Easily the most anticipated film of the year, we return to a
Galaxy Far Far Away. Being a Star Wars
Fan I could write about my experience and my opinion on the success and failure
of this reboot/remake/sequel all night.
I’m sure the blog would be so long no one, including me, would want to
read it. Instead I’m going keep my
feelings short and simply say this.
Good. It’s a good film. J.J. Abrams does what he was hired to do and
that’s to stoke the flames of Star Wars back into a roaring blaze. While watching the film I actually felt like
a kid again. Seeing the originals return
and to see how easily they slipped back into their characters was awe
inspiring. I wish the script hadn’t
felt like a Star Wars remake, reusing plots and devices from the original
trilogy as if Abrams Kasdan didn’t want to even try.
The prequels for all their inferiority are actually way more creative
and it feels like they were punished for it.
Instead of taking any risks J.J. Abrams delivers what we all want to
see, unconcerned that we’ve already enjoyed this meal once, twice and three
times. The best parts of the film are
those that felt different. The new
characters of Rey, Finn, Kylo Renn and Poe Dameron are all exciting new
additions to this universe and I must say I can’t wait to see how
director/writer Raine Johnson uses them in the next episode. This all leads me to wonder if this Disney
driven franchise will ever be more than a fan service franchise. Like Marvel Studios, is Lucasfilm going to
play it safe and create entertaining but soulless entries to this once unique
cinematic world? Sure they aren’t
afraid to kill off a character as seen in this one, but was it not
expected? Will they even try to wow
us? Hate on George Lucas all you want,
but when he was around Star Wars had a voice.
Now I feel like it is lacking.
Not to be all doom and gloom, I could be wrong and I hope I am. Now that Kathleen Kennedy brought the
franchise back from the smoldering ashes of the prequels, maybe now they can
distance themselves from the redundant and bring us films that reinvent what
is Star Wars while retaining the magic
we all love. I very challenging task as
J.J. Abrams knows. Grade: B+
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