(no spoilers I promise… as much as I want to talk about them!)
…And my 8 year old son was jumping up and down the entire time… couldn’t have been more excited. And he has only seen a New Hope. My 7 year old I think was going to cry at one point in the movie. My 11 and 14 year olds were kinda stoic… but when the lights came up you could tell they had a lot of fun. When we got home late last night they all picked up plastic lightsabers and started playing (which the limited use of lightsabers makes them special again). They are hooked… the power of good storytelling without preconceptions. Yes the story was familiar. I agree the pacing early on was a bit odd. I think Starkiller was lazy storytelling. But everything great about the movie was new. The things that drove me crazy about the first 3 movies like the Force being talked about as science… midichlorians instead of a living “thing”… no practical effects… etc. etc. where noticeably absent. The trailer for the next Star Trek looks even worse on the movie screen than it did on YouTube. “From the Director of Fast and The Furious” should not be mixed with Star Trek. It looks like an action movie… *sigh* Anyways, I’ll be going back again in the next few days to see it again. As my wife said when it ended… “can we rewind it and watch it again?”. Call me a fan boy… but I felt like I did when I saw a New Hope for the first time as a little kid. Star Wars is back. Thank you, Daniel White <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Cell: +1 (303) 746-3590 Skype: danieldwhite Social: <http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielwhite84> LinkedIn: <https://twitter.com/DanielWhite84> Twitter From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 7:57 AM To: Animal Farm <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review One of my grandkids who is 8 called it boring. "From the mouths of babes......" On Dec 18, 2015 6:17 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Star Wars OK, I was there at the beginning, watching it with my girlfriend and her family. So old and jaded for certain. If you saw that original one one, you also saw this new one. Just retooled. Same thematic elements, story arc, crisis etc etc. Some of the scenes could have been shared. Just no garbage compactor, but there is reference to it. Sorry but it sure as hell is not worth standing in line to see. I got free tickets, and it was barely worth the price of admission. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
