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[Qcjoe]

I saw this last night and all I can say is it was worth the wait.  Yes it still had the trappings of a normal SW movie but it adds so much more.  You can tell Lucas did not direct or have any thing to do with the script.  In my opinion its what SW needed.  What are your thoughts?

[robster]

Still on the fence about this one,so tired of all the hype the last few weeks. Won't see it till next week when I get to LA,but still started a spoiler thread so we can talk about stuff that happens,lol! Yeah,just call me Spoiler Boy,lol.

 

J-R!

[Qcjoe]

Still on the fence about this one,so tired of all the hype the last few weeks. Won't see it till next week when I get to LA,but still started a spoiler thread so we can talk about stuff that happens,lol! Yeah,just call me Spoiler Boy,lol.

 

J-R!

So you have not seen it but want spoilers?

[Morgan]

Having had a few days to think about it, its strengths outweighed its weaknesses for the most part, but:

 

- that JJ Abrams pacing in the second half of the film gave me heartburn and its given critics who are familiar with the trilogy some heartburn as well. I wasn't asking nor expecting for Peter Jackson plot speed, but the second half, I'm sure many would agree, didn't give enough time to stop and ponder at some plot turns or the scenery for that matter. It's a bit like when Abrams' first Star Trek film came out and people's neck were snapped in the jump cuts. In some parts the movie moved too fast and the big picture was drowned out -- an issue that all the Transformers films suffer from immensely (not intending to compare the two, but that's what happens). It's as if all parts of the film that didn't have dialogue were cut out, lest there be a silent moment. That's a common JJ feature.

 

- some characters definitely got shortchanged in terms of screen time in proportion to how they were hyped and their appearance on the film's poster, though at the same time they're not being overexposed like what happened in the prequels.

 

- I will see it again just to look around at the corners and spot things.

[Gothneo]

And... JJ just *had* to have some lens flare!

 

It is a solid effort... not the gushing perfect score many critics are giving it, but a solid 70% for me.

[robster]

Of COURSE I want spoilers! It's why I started a spoiler thread,LOL! Not seeing the movie for awhile,but I got it all spoiled for me,so I'm good.

 

J-R!