Mournblade Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 My main fears for this movie (from smallest to greatest): 1. Acting: Daisy Ridley and John Boyega did not convince me they were "big time" in the Force Awakens. John projected tremendous energy in that film, but his skills needed polish. Daisy at times had "the deer in the headlights" look (eg when she was being pursued by Kylo Ren through the forest). Both were pretty young for that movie, so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Driver, Hamill and even doped up Fisher I have full confidence in. 2. Music: the main reason that Rogue One was only an above average movie for me was because the music just plain sucked. Instead of giving us a vigorous score during the space battle, Micheal Giacchino gave us a heavy dose of melodrama, which wan't appropriate at all. Lets face it: Star Wars is HEAVILY dependent on music. The scores for ANH, ESB and ROTJ are legendary. Does John Williams still have it in him? TFA had a great score, but Williams is 85 years old now. Cross my fingers on this one. 3. Disney Execs: this by far and away is my biggest fear. Did the suits tamper with Rian's original work? Were changes made to make the movie more "marketable"? My impression is that Kennedy and Co were happy with Rian's work as it was and left it alone, but you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Going in the afternoon on the Monday after release. Can't wait. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 2 hours ago, Mournblade said: My main fears for this movie (from smallest to greatest): 1. Acting: Daisy Ridley and John Boyega did not convince me they were "big time" in the Force Awakens. John projected tremendous energy in that film, but his skills needed polish. Daisy at times had "the deer in the headlights" look (eg when she was being pursued by Kylo Ren through the forest). Both were pretty young for that movie, so I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Driver, Hamill and even doped up Fisher I have full confidence in. 2. Music: the main reason that Rogue One was only an above average movie for me was because the music just plain sucked. Instead of giving us a vigorous score during the space battle, Micheal Giacchino gave us a heavy dose of melodrama, which wan't appropriate at all. Lets face it: Star Wars is HEAVILY dependent on music. The scores for ANH, ESB and ROTJ are legendary. Does John Williams still have it in him? TFA had a great score, but Williams is 85 years old now. Cross my fingers on this one. 3. Disney Execs: this by far and away is my biggest fear. Did the suits tamper with Rian's original work? Were changes made to make the movie more "marketable"? My impression is that Kennedy and Co were happy with Rian's work as it was and left it alone, but you never know. 1. I couldn’t disagree more on this point. Daisy was amazing in TFA, she lit up the screen every scene she was in and dominated that movie. I have the utmost confidence in her and Driver. Boyega has great comedic timing in TFA as well and I thought did a good job. I’m still not sure what to make of his character overall tho but we will see where it goes. 2. I agree here. I was disappointed that the haunting imperial march theme from the Rogue One trailer never made it into the movie that I can remember. I hope the the music from TLJ trailers makes it into the movie and delivers. Even some of the classic themes didn’t make it into TFA but it still created a new legacy with rey and kylos themes. It also had one of my favorite musical moments of the entire series when Rey takes the lightsaber from Kylo and we see her with it as the skywalker/force theme plays. So it is something I’m keeping an eye (ear?) on. 3. This is always a concern but with the dark ending of Rogue One and the fact that they awarded Rian a new trilogy I’m going to optimistically think that means they thought he did well enough which would imply they didn’t need to reshoot a lot or change tone etc. sounds like they thought he hit a home run 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mournblade Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 One week to go (for me). Here's my agenda on Thursday December 14. I'm flying from my home in Phoenixville PA to Gainesville FL to visit my folks. So I fly from Philly at 8AM, get to Miami at 11AM, then fly from Miami and get to Gainesville at 5PM. Then I have to get to the theatre immediately to pick up my tickets, then wait in line (because you can't reserve your seat online for the damn Gainesville Theatre; its first come first serve, so I have to get in line early). Then I see the movie at 7:30PM. That's a triple shot expresso day, easy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I discovered we have Alamo draft house here so I can get drunk and watch the last jedi. However the 7 pm show times on Thursday are sold out and I'm not watching at midnight!! ? Edit they're ****ing giving away pint glasses this is awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacks 'n' Stuff Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 1 hour ago, ixcuincle said: I discovered we have Alamo draft house here so I can get drunk and watch the last jedi. We had no Alamo Draft House when I was in college. Didn’t stop me from being drunk at every single movie we went to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearrock Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 http://m.ign.com/articles/2017/12/10/star-wars-the-last-jedi-first-reactions-twitter-roundup Well, media screening seems to have gone well. #longestweekever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo#44 Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 35 minutes ago, bearrock said: http://m.ign.com/articles/2017/12/10/star-wars-the-last-jedi-first-reactions-twitter-roundup Well, media screening seems to have gone well. #longestweekever I'm not seeing it until the 23rd. So, any of you jerks spoil the movie? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Just watch it on Thursday. Turns out that all the pint glasses are sold out already. They're going for nearly 130 dollars on Ebay. scumbags 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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drowland Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Scott Mantz is a Star Trek guy btw. Which I find his interesting considering I thought Rogue One dragged a lot until it got to the final act. Which a slow burn is fine as long as it payoffs in the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I already have tix for Thursday and Saturday nights. 6 tickets total. $0 paid. Thank you movie pass 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I'm still going to be at sea when it comes out. You all need to remember to pour out a little popcorn for the homies who can't be there. 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mournblade Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 I just hope when they say TLJ is good, they don't mean "Rogue One good". 75% of Rogue was very boring. The space battle was great, and the ending was terrific, but the rest of it was just dull. TLJ can be anything, just don't be boring. Please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 I thought Rogue One was awesome start to finish, with the final 30 minutes being pretty brilliant and exciting but it I loved TFA and everybody here hates that so what do I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo#44 Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 10 minutes ago, Momma There Goes That Man said: I thought Rogue One was awesome start to finish, with the final 30 minutes being pretty brilliant and exciting but it I loved TFA and everybody here hates that so what do I know. I feel the same way. I loved Rogue One, start to finish. I believe only like one or two people really dislike TFA here...and one of them thinks the prequels are good, so... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 On 12/10/2017 at 10:15 AM, Riggo#44 said: I'm not seeing it until the 23rd. So, any of you jerks spoil the movie? I heard Youngchew call you Francis... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 My rankings: 1) ESB 2) TFA 3) ANH 4) RO 5) ROTS 6) ROTJ 7) ATOTC 8) My Lego Star Wars playset stories when I was 5 9) Anytime a Star Wars cosplayer speaks in costume 10) TPM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 I have a feeling that most of us will have some level of disappointment with this new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlvinWaltonIsMyBoy Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I'm hearing that it's legit. Excited to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma There Goes That Man Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 12 minutes ago, AlvinWaltonIsMyBoy said: I'm hearing that it's legit. Excited to check it out. So you can **** on kylo some more? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlvinWaltonIsMyBoy Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Momma There Goes That Man said: So you can **** on kylo some more? I'm in it for The Hamill. Emo Vader isn't my thing. Edited December 12, 2017 by AlvinWaltonIsMyBoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Hammer Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) Seeing it Thurs. The only reason I haven't gone crazy with anticipation is because I have final exams tommorrow so that is taking up all my free time and energy. Weds and Thurs morning, on the other hand, is going to be long and brutal to get through cause then I won't have anything to take my mind off the wait LOL. Edited December 12, 2017 by Bishop Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo#44 Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 6 hours ago, Bishop Hammer said: Seeing it Thurs. The only reason I haven't gone crazy with anticipation is because I have final exams tommorrow so that is taking up all my free time and energy. Where are your priorities?! When I was your age, the only new Star Wars movie we had to look forward to was the Phantom Menace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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