The Official Star Wars Episode VII Thread

[EMCEE DARTH MALEK]

i'm always curious to read bad reviews because they're often far more honest and telling than the raves, but two random tweets from a producer who vainly insists on rapping isn't quite that

[EMCEE DARTH MALEK]

copped tix for thurs. even if the movie sucks i'm gonna be on shrooms so fuck it.

[drizzle]

lol true

[alpha]

He's not a great director but he's qualified specifically for stuff like this I think. Star Trek showed what he can do with scifi and a flagging franchise, Avengers showed what he can do with big set pieces, Super 8 pulled that good 80s blockbuster tone balance of legit drama and Disneyish shmaltz ... that's pretty much all you need here.

I'm nitpicking here, but the avengers thing is a typo?

There's a small chance this sucks, but also could win the lottery tomorrow.

[seagrams hotsauce]

I don't really think it's that small of a chance. There are inevitably going to be people who hate it or love it no matter what, but I think JJ Abrams is a pretty middle of the road director. There's not a lot to suggest that this won't be as bland and dull as most of his other shit, but I'm hoping that his passion for the OGs pulls this above his usual fare.

[Truth.]

97% on Rottentomatoes

[alpha]

Lol at the last two posts.

[drizzle]

He's not a great director but he's qualified specifically for stuff like this I think. Star Trek showed what he can do with scifi and a flagging franchise, Avengers showed what he can do with big set pieces, Super 8 pulled that good 80s blockbuster tone balance of legit drama and Disneyish shmaltz ... that's pretty much all you need here.

I'm nitpicking here, but the avengers thing is a typo?

No, I thought the set pieces were the only thing about it that were really worth while.

[drizzle]

http://twitchfilm.com/2015/12/review-st ... f-fun.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

first review i've seen

[alpha]

What did jj have to do with the avengers?

[drizzle]

Nothing, I just realized I was confusing him with Whedon. NM on that, my bad. Honestly I should've just've stopped with Star Trek, what he did with the first one is the best credentials you could have for a new Star Wars

[alpha]

Lol I was trying to help you out man.

Anyway, this just passed $100 in advance sales. I'm hoping I can make it on Sunday but the lines will still be crazy I bet

[Spartan]

Watching it tomorrow. Fuck a review!

[drizzle]

Got through about 3/4 of that review and gave up. Just drones on and on and on about how it's tons of fun and well made but it plays things safe and 'something is missing', with that something being 'Lucas' vision'. I don't have enough wrist strength to make the sufficient jerk off motions. Motherfuckers put shit on a pedestal of their own making too much.

[seagrams hotsauce]

Lol at the last two posts.

Into Darkness got great reviews too

fwiw it's at 81 on MC. Aggregate sites aren't a great way of judging how well a movie is gonna resonate with me personally though, so it's pretty arbitrary either way

[drizzle]

here's a bad review just for you

http://rogersmovienation.com/2015/12/16 ... e-awakens/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

EDIT: a better, more reasonable negative review. Talks about the same shit as the guy above but in a much smarter and less smug way - that this is too much of a reverent rehash and doesn't expand the franchise enough or do anything really new or original with it. Which feels like a fairly reasonable complaint.

http://www.salon.com/2015/12/16/star_wa ... ie_before/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[EMCEE DARTH MALEK]

Lol I was trying to help you out man.

Anyway, this just passed $100 in advance sales. I'm hoping I can make it on Sunday but the lines will still be crazy I bet

i copped tix for $7

[seagrams hotsauce]

Blah, wasn't trying to come across like I'm rooting against it. I just don't want to be let down, and I'm realizing my expectations from a Star Wars flick as a 30 year old probably don't live up to the impressions of the OG trilogy when I was 7.

That said, I went into the new JP hyped as shit and was severely disappointed, so I'm hoping my skepticism will be crushed and my tempered expectations will make it all the better

[907]

Lol I was trying to help you out man.

Anyway, this just passed $100 in advance sales. I'm hoping I can make it on Sunday but the lines will still be crazy I bet

i copped tix for $7

Pretty sure he meant it's done $100 mill in presales, not that people are paying $100 for a ticket.

[alpha]

Geez, finally caught that. I do 95% of my posting from my phone.
Gonna, hopefully, catch this in iMax on Sunday.

[Spartan]

Ridley, Driver, Ford and Boyega were dope.

Won't go any further until everyone else here has watched it.

[djjeffresh]

regular vs imax vs imax 3d?

[Spartan]

Regular.

I don't do that other stuff.

[Tweak Da Leak]

Got my tix for Saturday night, got a date Friday and won't take a girl to the movies on a 1st date, learned my lesson from constantly being asked questions during the 2nd IronMan movie.

[Tweak Da Leak]

Anybody gonna try and marathon the old movies in the Machete way?

http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2011/1 ... ing-order/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Simple, watch them in this order: IV, V, II, III, VI. You may notice Episode I is gone. I'll get to that in a second.

[Guun]

While I definitely get it from story-telling standpoint, I tried the machete order this past week but honestly I couldn't take more than 20 minutes of episode 2 so I just started watching VI. Hayden C is an atrocious actor and everything seems too green-screeny.

I forgot that the whole reason the Stars are War-ing is cause of taxation on trade routes.. that shit is hilarious to me.

[alpha]

machete order>>>

skipping one is a must. ep2 is bearable. barely.

[drizzle]

I rewatched 3 recently and was surprisingly into it, esp in the second half. It's not good but it's def better than the other two and fairly entertaining.

[EMCEE DARTH MALEK]

I forgot that the whole reason the Stars are War-ing is cause of taxation on trade routes.. that shit is hilarious to me.

also the reason your country exists

[Willie B]

i keep bugging a buddy in england to tell me spoilers so i can be THAT guy on facebook.
fuck this movie.
i'll probably go see it in a couple weeks though.