Finally started with the first movie of the Sequel trilogy. I was lucky to get to watch this with a cosplay group I was a part of and we went in Starwars costume. It was a late screening and some charity group happened to have been sponsoring us at that time. Good times
Star Wars The Force Awakens is a 2015 film produced, co-written and
directed by J. J. Abrams. It set up as a
sequel to Return of the Jedi (1983), Its the
first of the Star Wars sequel trilogy. It stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow. The story takes
place thirty years after Return of the Jedi and a new threat called the First
Order has risen after the fall of the Galactic Empire.
On a story telling perspective Starwars the Force Awaken takes notes
from the original trilogy starting of with the character of Finn who eventually
runs into the character of Poe and eventually leading up to Rey. Fans arent
introduced to the main character of Ray until some time into the movie itself.
The same way Luke Skywalker was not shown until the droids meet up with him. Both
these story parallel themselves and is an additional easter egg for fans. The
concept works so well that audiences easily fall to love these characters.
Although there are one or two hyped characters that has yet to shine and given
enough screen time. But since this is just the first of the sequel trilogy fans
might yet to see more of them in the sequels where they can be given time to
shine.
The visual is impressive as this movie gets back to its roots of
practical special effects and using miniatures as opposed to using cgi. Although
there are some cgi elements present and its not perfect its minimal that it
doesnt detracts from the enjoyment of the film.
photo from: imdb.com
The lightsaber fights feels
more grounded and you feel the power in each blow in each swing and in the
characters faces. Its one minor drawback is that the First Order grand weapon
you dont exactly feel the threat in the movie despite it being vastly more
powerful than a giant space station.
The cameo and the addition of some of the original cast in the feel
helps bridge the gap between the original trilogy and this new sequel trilogy.
Fans know that this is set in the same Starwars world they are so familiar with
and had fall in love with. The move is both nostalgic and sort of a passing of
the torch to new characters in a series that has enthralled fans for many
years.
Starwars the Force Awaken has managed to blow a lot of peoples
expectations an presented a well rounded movie despite great doubts in the
series has had due to the disaster that was the Starwars Prequel trilogy. Going
back to the roots in terms of effects and story telling was a good gamble.
Having both new and old characters together in the film connects fans both old
and new to that grand tale of space adventure of a galaxy far, far away.
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