How do movies get dissed when they rehash a plot???? Seriously??? you have a billion dollars to work with a movie and you cant do anything but steal the same exact plot as the original i sat in a movie theater and watched in 1977? seriously??? there's nothing new about this.. ALL THEY DID WAS CHANGE THE NAMES ? I feel bad you couldn't see it was an EXACT carbon copy of the original.
@Davidleebjr not sure what your point is but if you mean it's a bad movie, yeah, it is.
Review by Pradipa PRBlockedParent2016-03-09T16:23:40Z
I don't get it: why are other movies dissed when they rehash the plot, reuse the same elements all over again, imitate other movies; but when it's Star Wars, all critics from all around the world glorify it to the fullest?
When it was just Rey and Finn's tiny adventure, Force Awakens is all fun and games. It's interesting, it draws us to know more. But after they met the old casts (Han, Chewie, etc), Eps VII really just that: a rehash of Eps IV, VI, and IV with better visuals. It's not even being consistent with the original trilogy (not prequel!) Star Wars logic, e.g. hyperdrive being usable indoor, Han Solo being unfamiliar with his 30 years best-bud weapon, "the Force" being something you have inside you instead of the energy around you that you have to control, etc.
Not to mention the forced narrative like Rey seeing Han as a fatherly figure despite them only meeting about 15 minutes ago, Kylo Ren being someone with impeccable force power, and odd plot decision like Leia giving a hug to a certain someone instead the other one who has been with the guy for a very long time. The fact that the script has to mention that, for example, Rey sees Han as a fatherly figure shows how forced the narrative is--audience can't see that, so the script has to shove that to audience eyes!
I can continue on and on, but this is one of the worst blockbuster I've ever seen. Especially since it's Star Wars.