#STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS BAD REVIEW DRIVER#
But there are other layers to the character as well – which will not be revealed here – and Driver handles them effortlesly, making Kylo perhaps the most three-dimensional and fully-rounded villain that the Star Wars saga has ever produced.Īs for our beloved favorites, Harrison Ford’s Han Solo gets the most screentime and it’s genuinely moving to see Ford obviously relishing the role and stepping back into it so easily. From his voice to the way he carries himself, Kylo exudes an air of quiet malevolence that is palpable. The MVP of the entire film, however, may be Adam Driver as Kylo Ren. It’s also fantastic to see the ostensible lead character in a Star Wars movie be a woman who can kick ass and hold her own in almost every situation – Rey is a welcome successor to Leia and a nice development to see in 2015, and Ridley nails the role.īoyega fulfills the potential he showed in Attack the Block, making Finn haunted, fast on his feet and ultimately deeply humane. We see a bit less of Oscar Isaac than I might like but he’s fun and irreverent and makes a good enough impression that I hope Poe Dameron has a little more meat to work with next time out. Newcomers Daisy Ridley and John Boyega as Rey and Finn, our two new heroes, are both charismatic and compelling, and both have juicy, well-developed arcs to play. It reinvigorated fans and brought new ones along.Perhaps the strongest part of The Force Awakens is its cast, all of whom are clearly enjoying themselves and giving it everything they’ve got. I would have liked something else more daring like The Last Jedi, but then again, maybe not. I remember going into that film with huge doubts.
#STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS BAD REVIEW MOVIE#
Kick it off with a movie that feels like a comfortable shoe. So how do you bring them back into the fold? You serve up something that feels both familiar and reliable. So when it was time for the final 3, there was a lot of damage to repair. The beaten-up, ragged looking ships were replaced with these shiny objects of perfection. Episode 3 had some redeeming features but overall the playfulness of the original trilogy was gone. Even die hard fans of the franchise were just completely bummed out after them, especially the first two. I have to disagree because you're leaving something pretty big out of this and that's context.Ī massive amount of disappointment came after the prequels. Whether that's in character or not, who gives a toss? It's like watching a really badly played round of D&D where the Paladin starts stealing from the church because he needs money now so fuck the whole "background" bullshit. What the characters in the new trilogy do is, basically, whatever the movie just needs to be done. If you introduce a character in some way, for fuck's sake, be consistant! And then she wants to flee with him from the planet, from a bunch of highly trained and motivated soldiers that are obviously after him? Why? Why the FUCK should she want to hang out with someone she not only slapped about like a wet towel who will be of no use to her, but also someone who is hunted down by some well armed and equipped soldiers? What would be in character for her, according to what we saw so far, was to beat him to a pulp and hand him over for food. For reference: He's a strormtrooper, trained since childhood in any and every kind of combat, and he gets his ass handed by a scrap collector.
She meets Finn and the first thing is she beats the living shit out of him. Maybe she likes droids more than humans because humans keep betraying her? That would be a really great reason, but we see ZERO to support this. Maybe she wants to keep it because that way she wouldn't be alone anymore? No, she actually wants to set it free. does she sell it to the scrap collector? That would make sense for such a character. We get to see this in every single shot in the first 15 minutes of that film. Rey is introduced as a scavenger and lone wolf in a dog-eat-dog world.
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