Dec 19th 2015, 20:55:05
I would hardly call it a nerdgasm, I don't know the universe and only seen the other films a couple of times, only recently re-watched so I could get in the spirit which I do with every new film release in a franchise. If I wanted to be all nerdy I'd be going into little crappy details like why did it take Solo so long to find the MF, but then has to ditch it at the first sensible planet because it's an easy ship to track, how someone can master the force in 3 days when they thought it was just a story, when those with proper training take years. Chewie going absolutely nuts when Solo is frozen in carbonite in ep5 but it's fighting as usual in the last battle as if nothing serious had happened... but the evil guy destroys consoles when someone forgot to put a dirty bowl in the dishwasher.
Even the 10/10 reviews are saying the same. 1st review I saw on IMDB:
"The only partial negative aspect is its somewhat lack of originality, it acts more as an homage to 'A New Hope' than an original tale. But if you overthink points like this when viewing it, you won't enjoy it"
How can it be a 10/10 film when it's the same story? It feels like Avatar, beautiful film and really well shot, broke records on release... yet we've been given nothing new story wise! Lucas kept tinkering with the original trilogy adding effects, more scenes, tweaking bits here and there and re-releasing the DVD's fluffing off fans in the process. "Leave the trilogy alone it was a masterpiece"... yet we've just been fed pretty much the same story and as it has a 7 on the box instead of a 4... "wow totally amazing best thing ever!"
Still gets a 7/10 from me as I did enjoy it and I will probably see it again over the christmas holiday as it genuinely felt like a Star Wars film (adding to the box office success), but there was so much more that could have been done to make it a better film than re-hashing what's already happened. It's not my problem alone as there are many review sites and forums discussing exactly the same thing. It's probably the first time I've finished watching a sold out IMAX film where people couldn't wait to leave to stretch legs/go for a pee rather than loiter in the isles with a look of amaze on their face after watching what should have been the best film of the year.
Hoping this will be the "ep1" of the new series of films coming out. Keep this standard of pace and effect but get some writers please.