Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-68.194.169.97-20160112040149/@comment-5217560-20160115230212


 * GASP* Star Wars. *Steps into conversation*

I loved TFA. It was a great setup to the other two films while also being a good stand alone feature as well! I loved the movie because it did some great things like:

1). Humanzing the Storm Troopers even further with the introduction of Finn. The orignial trilogy showed us that these guys were actual human beings, but TFA imo really gave us a look behind the masks.

2). Having a FANTASTIC FEMALE lead who was never the damsel in distress. She could take care of herself, and I enjoyed those obvious moments where the film would subvert common gender tropes. Not to mention, she is just a great character, and a wonderful actress.

3). Having a complex villain whose motivations we can understand and maybe even sympathize(I personally don't sympathize with that scallywag). He has big shoes to fill, but clearly he still has growing to do. I liked the way Kylo was characterized. True, Darth Vader was a marvelous villain, but did we really know what drove him? Without the prequels,(bless their little hearts), we really don't know that much about him. Which is fine with me, and a lot of people, because he wasn't the focus of the story. I just think this approach with Kylo is nice.

4). Being black, I LOVED seeing a brother of color being the main character. YAS. Love it, yes I do. John Boyega is played his role marvelously. He wasn't some dull, poor attempt at pandering tp black audiences likst Samuel was in the prequels.

Despite having many, many, many parallels to A New Hope, (I dub thee "A New Hope of a New Generation") I still found it enjoyable. The dialouge was great, the characters were likable, the action of course was on POINT, and the story was compelling imo.

Guh. I need to go see it again.

Also, Strom Troopers were actually hitting things this movie. *claps*