Star Wars - Il risveglio della Forza

Even with low expectations I was sadly disappointed. The trailer was so much better and exciting than the movie. Poor filming, poor editing and spending 2 hours with actors who had no idea what to do or how to act in some scenes is not something I want to reward with my money.

With a story that's already been told, I was hoping the movie would take some time to develop the characters. But instead, everyone hugs/loves everyone right away while evil people are evil all the time and all the way. And why does the bad guy need to wear a mask?! I didn't see any breathing issue there.

A very long and boring movie. I give it 5 stars for the good casting of Rey, BB-8, the first 15 minutes and the fact that JJ Abrams won't be directing another Star Wars movie.

From the virtue signaling of social justice, to the cheap-jack plot-line which was easily discerned in advance, to the awful acting which evoked little but hooting from me, I was, as you can see, disappointed, and in some cases outraged. If you dare to join me, I will explain.

I have nothing against diversifying the Star Wars universe, which is why I LOVED Star Wars 1, with its Oriental villains, Jamaican Gungan, Jewish scrap dealer, and more. It was a delight of indulgence which fleshed out characters of charm, making the experience vivid and interesting. But after Lucas received flak for ethnic portrayal, Jar-Jar became boring in Star Wars 2. In Star Wars 7, this pandering becomes intolerable. It's fine that Leah has the force, and it's fine that Rey inherited it, but Finn is gratuitous in his race. I would have nothing against this either but they make Finn formidable with a light-sabre against Kylo Ren. And please don't soft-soap me that love gave Finn the strength and skill to take on a pupil of the force - only hate has that power, the dark side. Otherwise, one must be cool and focused. Given this, I dismiss Finn and therefore it irritated me to watch Kylo Ren sword-play with Finn and not simply crush his windpipe with a wave of his hand, or penetrate his mind, which seems to be Ren's forte. As for Kylo vs. Rey, a bit more believable, but it made Kylo seem almost inept. Really? Rey's raw ability with zero training is tougher than Kylo with training? Not even close to believable.

What didn't I like about the plot? Well, first, aren't we simply replaying Death Star destruction from the first trilogy? Why, yes we are. And it looks like the Supreme Leader made all the same engineering, logistic, and tactical errors as the Emperor, just on a grander scale, including the convenient "having to recharge the cannon" just long enough for the Resistance to "win the day." Yawn. Second, much of the plot was geared to exploit the Skywalker/Solo family tree, and there was no thrill to any of it. Darth Vader is Luke's father - WHOA! I jumped out of my seat. Han is Kylo's father? Zzzz. Even if you wanted to say this was a remake, which it's not, it doesn't have the pizazz, never mind the oomph, of the original. But what does?

But the acting is where I think I really blew my cool. I can understand characters of convenience, and plot-lines of olde being rehashed, but it has to be acted well to pull it off. Even in Star Wars 3, as sappy as it was, the acting was GREAT, IMO. In Star Wars 7, Harrison Ford is just about limping to his finale, Carrie Fisher looks doddering and not commanding, Daisy Ridley grits her teeth so often I thought she was Red Sonja, John Boyega makes a concerted effort to appear naive at every turn (which makes his good fortune all the more unbearable), Adam Driver does not look torn in the least, and so forth.

I can point to hundreds of interesting and thrilling moments from the first six episodes of Star Wars which makes a complete weekend binge-watch, over and over again. Star Wars 7 does not add to that excitement. The tech seems standard, the CGI a little too self-conscious, the nostalgic cheese forced, the push forward too bossy and not natural. Still, I give this film a 6 in the hopes that Star Wars 8 will push the envelope once again.

Was the movie entertaining? Yes, moderately..

Did it blow me away? Nope..

It is like any other superhero movie(exception: christopher nolan's batman reboot), only this time it happens to be with star wars background, where the lead character does everything ..visuals were good..and music was good in parts..dialogue just OK..

There is no depth to any character, neither any intensity in the plot nor gripping narration...it was just beeeeeeeep from start to end..

but thats enough to become huge success these days i guess..sad state of Hollywood movies....

Episode VII is a movie that was massively hyped up before release. As a result, it was extremely disappointing to many. I was skeptical but hopeful before watching this movie once I learned JJ Abrams and Disney would be taking the helm (Disney certainly has the funding and I thought Abrams did a decent job with the Star Trek movies). Sadly, I feel this movie really did fail to live up to its potential overall.

Here are some of the bright spots:

-The movie features a couple of the actors from the first trilogy, most notably, Harrison Ford! He plays a prominent role in the movie and does a pretty good job of reprising his role as Han Solo.

-The special effects are great!

Unfortunately, that's about it for the pros.

Here is the list of reasons this movie failed to impress me:

-The story isn't original or well-thought out at all. There will be numerous occasions where something will happen, but seemingly for no reason at all other than to conveniently advance the plot.

-As many people have pointed out, the plot borrows far too heavily from the story lines of the previous movies.

-JJ Abrams was extremely liberal with his interpretation of Jedi lore and use of the Force. This leads to some pretty absurd plot developments and scenes involving the lead characters demonstrating mind-boggling proficiency in using the Force/lightsaber. I mean, these scenes make no sense at all and there is NO attempt to explain or provide backstory as to how said lead characters developed their skills; it's like suddenly they become superheroes within a week, with no training whatsoever.

-The villains are largely forgettable. The main villain looks and acts like a wuss. He is not intimidating at all after his introductory scene. The other villains have barely any backstory or character development.

Overall this movie was a disappointment. I can only hope that the next director doesn't continue in Abram's footsteps, as Episode VII was nothing more than a hollow shell of a Star Wars movie to me.

I'm not sure i have spoilers here but - BE WARNED SPOILER ALERT.

This movie is a bad rehash of the first 3 movies With REALLY bad dialog, average actors (at best) no memorable events except for the ending - literally the last few minutes of the film (no spoiler here).

Whats Good: 1 they went with the old style full sets and it works , its been a long time since i felt i was looking at a real location somewhere out there in space. 2 The tried bringing star wars back.

Sadly , thats all the good i really want to scream at JJ for doing this to star wars.

Whats Bad:

1 Shallow back story - no immersion , people just pop up (Han solo). 2 Really bad dialog , i mean really bad , feels like a teen drama. 3 Forcing a female role for no reason ( i like good female roles) . 4 No new memorable characters , not a single one - i literally wanted to talk about the characters and found myself talking about han leia and sywalker again . 5 A bad guy that seems to have NO REASON to turn bad . 6 A bad guy that seems like he is a teen with a tantrum rather than an evil sith (a literal cry baby) . 7 The entire movie felt like they were trying to introduce as many new characters as fast as they can without telling us anything about them other than their name and occupation . 8 no sense in the plot:

• How is the republic destroyed in seconds . - Why are the rebels (resistance - sorry) are still rebels , they create the republic again . - Why don't they evacuate a planet about to be destroyed while attacking the "new order" planet killer (THERE IS NOTHING BLOCKADING THEIR PLANET). - HOW is an untrained uneducated (in the ways of the force) person (i don't care she is a girl) easily defeats a TRAINED Sith with ease?.

This entire movie feels like a teen flick , WHERE IS STAR WARS?.

to sum up : bad plot , bad writing and dialog , no back story or lore ,no sense in any of the core aspects , copied rehashed and generally bad.

i love star wars so for that reason alone im giving it a 4 (but it really deserves a 1).