is then criticized for being too good of a character. Take your bullshit somewhere else please.

[@Rudy-hq9rx]

+Flash Camel 23 Hmm let's see..she knows how to fly the falcon(seems almost impossible since she never flew a ship before),she knows how to fix the falcon and knows it better than Han,seems to be a professional in marksmenship,resisted the force from a SITH LORD and somehow used it back on him,used the jedi mind trick on the stormtrooper without having any prior knowledge on how to do that;or even what it was,she also somehow knows how to work a lightsaber in her first jedi BATTLE,and defeats a SITH LORD without having any training on the force or training with a lightsaber.So you can take your bullshit somewhere else please;)

[@FrostWolfPack]

+playus 12 I must agree her learning the force powers anwacet force powers was just lame. I can give some of her tecnicall skills but cnow so much? blast the fanfiction awakens.

[@lltheFacell]

+playus 12 I mary sued your mom