![]() ![]() ![]() What’s worse, “The Force Awakens” pulls the original trilogy’s beloved main characters from the state of “happily ever” that we left them, achieved with plenty of blood, sweat and tears, and puts them in situations that make you feel like the whole thing just wasn’t worth going through in the first place. The new leads in "Episode VII" are interesting enough but the film’s main problem is that it never provides them with a worthy, original story to justify going back to this universe. He worships granddad Vader even if it means ignoring the fact that the latter was the one who most responsible for sending Emperor Palpatine and his Empire to their doom. Kylo is basically the Darth Vader of the piece except for some personal doubts and severe daddy issues. Han Solo and Princess Leia make their appearance as a separated couple trying to turn their offspring Kylo Ren ( Adam Driver) back from the dark side of the Force. In simple “Star Wars” terms Rey is a female Luke Skywalker, Poe is a Han Solo of sorts and the now older Luke Skywalker ( Mark Hamill) is the new Obi Wan Kenobi, based on his not too subtle looks in the briefest of scenes where we do get to see him. Poe Dameron ( Oscar Isaac) is an audacious, first rate pilot and Finn ( John Boyega) belongs to a new class of Storm Trooper that seems to have a conscience, which I guess means he wasn’t clone like his predecessors. Rey ( Daisy Ridley) is an enigmatic girl from the planet Jakku who’s clearly more than she first appears. The seventh episode of the “Star Wars” saga has three new leading protagonists. If you are one of the few who has yet to see it, be aware as there are plenty of spoilers here. If you are one of the many who enjoyed “ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens," good for you, it is always better to be in the position of defending a movie that you loved instead of the other way around still, this is one of those articles that could practically write itself and that was something too tempting to pass. That in this case it coincides with the most awaited film of this (and many) a year may very well amount to opening Pandora’s box still, for the last couple of weeks I’ve had a hard time grasping how the one film that simply couldn’t miss with a “ Star Wars” lover like me (if not necessarily a diehard fan), a feature that had an overwhelming 95% positive response from critics, could leave me with such a sense of indifference. After writing in this site for over six years, I’ve come to learn that the best cinematic subjects for discussion are not necessarily the most popular or even the movies you loved the most, but rather those that arise self debates in your own head. ![]()
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