STAR WARS: Episode VII The Force Awakens
A trailer for the new Star Wars by JJ Abrams is out, and I'm excited about it.
It will be great to see Star Wars on the big screen again. (with the return of Luke Starkiller, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Leia, C-3PO & R2D2)
http://www.starwars.com/films/star-w...fficial-teaser
Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” – directed by J. J. Abrams
George Lucas set the standard formula when he directed and edited the first “Star Wars” film. The music, the pacing, the effects, the plot twists – everything needs to come at a certain time in the movie for it to work. From director to director, they’ve faithfully followed Lucas’ formula and like the successful Bond series, “Star Wars” shines from one generation to the next as an epic tale as big as a galaxy, long ago and far, far, away. Abrams has picked up the sword and marched into battle, giving us – not an expanded “modern” version, aka Star Trek full of CGI wonders – but a film that fans all over the world can love and place into the lexicon. I would say it rises to the level of an “Empire Strikes Back” filled with pathos, humor and reveal. To describe the plot in any fashion would betray that trust established with the first movie. Let each audience experience it for the first time, dazzled by its technical brilliance.
Yes, John Williams has returned and in the most obvious places, his themes surface when they need to emphasize emotional visuals. Those themes we’ve come to love and cherish underscore characters we’ve come to think of as old friends. We slip them on and relish their comfort. And while the past rises to fulfil its purpose, new faces emerge into the Star Wars vocabulary – characters we will no doubt discuss over coffee tomorrow and for many tomorrows to come. I didn’t find one weak spot in this seventh film and found it just as enthralling and as thrilling as the shows we’ve come to expect from Lucas without the silliness of a Jar Jar Binks. Abrams has demonstrated his ability to conduct a Mahler Symphony after so many musical suites. This is epic filmmaking that will last for decades to come and he deserves a great deal of the credit for making it happen. He’s carefully framed each shot, doesn’t dwell too long but gives us just enough character and visuals to thoroughly digest the new order rising in the galactic world of the old Republic.
We already know there will be nine total films. No one in the audience expected to see a total resolution in the end. We know there is more and more and more; and I look forward to every frame, every note, and every light saber battle down the last swing at the villain’s demise.
Hard Core Sci Fi nor Star Treak Awakens it is Not
My tastes go more to hard core sci fi than Space Western Opera. While the CGI and 3-D imagery continue to improve, this newest version doesn't seem to have the same charm as the original trilogy. The various relationships in the movie don't quite gel as smoothly as the original. While entertaining this newest version doesn't seem to break much new ground as the nature of sci fi usually does. Essential what is awakened here is more of the same only bigger and louder, with some visible attempts at more humanity and balanced characterization both of which are cut short.
Johann Has Found His Force
Johann has discovered his own "force" and appears to really have captured the essence of the Awakening.