So, I'm going to write out my long impressions.
Going into the movie I was floating around the Kylo Ren is Luke theory. I independently came to this theory before the internet swooped it up.
A few things set me towards this theory:
-The voice over of Kylo Ren sounded like they had just deepened Mark Hamil's Voice
-Luke was absent from the poster
-he went to strike his father on the emperor's request(a few lines from the first trilogy set him up to just continually join the dark side)
-who else would have Darth Vader's mask?
Now in the end that wasn't the case, but I feel like that was an active and purposeful red herring, at least for 1/3 of the movie. I had though, largely discounted that theory before watching the movie. I saw an interview with Adam Driver and he just sounds a lot like Mark Hamil.
At the beginning Kylo Ren is really trying to remove his history. That I find is a pretty interesting motivation. One Luke would take if he wanted to really descend into the Dark Side.
But then we find out Kylo Ren is Ben Solo, Leia and Han's kid. So, that is thrown out the window. But it is nice to know is they eventually got somewhere in their relationship and fucked. That would have been a let down if they never did. I think that if you actually were into the Luke going to the dark side theory that would make Kylo Ren's character more interesting. I like to take characters and break down their motivation. Interesting fact. Harrison Ford's oldest son is named Ben. It isn't just a Ben Kenobi thing. Ben also means "son of" So Ben Solo is Son of Solo.
and more on Kylo Ren. How dark is he? He is the grandson of Darth Vader and the son of a notorious smuggler with questionable morals. He got trained with the force and **** went wrong. What type of crazy dark genes does he carry. I liked the scene when he threw a tantrum and started tearing up equipment. The storm troopers reaction of "...NOPE" was classic. I think he will work out in the long run in the series. His character has room to grow. He is not a fully formed being. He is a lot like his grandfather. Young Anakin was emo, Vader was calculating. Kylo Ren committed patricide, will he commit matricide?
Finn. What's not to like about Finn? His whole intro with the blood stained helmet was great. There's Blood in Star Wars!?(well, there was in the cantina) But the whole smeared blood thing is great. It was nice to see. I had this weird feeling Finn will turn on everyone though. That might be the shock in the sequel. The long con. He would have to fool everyone, even feigning being scared the entire time. Don't throw any holy water at that vampire, its not likely to come to the light.
Rey. Rey does a lot of climbing. I see everyone's biggest gripe with Rey is she used the force and there was no exposition explaining how she got to be a force user. Well, It's a mystery. Lets save that for Episode VIII. Also, the Jedi Mind trick..it took her like four times. She didn't master that immediately. Master Yoda say's the problem with Luke was he didn't believe enough in the force. Rey better well have believed in the force after that mind probe attempt. That type of exposure could be enough to make her mind go "oh!" even without the exposition.
Now the biggest talk with Rey is her lineage. In the Star Wars universe you don't have to have 2 parents. That was kind of lame on Phantom Menace(pulling the Jesus thing), but that could come back. Most likely She is Luke or possibly Obi Wan's daughter. Maybe Luke came to investigate her on his Star Trek to find force users. Qui-gon picked up on Anakin right away.
BB8 He's a robot kitty. Very good.
Overall Plot- Safe, but well done.
Maz Kanata - Didn't care for it. They wanted to make a new cantina scene. But it slowed the picture the hell down.
Hux and the First Order of Doom- I don't have a problem with the First Order, or Hux. The Empire are Nazis, the first order are Neo Nazis. Neo Nazis are clowns. They built another Death Star? Really? That didn't work the other times. Now people say this is stupid, but they've missed the point. The first order are crazy. They also are kind of stupid. It is their character flaw. They are trying to rebuild something that wasn't all that great to begin with. Who would do that? Neo Nazis. They are a bunch of posers. Don't get me wrong, sometimes posers are just as dangerous, if not more so. "It all doesn't make sense". People don't always have high levels of sense. Like when that dumb chick goes upstairs in the slasher movie.
Also, I sat in the worst possible place in the theaters. I watched it on Imax 3d. Unfortunately I got a terrible seat and nobody was moving. I waited 3 days too, and it was still packed. I ended up Front Row Left. It to some extant took me out of the movie, but then the movie won me back. I didn't have a good view of the battle on Jakku at the beginning. And I sure as **** didn't see him stop that laser beam.
I was deep in with the tethered TIE fighter. The movie just continually amused me from that point on. I didn't find any huge plot holes like I normally find in movies.
Yes there was a lack of exposition in it. I was OK with that. It wasn't like the Martian. I read the Martian, and I just watched the movie. How the **** are people who haven't read the book supposed to know what is going on? This was different. It was more like "you'll find out next time, wait till they get to the island"
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