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Message: [QUOTE="Deadrody, post: 1523853, member: 937"] Really liked it. At a minimum, the film making in this movie was taken infinitely more seriously than the prequels. There were scenes in those movies that seemed like they were early rehearsal walkthroughs to which Lucas said "Close enough, print it". Just lazy and felt disrespectful to the franchise and its legion of fans. Agree with most of the criticisms. I consciously felt at times the parallels with the original. Enough to pull me out of the realm of willing suspension of disbelief. Felt odd that Rey was able to use the force so easily without AT LEAST some kind of foreshadowing. But then if we got a neat and tidy fix for all those critiques, it would have been 3 hours. I would have been fine with that, but Disney - not so much. By far the best part - for me - was Han Solo. His interactions with Chewie were classic Star Wars. Very sad to see him go. Which is another reason that scene just didn't do the movie or the franchise justice. I saw it coming a mile away as well. Maybe not entirely avoidable, but at least make up for that by making the scene epic. Han's death should have been agony and bloody, both for him and his son. Too much to ask for the PG rating and the appeal to kids ? Not in my opinion. But pretty much expected based on the risk averse corporate culture. Instead it was death circa movies in the 1950s. Gasp, eyse closed. Death. One other thing I thought about, especially in contrast to the newly enlightened need for a "female protagonist" is the way Leia's character petered out after Empire. She was the first badass female protagonist in the original. The princess that didn't need saving. And then in Jedi, we find out she has jedi roots. And then... nothing. I certainly like badass leia much more than idle prop Leia. Happy to see more of this overall [/QUOTE]

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