oota goota wrote:There's a point during Rey's vision scene where someone cries out "Rey!" Anyone else think it sounded like obi wan Kenobi?
I missed that at both viewings, but
maybe?
kyloren wrote:Kiwi sapper wrote:Still couldn't see Zuvio, unless he's the guy Kylo runs through in the flashback.
I'm 99.75% sure it was. As soon as I saw that I thought "Zuvio?".
I waited until Saturday night 6pm so I could see it with my partner. (I went and saw it in 3D yesterday by myself). The pre-show ads and trailers have never dragged so long!
I legitimately cried during the bridge scene. No movie has ever made me cry. I swear I almost broke my fiancee's hand squeezing it!!
I've never been a "fan" of Han - I've always enjoyed the character but he's never been my favourite - but that was a real gutpunch. Then seeing Chewie alone in the Falcon...Han had a great role in the film and now I really, really miss him. We'll never see him meet up with Luke. That makes me so, so sad.
I had tears at several other points, but they were tears of nostalgic joy: the crawl, the beginning of the lakefront dogfight, Artoo warming up, hearing Yoda's voice in Rey's Force vision.
And how great was the Falcon flight on Jakku? The effects in this film are something else - when I first saw Transformers I swore they found and cast real ones to film, likewise in TFA there were very few effects (Snoke*) that stood out to me as CG. The blend of practical and CGI was truly breathtaking. Another example is Maz - wow. She looked like a real mandarin-fruitface person.
And the production design was superb. I for one love the new Stormtroopers and their blasters, the new TIES, the X-Wings (never loved them before), and I'm even coming around to Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle. His Star Destroyer was a cool piece of kit, likewise Starkiller Base - real OT bridge/command centre design.
Some sites have mentioned the music being less than impressive. While it was all great at the time, the only tunes looping through my head now are the ones from the full trailer - the piano notes and Luke and Leia's themes. It was all classic John Williams-Star Wars but I didn't come away humming anything...disappointing as I was hoping Kylo Ren would have a kickass theme.
Speaking of which. I loved him. I suspected his twist, but I still loved it. And I feel his behaviour when upset is how I'd be if I had a lightsaber! The idea of his struggle really got to me.
Daisy Ridley is wonderful. I love Rey. And Finn - knowing John Boyega's a true fan made his performance all the more enjoyable, I found myself smiling for him being a part of it. I really fell in love with BB-8, and Poe is awesome. And as for the returning stars - how great was Chewbacca? He and Han had such a great back-and-forth going on. And I was stoked to see so much of Ackbar, and surprised to see Nien Nunb. C-3PO's return was classic and a real laugh-out-loud moment for me.
I seem to remember first hearing about George planning nine films after the Special Editions were released, so that's 18 years I've spent waiting to find out what happens next. I was not disappointed. What I am, though, is curious to have certain questions** answered! Bring on VIII!
*I know the EU is dead and buried - Han and Leia's son being a Dark Sider aside - but who else though, just before seeing Snoke's face, that he was a Palpatine clone?
**Who is Rey and what did Han know about her...and what did he tell Maz about her? Who are the Knights of Ren and where are the rest of them? How can I get a TIE/sf? Who, or what, is Snoke? Where is Max Rebo? What's happening on Coruscant? Why is Luke's hand skinless? When/where was Luke's fireside moment with Artoo? Will we get to see Luke's academy? WHAT IS THE TITLE????
even though I didn't get home till nearly 4 am and had to be up at 5 am to go to work 