[ProactiveMan]

Andy Serkis thinks he knows a lot more than Andy Serkis knows.

I was thinking about the movie on the weekend.

Spoiler:

I think I would have liked it a lot more if they culled a sub-plot or two. On a positive note; I really liked the Rey v Ben stuff, and the Luke v Rey stuff. The way Ben and Rey talk to each other across space was so simply and elegantly done, and the actors were enjoyable to watch. The scene about Rey’s parents was more emotionally engaging than anything in the last 4 (Ep. 1,2,3 & 7) movies. I would have liked the rebel fleet business, but I thought it was poorly written. I like Laura Dern, I like Oscar Isaac, but watching those scenes was a chore.

I would have cut out the codebreaker/casino stuff. For one thing, it had some of the worst VFX in the whole film – those racing dog/goat/cat monsters looked like rejects from a Harry Potter film. A casino could have been a really cool setting for a Star Wars scene, but they just breezed through it, and nothing really interesting happened in there. And did anyone else feel a little nauseous when the Disney Corporation started lecturing you about how evil weapons manufacturers and filthy rich people are? Disney? The filthy rich corporation that is partnered with the likes of General Electric, and General Dynamics. So in other words, according to the script, this movie was produced by “the worst people in the galaxy”.

I guess they needed something to do with Finn so they gave him a sub-plot, but it didn’t really go anywhere. I like Rose, and Kelly Marie Tran is a good actor, but that whole chunk of the film needed a rewrite or two. Speaking of Rose – I almost laughed out loud when she appears in the First Order officers uniform, and her stylishly feathered hair is hanging down under the cap, and nobody notices. Evil BB8 (BBHATE?) notices something is up – they should have cut to an droid-vision POV shot where Rose’s hair is flashing red or something. “Alert - dress code violation!”.