Star Wars The Force Awakens

Love the movie. Love the special edition even more with all the extra features.

What to say about this that hasn't already been said? On account of this particular review being being written as Rogue One is Currently (in true STAR WARS Style) ) resisting all attempts to remove it from top spot in the Cinema charts? (apart from the fact I've only just spotted this request to write a review as well) This seems a little irrelevant but here goes anyway! A Long time ago, in A galaxy Far Far Away! A "Salvage Scrap worker" ends up becoming the latest recruit to join the Rebel Alliance.her droid (introducing BB8) it seems contains ( unbeknownst to all but a few - a vital part of a hologram map,, which needs to be delivered to the alliance..Pursued across the Galaxy by a force of Stormtroopers led by a new Arch Villain, Kylo Ren the , the highest ranked of the Ren Knights.. What follows is one rip-roaring adventure, in the best traditions of Start Wars, complete with the imagery and fine array of villains and odd characters which only Star Wars seems able to produce,. The battle is on to retirieve the information that will prove yet again vital in rhe battle against a new Death Star (it's many years after the original war against the Imperial Order) Daisy Ridley quite correctly draws a lot of the focus on this film but there are a few others also worthy of note, not least Andy Serrkis as The Master,.I Remember, before this was even released for the screen, there were a lot of worries, due to the fact that it was the First STAR WARS to be produced by Disney, ho would they handle something live and non-animated, and as well loved as Star wars? It was, a couple of times wondered if it wouldn't be better, given that the Clone Wars and a Phantom Menace were hardly box office magnets if it was time to move on, then came the news of Harrison Ford's serious accident on set, (which you can see no hint of at all in the film, not even a specific scene where you can say "Ah that must have been where it happened") and you began to think "maybe this is jinxed and it not meant to be" but Full credit to JJ Abrams and his team, , they have produced a stunner well worthy of joining the first three episodes at the top of the best seller charts. NO SPOILERS, so don't worry, you won't find out anything unexpected, before you watch it, but do prepare yourselves for a bit of a shock when you see a couple of familiar faces, I know if's over 30 years since a New Hope was screened, and therefore we're all obviously thirty years older ourselves, but it was still a massive surprise to see how old they actually looked.Finally, What was with Mark Hamill's Appearance? Was he paying homage to Ricky Tomilnson's TV Character Jim Roylae?

PLOT...30 years after the defeat of Darth Vader and the Empire, Rey, a scavenger from the planet Jakku finds BB-8, a droid that knows the whereabouts of the long lost Luke Skywalker. Rey, as well as a rogue Stormtrooper Finn are thrown into the middle of a battle between the Resistance and the daunting legions of the First Order.This is the true sequel to the original trilogy that many fans have long waited for and worth the wait it is, a fantastic story that holds so dear to the things we love about the original trilogy, many parts may clone a new hope in ways which don't hurt the story at all, there is so much in the way of continuation with fantastic new characters and story arks that can take the story in so many different ways, the new characters are great especially Rey who is a strong female lead, Daisy Ridley is a wonderful actress, Adam Driver is brilliant as Kylo Ren a new and very menacing villain, Rey and Kylo are the centre characters in the movie and the purpose for the awakening title, it will be great to see them develop further in sequels, its great to see the old cast back too especially Han Solo and Chewbacca, Leia looks good too in her small role and not forgetting the brilliant R2D2 and Luke himself is epic in his small appearance, Of course the new locations are stunning and the set pieces are great, lots of new aliens and background characters to look out for with great costume designs, the new storm troopers look very cool and very menacing and captain Phasma is a strong female villain (very underused at the moment though), the effects look stunning and really stand up to way we remember star wars with practical effects wherever possible and amazing ILM visual effects, the music score is great too, this is a must for any star wars fan, brings back so many great memories from back in the 70's and 80's all over again.Star wars is back in a big way and is not going away for a long time now...Blu-ray picture looks amazing in HDFeatures include Secrets of the force awakens documentary 1hr-9mins, The table read 4mins, crafting creatures 9mins, building BB8 6mins,the snow fight 7mins, ILM visual magic 7mins, 6 deleted scenes 4mins, plus more.Region Free discs ABC, Film running time 2hrs-18mins. 2015.

Great 4 the collection

conforme à mes attentes

Il film non sarà un capolavoro ma quest'edizione con copertina lenticolare e cofanetto vale assolutamente la pena. Per collezionisti.

Soy coleccionista de películas en formato físico en plena era de streaming y entre mis gustos se encuentran las 3D. Al principio no quise comprar esta película porque estaba sumamente alto su precio más tuvo una rebaja muy importante y bien valió la pena comprarla ya que en América, Disney no saco la versión en 3D (algo muy raro ya que para el episodio 8 si sacaron esta versión). La edición es una delicia, la caja muy bien hecha y contiene todo lo que dice. Luce muchísimo la portada y el 3D es nativo.De la película pues no soy fan de la última trilogía... quizás no era yo su target y si las generaciones nuevas, pero en resumen es un mal refrito de la primera trilogía. No es mala pero pudo ser mejor.

Great DVD came within a few days

I finally saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Blu-ray with all the Bonus Features. Did I enjoy the film? Yes, I did. Will I watch it again? I honestly don’t know…maybe I will because of the new Jedi, Rey, Hans Solo, Princess Leila, Chewbacca, C-3PO and some of the others from the original cast. Maybe even BB-8. I actually liked the little guy, though I knew he was created for the kids in the audience and to replace R2-D2 during the course of the film.Did I mention that Spoilers would be in this review? Well, they are. Don’t read any further if you don’t want to be disappointed when viewing the film.I will agree that that this movie was somewhat similar to the original Star Wars film from the seventies, which I saw at the theater. That didn’t bother me. I understood that after such a long time away from the Star Wars franchise that the new movie would have to include similarities as well as new folder for the viewers. In the Bonus Features, J.J. Abrams mentions this and the desire not to disappoint the original fans of the movie.I also have to admit that my primary interest in the films have been the Light-saber battles between the Jedi and the Dark Side. I remember thinking after seeing the original Star Wars that Lucas has something going with the Light-sabers, but there simply weren’t enough of them in the final fight sequence. The film was more about the airplane battles and the Death Star. That changed with The Empire Strikes Back and the battle between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader at the end. That was an epic battle sequence that left its impression on me till the third movie was finally released. It wasn’t until years later with the fourth film, a prequel, which I once again was blown away in the fight sequence between Darth Maul, Liam Neeson, and Ewan McGregor. That not only surprised me, but had me rooting for the Jedi. Of course, l loved Darth Maul and his stick Light-saber and the cartwheels he did during the fight. That’s about all I can tell you about the three prequels. I remember very little about them other than the fight scenes in the first one.I had hoped that this new film, The Force Awakens, would have similar attributes, and it did to a certain degree; but, certainly not as much as I wanted.Everyone should know the general theme of the movie by now. A new Jedi is about to arise to fight the resurgence of the Dark Side. The new Jedi isn’t who we expect. I gave it away at the start of this review so you already know who it is.Yes, it’s the female scavenger, Rey, who turns out to have the Force inside of her and does battle with Ren, whose grandfather was Darth Vader. I won’t say more than that on this particular subject. Have to leave some surprises. Of course, the secret of who Rey actually is and who she was waiting for on the planet of Jakku is a mystery. I’m wondering if she was Hans and Leila’s daughter, though that was never mentioned.For some reason I expected more from Ren, who was representing his grandfather in the film. I knew why Darth Vader wore his helmet. It was because of the wounds to his body and breathing regulator inside the helmet. There was no reason given for Ren wearing his own, rather unique-looking helmet, other than that he looked cool and definitely more powerful when in it. Without the helmet on, he appeared to be nothing more than a bratty teenager, which was displayed in his unexpected bursts of anger throughout the movie. Even without training in Light-saber fighting, there was no way I could see Rey not defeating him in the final battle. She was simply too tough of a person to give in to losing a fight. She was certainly tougher than Ren.No, Hans Solo won’t be coming back. Not after what he experienced at the hands of Ren and then the long drop into the abyss.Though it appeared that Jinn (the former Storm Trooper) or Oscar Isaac’s character of the cocky fighter pilot for the resistance might be the new Jedi, I knew it had to be Rey. That wasn’t just good guessing on my part. It was because her character was so strong and believed in justice and fairness that I had me drawn to her from the very beginning.And, that made the ending even more special to me when she offers the original light saber that Obi-Wan Kenobi had possessed to the last Jedi alive from the past. I have to admit that the Jedi’s uniform was immaculate, which made me wonder where the local Dry Cleaner was located on the Island of the Jedi. Still, the scene gave me goose bumps. It said to me, “Here’s your Light-saber. Now, it’s time to kick some butt.”Certainly, the Special Effects were awesome to see. Those alone will blow the minds of most fans. Everything looked real even though you knew they weren’t. The airplane battles in space were done to perfection, the creatures looked real, the locations were ideal, and the multitude of Storm Troopers appeared to be ready for battle.During the last five months, this film has received an astronomical amount of positive and negative reviews. I doubt that will affect the filming of the next movie, and there will definitely be another one. The reason is that this movie alone grossed over two billion dollars at the Box Office. This movie may be the most expensive ever done, but now every tent-pole film will be trying to reach the two billion dollar mark when it comes out.The Bonus Features are to die for. An Behind-the-Scenes look at the making of the film with over two hours of Special Features. This gives you a pretty good idea of why certain decisions were made and others weren’t. I’m not sure why Mark Hamill was given second billing under Harrison Ford when he is only the film for about one minute. I could see a “and Mark Hamill” at the end of the billing for the major characters, but not second. Maybe it had to do with clout and needing him in the film. I think the next film will probably justify it.So, four or five stars for this review? I would say because of everything involved in the making of the film that five stars is the way to go. Some of the fans will love the movie, while others won’t. I believe every bit of the 250 million dollars can be seen up on the screen. And, there was no Jar Jar Binks in this movie. That alone is worth a 5-Star rating!