Star Wars 7 shit talk

i'm amused you guys like the space raccoon movie yet trash Return of the Jedi for Ewok reasons.

i like those Ewok movies

it's where Star Wars should have gone, more space fantasy, not that dumb bureaucratic senate stuff

i'm amused you guys like the space raccoon movie yet trash Return of the Jedi for Ewok reasons.

Who is trashing Return Of The Jedi for Ewok reasons ITT?

The Ewoks aren't really that bad. Jedi is the weakest of the OG trilogy but still great. Just a bit of an anti climactic end due to the Stormtroopers being unusually pathetic even by their own standards

I've never understood the Ewok hate, of course a family friendly space movie should have some cute aliens! And Ewoks aren't even a particularly egregious or sugary example of that; remember that they try to eat the heroes in their introductory scene! Okay, them beating the Stormtroopers is a bit silly, but "old tech is better than new" is an essential trope in movies like this, the lightsabers work on the same principle.

And Mark Hamill's voice roles (Ozai, Joker, etc) and his recent reprisal of The Trickster (essentially a cross between Joker and The Riddler) in the new Flash have made me realize he's much better at playing scenery-chewing villains than straight-faced heroes. So I'm hoping for an Evil Luke twist in Episode VIII.

"in the live-action Flash series"

Whoa! I did not know that Hamill voiced Ozai.

Guardians of the Galaxy was nicely designed, but a lot of that bro comedy fell flat on its ass. Chris Pratt is so charmless. Kind've a weak film, for me.

http://i.imgur.com/bYzsCbd.jpg

hot solo. woof!

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/1531560_1655588111380482_4286063226048179277_n.jpg?oh=fe191948bebb6d80fe5c8c0b24c799b7&oe=56D99D4D

Guardians of the Galaxy was nicely designed, but a lot of that bro comedy fell flat on its ass. Chris Pratt is so charmless. Kind've a weak film, for me.

― painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture (DavidM), Thursday, December 24, 2015 1:21 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah I really have no desire to ever watch that movie again. And I really liked it.

isn't that noodle vague on the left hanging out with harrison there.

ewok talk reminds me that i believe the first star wars film i ever saw was caravan of courage, i think for quite some time i didn't even know that ewoks were a star wars thing.

lol at guy doing the look at the hole thing with his left hand

Is that Sergio Mendes?

btw, i saw this movie with two old high school friends while i was home for the holidays, maybe the only way I was gonna see it in theaters. coincidentally, we saw it on the day when i knew my ex was going to have our dog put down so that was in the back of my mind the whole time. when credits were rolling i left to call her and then we cried for awhile. that all said, i kinda barely remember it. two and a half stars?

"Is that Sergio Mendes?"

indeed! han solo built his recording studio.

Noodle Vague has been holding out on us

i saw this tonight in 3d. it seemed about as good as the other modern day epic stuff like lord of rings and hunger games and stuff

not really a fan of 3d in general but i've seen this in both 2d and 3d and didn't feel 3d added anything

I was considering it but I don't think they could really fly at u face

i had two people sell me on going 3d, specifically not because of stuff jumping at you, but because of the 'depth' it added

the spaceships looked cool but i think 2d would have been fine + no putting things on your face

I have never seen anything in 2d that made me want to go back and see it in 3d.

Star Wars title fading into the stars and massive text crawl both looked cool in 3d fwiw. Movie felt a little dark bc of the 3d tho

Rey abseiling down into the star destroyer looked like a tiny doll in 3d.

My best friend since grade school (we were 7 years old in 77 when we saw the first movie together at the Roseville 4) is on his way to pick me up for this. I think we're seeing it in 3D which wouldn't be my druthers but fuck it.

Watched rotj for the first time in decades this morning and was surprised that I now find the beginning of the movie boring compared to the stuff after they leave jabba's. The Jabba sequence felt oddly limp and I am a creature fiend so I should love it.

Gonna go tomorrow, 38yrs after seeing the orig a few blocks east. Thence to the spoiler thread.

It was v good
I have thoughts I hope to type later

Really hoping stupidly named Snoke is actually about 2 inches tall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YZfAJDYeOk

3D plus some (plenty) of beer and wine before the first viewing has given me a lovely woozy and fuzzy, already nostalgic idea of the whole thing. I enjoyed it a lot. But I will see it again soon in 2D and sober.

Saw it again today, this time in 2D. Confirmed my suspicion that springing for 3d the first time around was completely unnecessary.

Some minor spoilers itt over the last couple of days. Come on, people. There are two threads!

For those who haven't seen it and are understandably avoiding the spoiler thread, I will happily say that most of the reservations I voiced itt were unfounded. It's derivative but not to an off-putting extent (and I went in expecting to be at least a little put off). And the extent to which it's derivative is offset by the newer cast, who do their level best to make this its own thing. I saw it with family members who claimed to have seen any previous Star Wars films or have any interest in Star Wars and they enjoyed it. So, y'know, recommended.

Look, just go see it, Shakey.

'claimed to have never seen any previous Star Wars films'

http://hypetrak.com/2015/12/listen-to-royksopps-unused-song-for-star-wars-the-force-awakens/

when I get the band back together I'm just going to start every song by announcing a recent hit movie it wasn't used in

lol at "Star Wars-themed music" being interpreted at "for the movie"

I mean, come on, they will have a dozen "music inspired by" collections or music used at their new Star Wars Land or w/e in the next few years

https://vine.co/v/iqWhd2Qh9VK

Anyone have thoughts on the following viewing options:

(a) Standard 2D
(b) IMAX 3D
(c) Regular 3D, but in a cool-ass movie palace with huge screen

Would honestly prefer IMAX 2D but there is no such option near me.

― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, December 31, 2015 10:56 AM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

FTR I'm generally someone who doesn't like 3D, but I love IMAX and I would also love to be in a movie palace.

― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, December 31, 2015 10:56 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

(reposted from rong thread)

Option (d) would be wait til I can actually see it at the Franklin Institute in glorious 2D 70mm Imax, but that's 2 hrs away and so not gonna happen.

I honestly didn't have a sense of 3-D adding much to the experience. See it on a big, nice screen and you should be good.

Does the 3D detract? I'm not sure how nice the standard 2D screens are (also, if anyone is in NYC and can recommend a good 2D screen...)

It detracts from your wallet.

seeing the battles on a tru IMAX screen (we only have a few in FL, one of which is conveniently located near my house) is awesome. that battle on Jakku was boner-inspiring

not sure your equipment is functioning properly if that's happening to you at star wars.

just wrapping up Special Edition ROTJ with my son, and hoo boy, it is clearly the worst of the Special Editions by a mile. So much badness added to the Jabba the Hutt sequences and the horrible, multi-planet ending, now I know why I haven't watched this since it came out.

The ending is poopshits