Re: Star Wars [2]

by halfwise Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:41 pm

Forest Shepherd wrote: What are we talking about again? Who's Daisy?

Kids these days. Mad

by Mrs Figg Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:00 pm

teeth to cranium ratio Laughing

by Eldorion Mon Dec 14, 2015 8:17 pm

Forest Shepherd wrote:What are we talking about again? Who's Daisy?

Daisy Ridley is the actress playing Rey.

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As for everything else Halfy and Figgs are talking about ... I have no idea. Razz

by bungobaggins Mon Dec 14, 2015 8:36 pm

I've got a coworker who took the entire week off just for this movie. :facepalm:

by Forest Shepherd Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:33 pm

Perhaps they are expecting a crabbit explosion, and don't want to damage anything at work.

by bungobaggins Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:47 pm

More like a fanboy explosion. *shudders*

by halfwise Tue Dec 15, 2015 3:34 am

The crabbit explosions all shook themselves out during the prequels. I have some hope here: Abrams genuinely cares about the material; he's not going to shove rock music into it and destroy the tone like he did for that other movie.

by bungobaggins Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:47 am

It's gonna suck.

by malickfan Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:06 pm

bungobaggins wrote:It's gonna suck.

I think it's going to be...a good blockbuster, nothing more or less...but one pandering to hardcore fans... Neutral

by halfwise Tue Dec 15, 2015 6:39 pm

Ah fook. Just found out it's mainly available in 3D. Mad

by Eldorion Tue Dec 15, 2015 6:58 pm

Not surprised by that, even though Nolan and THG had been keeping the 2D-only flame alive in recent years. Disney gonna Di$ney, I suppose.

by Nagual Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:18 pm

David Lynch should have been the director. Would have been epic.

by Mrs Figg Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:20 pm

all you poopooers are going to look very silly when it turns out to be a great movie. mind you it probably wont be. but hope springs eternal.

by Eldorion Tue Dec 15, 2015 11:10 pm

Well, I've already got my ticket (surcharge and all) for Thursday night at 7 PM, which AFAIK is the earliest possible showing for normal theatres. I'm definitely excited and hoping to love it. Nod

More realistically, I think it will at least be an enjoyable blockbuster, though I recognize that that's not guaranteed.

by Bluebottle Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:05 am

It's on here in about 9 hours. Shrugging

by Forest Shepherd Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:08 am

Goodluck in there Eldo!

And yeah Blue, the Fjordlandians are always a step ahead for film releases.

by bungobaggins Wed Dec 16, 2015 4:40 am

by Eldorion Wed Dec 16, 2015 6:10 am

Thanks Forest! I only got the ticket on Monday but I didn't really expect that either of the local theatres would be among those selling out months in advance.

RLM has been having a field day with Episode VII so far. Can't wait for the Half in the Bag review.

by Bluebottle Wed Dec 16, 2015 9:00 am

It's currently screening here. Shocked

by Mrs Figg Wed Dec 16, 2015 11:24 am

here too.

by bungobaggins Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:42 pm

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_episode_vii_the_force_awakens/

I inadvertently read some spoilers on reddit. So some of the big things have been spoiled for me already. Be careful what sites you visit, what, comment sections you enter, what articles you read, if you don't want anything ruined.

by halfwise Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:04 pm

That's the largest percentage of positive reviews I've ever seen.

I read one positive, one negative (made the effort to find it), that's enough. I'll see for myself this weekend.

by Ringdrotten Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:13 pm

I'm going tonight, woop woop! Very Happy

by Eldorion Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:18 pm

I'm gonna be treading carefully online for the next 36 hours or so, but I'm pleased to see that it's doing so well in reviews. An 82 on Metacritic as well, which puts it in the "universal acclaim" category by that site's metrics.

http://www.metacritic.com/movie/star-wars-episode-vii---the-force-awakens

Will still judge the movie for myself of course but this is encouraging. Nod

by Eldorion Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:32 pm

The RT score will probably change over more time as more reviews are added but the top critics score -- as well as the Metascore -- are probably going to stay pretty close to where they are now because they've already added about the number of professional reviews they usually do. At least on Meta.