Curmudgeon's opinion, where I rank all 7 movies. No spoilers (Off-Topic)

by Funkmon , Friday, December 18, 2015, 18:21 (3266 days ago) @ Avateur
edited by Funkmon, Friday, December 18, 2015, 19:00

For me, I don't think this movie will stand the test of time. It is a movie for this exact moment in time, a time after a decade without Star Wars, and thirty years without the classic films. I would gladly see it again, but I wouldn't pay.

The biggest problem with the prequels was no Han Solo type character. That is, nobody going through and cracking jokes the whole time. The movies took themselves too seriously, and the ostensibly funny characters fell flat. There are a few characters like Han in the new movie, and the movie itself is funny, like the first three.

However, there are always things Star Wars does that you only see in Star Wars. The space combat in the first one, the Hoth fight and the cloud city in the second, the forest chase and bomb ass lightsaber shit in the third one. The next one had podracing and double lightsabers, the one after had totally cool bounty hunters, an arena, and a bunch of Jedi. The sixth film had, in my opinion, the best lightsaber battles yet. In my opinion, the new Star Wars had no standout sequences where I thought "that was really cool," which, to me, are one of the hallmarks of Star Wars. There is literally nothing in that movie where I thought "I have got to see that again!"

The plot, in my opinion, is like a fan fiction. The stuff within is like fan fiction, as well.

When watching the Star Wars movies, in every one, there is something new and creative. In this one, there is nothing new and creative. You can tell the creative mind was making the first six, and the new one is completely derivative.

That isn't to say it's not good. It's very good. It's technically better than the other movies...but it is just a fan doing a tribute in my opinion. I saw nothing new and creative in this film.

I was worried it would be too good and it wouldn't seem like Star Wars going in. I was wrong to worry about that. It definitely felt like Star Wars. When I saw the opening crawl, it put a massive smile on my face. The letters shook. It looked like JJ Abrams filmed it exactly like George Lucas did the first one. The smile never left my face.

Every time there was a homage, or something Star Warsy happened, I smiled wider. I spent the whole movie worrying that it might end soon. It was a great movie, with few things I didn't like.

But, again, it was derivative. I understand why it was. It has to sell old fans on the premise that Star Wars can be good again, and it also needs to win new fans. What better way than releasing a greatest hits album for a movie? I think this is a great idea for this movie, and expect the next movie to return to being more creative. If not, I'll be disappointed.

As such, I'm updating my constantly changing Star Wars movie ranking to include this one. I expect as more films release, this one will fall below Revenge and Empire. At this time, though, it's very good.

Best
1. Star Wars
2. The Force Awakens
3. Revenge Of The Sith
4. Empire Strikes Back
5. The Phantom Menace
6. Return Of The Jedi
7. Attack of the Clones
Worst