Star Wars The Force Awakens

I think if you have to say the worst thing about The Force Awakens it is that someone has taken all your favourite Star Wars toys and is playing with them, and you are just watching. And that in a nutshell is most likely what causes most people the MOST grief about the film. For me my first "awareness" of the whole Star Wars saga was back in 1976 when we heard via newspapers and the odd TV news that "something" was coming across the Atlantic. And I was sitting in school and we'd just been given a new "book" catalogue and there was the paperback for Star Wars written by George Lucas (as I learned a few years later actually by Alan Dean Foster............) Loved the first (no 4). Actually read the book of Empire Strikes Back before I saw the film (another Dean Foster tie in) - those were the days - and although I liked Return of the Jedi I did think it had gone too "childish". In fact I saw it in a packed local cinema, now an OAP home, where at 17/18 I was the oldest person amongst a mass of 7 to 12 years olds. The target audience. Then. Now JJ Abrams and me are about the same age and he has tackled what most would not want to tackle. Something that has to "hit" me and my age group and something that will "hit" the new target market like my kids who have grown up with Dad saying "You HAVE to see this!" Yes we all suffered through the Lucas era of I, II and III. Not so much someone playing with your toys but actively selling new ones to you! And that is what is strange about this film. It does not SELL you anything. Old characters, new characters, old ships, new ships, but Disney have been surprisingly "adult" about it. Maybe in many years when we have Star Wars 27: Return of Jafar and His Crazy Sidekick.......... So no spoilers and I did not see it on release, I waited for the Blu Ray, but it is worth it. And something else? It is a film that will be worth watching again, and it will get better with each viewing. Blu Ray quality is excellent - they really could not drop the ball. Abrams likes to move the camera and some of the shots in the aerial battles are stunners and will NEED to be watched again and again. I'd had a rubbish week with me losing a job through redundancy. This was something to look forward to. It made me forget. It did what Star Wars was meant to do. Roll on the rest, Disney.

Great film!

Good movie and well worth owning the physical copy

Great movie. As a hardcore Star Wars fan I was so annoyed when Disney killed the stories of the expanded universe, which were the original stories based after ROTJ. I loved them and still do (The Thrawn Trilogy of books are amazing so go read them) so I was not looking forward to this movie. At all. But I went to the cinema on opening day, like I did for the other SW movies. (Prequels, I was born in 85 so didn't have the pleasure of seeing the original trilogy on release years, and yes I do love the prequels, unpopular or not) As I watched episode 7 I immediately changed my attitude. It was amazing. The acting was the best it ever has been in a Star Wars film, (Daisy Ridley was excellent, despite what that disrespectful sexist clown in one of the negative comments said) a true Star Wars fan can appreciate this movie. Even me, a hardened original EU fan. Do I prefer the force awakens to the original post ROTJ stories of the old expanded universe? No. I grew up with those stories and characters, Jaina and Jason Solo,THE OLD REPUBLICS Revan, Nihilus etc. But is it worthy of the title of "Episode 7" worthy of being the follow on from Jedi? Yes! It's an amazing movie. If you're a casual Star Wars fan (movies only) then you'll enjoy it, even a lot of non Star Wars fans would enjoy this film. If like me you're a die hard Star Wars crazy person I'd be surprised if you don't like this film. It was great. If you're a complete film snob that thinks nothing is as good as the originals then to me you're not even a fan. This was an amazing movie. I definitely recommend it.

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?

This movie is fantastic! It was a great way to bring Star Wars back for older fans, and also a great way to introduce the franchise to a new generation! The new characters are great, especially Finn, Han Solo was as funny and sarcastic as ever, Kylo Ren is a very threatening villain in this movie, and it was great to see some of the same locations we know and love from the originals once more. What more could a Star Wars Fan ask for?

Another great movie.

Obviamente la película es buena y la calidad del Blu-ray también. Lo que le da valor extra a esta versión es sin duda el material extra, vale mucho la pena, sobre todo para los fans de Star Wars. Sólo, como lo mencionan otras personas, la descarga digital funciona solo con cuentas de Amazon y iTunes de Estados Unidos.

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Great DVD came within a few days