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NewEscuelersKylo Ren is the worst movie villian I've seen in a while for a few reasons:
1) With all his training, he gets his ass kicked by Rey (I understand she probably has some thing up with her family history, but she also has absolutely no training with a lightsaber)
2) He just looks like a little bitch. Like cmon, get a hair cut or bulk up.
3) He's crying everytime he takes off his helmet. I can kind of understand when he comfronts Han, but when he's interrogating Rey he has tears in his eyes as well.
Also how tf does Poe get off of that planet when they crash land?
Also if Finn was trained from birth to be a stormtrooper, how does he go from full commitment to full-blown traitor?
NewEscuelersKylo Ren is the worst movie villian I've seen in a while for a few reasons:
Also if Finn was trained from birth to be a stormtrooper, how does he go from full commitment to full-blown traitor?
buzzedI think Rey is Luke's kid
NewEscuelersKylo Ren is the worst movie villian I've seen in a while for a few reasons:
1) With all his training, he gets his ass kicked by Rey (I understand she probably has some thing up with her family history, but she also has absolutely no training with a lightsaber)
2) He just looks like a little bitch. Like cmon, get a hair cut or bulk up.
3) He's crying everytime he takes off his helmet. I can kind of understand when he comfronts Han, but when he's interrogating Rey he has tears in his eyes as well.
Also how tf does Poe get off of that planet when they crash land?
Also if Finn was trained from birth to be a stormtrooper, how does he go from full commitment to full-blown traitor?
JustGoWithItWho gives a fuck?
Well it was stated that his training wasn't finished in the film soooooooo..,
Contrary to popular belief, bad people have feeling to.
NewEscuelersBecause it seems a little fishy that the planet is monitored by the bad guys for anyone leaving and they missed the best pilot in the galaxy?
Still a lot more training then Rey. Who literally was holding it for the FIRST time sooooooooooo..
His training with that big hologram guy was supposed to void all of his feelings.
JustGoWithItThe plot was maybe a bit played out .[/QUOTEThis was my biggest gripe: seriously, are we really blowing up another Death Star? This needs to sooo be put to rest.
That aside, I thought it was really well done. As many of you are are also saying, "how could Rey stand a chance against Kylo in a light sabre dual?" Even though she is trained in fighting (as proved earlier in the film), and she is somehow strongly linked to the Force, she has not trained with a light sabre before, never even held one until 3 hours ago... This was a bit of a stretch for me, but I'll go with it. After all, if these are my least liked things, we're off to a great start.
NewEscuelersKylo Ren is the worst movie villian I've seen in a while for a few reasons:
1) With all his training, he gets his ass kicked by Rey (I understand she probably has some thing up with her family history, but she also has absolutely no training with a lightsaber)
2) He just looks like a little bitch. Like cmon, get a hair cut or bulk up.
3) He's crying everytime he takes off his helmet. I can kind of understand when he comfronts Han, but when he's interrogating Rey he has tears in his eyes as well.
Also how tf does Poe get off of that planet when they crash land?
Also if Finn was trained from birth to be a stormtrooper, how does he go from full commitment to full-blown traitor?
BogsIt's Star Wars, internal conflict is the name of the game. Vader had it, Luke had it, now Ren has it.
The Finn thing was my biggest question, too. These kids have been stolen from their parents as babies and brainwashed their entire lives to be killing machines (also, for any Game of Thrones fans, this sounds a lot like the Unsullied, huh?) and all that is undone for Finn within the first, like, 5 minutes of his first battle? Hopefully we'll get more back story there.
Overall I thought it was really good. The first few minutes had me worried because it seemed like it was just going to be a comedy that lacked the epicness of episodes 4-6 that made Star Wars great in the first place, but it picked up as the movie went along.
This was obviously pretty much a copy of episode 4, plot wise. Very curious if it continues in this direction and if 7-9 will be essentially structured the same as 4-6, or if we'll have some twists coming in the future.
And yes, seems pretty obvious that Ren is related to Luke and Leia in some way.
buzzedChildren slave armies are a part of history , game of thrones didn't make that shit up. Get some education you fool.
Bogs*sigh* once again NS reveals it's inability to read accurately. Please show me where I said Game of Thrones made it up.
All I was trying to do was point out the similarity, and note that the story Finn told about how Storm Troopers are raised/created reminded me of that of the Unsullied.
buzzedSigh once again someone gets called out for saying something stupid then blames the other person. The way your worded it was clearly saying that they stole the idea from got.
MatRichAlright I just watched it and actually found it really entertaining despite a major issue... the story!
Don't get me wrong the story was really fun to watch, it was very high intensity, great to discover new characters, great to see old characters again and fall back into the universe again!
My problem with the story is that it was basically every other movie crammed into one.
- A character who is faced with the decision of leaving her planet.. like Anakin
- She discovers that she has the force and has to learn to deal with her powers like Luke.
-Everyone running after a droid that has a secret message, like R2D2
-The vilan of the film is conflicted between the good and the dark side like Anikan
- The vilan must prove he is worthy by killing his father... instead of Darth Vader having to kill his son
-The rebels need to destroy a big planet destroyer like the Death Star. Just when it looks like at least they are going to destroy it in a more orriginal way, NOPE gotta drive in there and shoot shit up.
-The captured "princess" scene is repeated where Rey the new damsel in distress is captured and helled hostage by Ren. Sure it is a good way to reveal her powers of the force but its all too similar to the boys going to save princess Lea from Darth Vader.
-Finaly the movie ends with a concept identical to luke getting training from the mystical Yoda.
I'm sure I forgot to mention a few more MAJOR plot lines that were just reused to make this film. I think they focused too hard on doing a reboot that would give people nostalgia boners that they failed to make a truly orriginal film.
I'm not just going to bitch and moan, honnestly Abrams did an AWESOME job at directing this film! The actors delivered such great performances, the sets and style of the film had so much richness of detail and grit. And what to say about the special effects! That nice sketchy touch to Ren's light saber, real explosions and those insane flying scenes helped by the 3D! That intro card was absolutely spectacular when it came on, it felt like it was originally made to be in 3D!
As a whole I was still very entertained and this movie even succeed in making me, a grown ass man, teary eyed! I still loved this experience and will probably go see it again. It's just a shame that the worst part of the film was the story!
jellomellowThis is why I liked this movie so much. It basically sent me back to when i watched the originals. I especially liked the part where Han Solo said a joke about trash compactors and garbage from the 5(?) movie.
GreeenTeaI feel like the movie was just a lot of character development and throwbacks to the original movies so previous fans would be pleased, and it was still such a great movie. I wonder if people who have never seen a star wars film would be as stoked tho.
Next movie definitely needs more jedi type shit and light saber fights and a different ending then just an x-wing pilot destroying a massive planetary death weapon thingy.
Either way im still on the hype train and plan to see it again next week. Daisy Ridley is my new celeb crush for sure.
Anyone think that kylo renn was kind of a lame villain tho? I want some new crazy sith lords or villains like general grievous, I dunno next movie will be rad as fuck tho.
SKI.INGI think he was kind of lame without the mask, but that is on purpose and so I have no issues. We are seeing a villain form, rather than getting a complete baddie like Vader was in the original trilogy. He'll probably get more badass as the story progresses. He had to be a little lame for us to buy in that he doesn't quite know what he's doing.
[tk]Kylo Ren was dope. Fucked up, but dope. I liked his acting even without the mask.
GreeenTeaI feel like the movie was just a lot of character development and throwbacks to the original movies so previous fans would be pleased, and it was still such a great movie. I wonder if people who have never seen a star wars film would be as stoked tho.
GreeenTeaTru.
I'm sure they'll make snoke the head baddie but I dunno he didn't seem that badass to me either. W/e I'm sure they'll deliver in the next one.
plyswthsqrrlsinb4 rey is conceived via midi-chlorians (just like Annakin) and leia is her mother, making kylo ren her half-brother, which is why he didn't want to kill her
just you all wait and see
NewEscuelersKylo Ren is the worst movie villian I've seen in a while for a few reasons:
1) With all his training, he gets his ass kicked by Rey (I understand she probably has some thing up with her family history, but she also has absolutely no training with a lightsaber)
BogsI dunno, I thought that what made episodes 1-3 bad was that they focused on having a ton of action at the expense of any intriguing plot/character development. So I don't think it's a bad thing if episodes 7-9 go back to 4-6 and are less action based and more character based.
I mean, considering Kylo Ren was trained by Snoke and does whatever Snoke tells him, I'm pretty sure Snoke is going to be a bad guy.
No offense, but this isn't really that brave of a prediction. I had the same exact thought, and I'm sure so have many, if not most, other people who saw the movie. I don't think anyone will be particularly surprised if Rey ends up being related to Luke, Leia, and Kylo Ren in some way.
BogsI dunno, I thought that what made episodes 1-3 bad was that they focused on having a ton of action at the expense of any intriguing plot/character development. So I don't think it's a bad thing if episodes 7-9 go back to 4-6 and are less action based and more character based.
I mean, considering Kylo Ren was trained by Snoke and does whatever Snoke tells him, I'm pretty sure Snoke is going to be a bad guy.
plyswthsqrrlsok good, Im not the only one. Everyone else I told that theory too thought I was a fucking idiot lol
GreeenTeaYa im glad they are giving these guys character development ( I love all the characters already) i just hope it isn't super repetitive-- like i hope they don't make rey go through so much training in the force like luke did with yoda. Im not saying there needs to be non-stop action, I just hope there is a little bit more than this one i dunno, personal opinion.
I also know snoke is a bad guy, I just don't think he is a badass villain, but we will see.
I wonder how closely they'll follow the original story tho, I thought snoke and kylo were looking for luke because if he doesn't die, the universe goes into chaos or something like that. I also really hope they don't do they whole thing where rey is kylo's sister ( kylo = jacen solo, rey = mara jade solo).
CraigskisRight from the original trilogy I always thought growing up that there was symbology between Stormtroopers, the Empire, and Nazi Germany. The speech scene with the high visual contrast & colourization of nazi imagery looked like a scene out of Sincity. I was actually surprised when they added the final coup de grâce of an uppercut further mimicking beyond any shadow of a doubt the reference to the nazi salute. I can understand the comparisons to a totalitarian dictatorship, the first order, and the antagonist relationship they are trying to create; I also can't help but wonder why such striking imagery was used.
CraigskisI was actually surprised when they added the final coup de grâce of an uppercut further mimicking beyond any shadow of a doubt the reference to the nazi salute.
STwoopsLong shot but I'm thinking Kylo might be Luke's son and Rey and him are brother and sister. They made Kylo think Han was his father for some sort of edge in the fight later on