Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Movie Review 13 Star Wars The Force Awakens (Warning Spoilers look at your own risk)



Set 30 years after the events of Star Wars Return of The Jedi, Luke Skywalker (The Last Jedi) has disappeared. In addition the remains of The Galactic Empire have reformed into The First Order led by Kylo Ren who seeks to find Luke. After a clue of a lost map to Skywalker is found, Ren and his Stormtroopers set out to obtain it. Little does Ren know the piece of the map has fallen into the hands of a droid named BB-8, A Scavenger named Rey, an ex Stormtrooper named Finn, and a resistance led by General Leia Organa previously known as Princes Leia who are all trying to protect the map from Kylo Ren. So the rest of the film follows Kylo Ren as he tries to find Luke Skywalker.      

In 2012 Disney had bought the rights to Lucasfilms, the studio that made the last 6 films for $4.06 billion and announced three new Star Wars films meaning this is one out of three new movies. Everyone from the last films returns along with some new characters, such as BB-8 and Finn. The biggest thing I did not like was the lack of Luke Skywaker and R2D2. Luke was only mentioned countless times, does not speak when he finally appears, and is only in 2 scenes. R2 on the other hand I didn’t like only seeing him speak in one scene even though he was shown throughout the film. The biggest thing I liked was when Han and Chewbacca meet Rey and Finn because it was a new generation meets old generation thing. The special effects were great and made the film very realistic. The cast includes
Harrison Ford as Han Solo
Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker
Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa
Adam Driver as Kylo Ren
Daisy Ridley as Rey
John Boyega as Finn
Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron
Lupita Nyong'o as Maz Kanata
Andy Serkis as Supreme Leader Snoke
Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca
Max von Sydow as Lor San Tekka

Daniel Craig makes a cameo as a Storm Trupper
Bill Hader and Ben Schwartz are Vocal Consultants for BB8
Ewan McGregor has an uncredited vocal cameo as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Audio of Frank Oz and Alec Guinness as Yoda and Kenobi, respectively, are also used in the same scene. I think this film is great for everyone who is fan of Star Wars or Disney.


Ratting 10/10  

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