a total let down

personal rating 6/10 (this is inclusive of fanboys points)

1 - Kylo is given such a grand opening doing feats like stopping blaster with force alone and have it staying mid air. but turn up to be an emo kid. hopefully the actor grow up more and does not look like an emo teenager anymore in epi8/9

2 - Captain Phasma stock went down the drain. This is just like dinobots all over again. You can replace all her scene with a stock Imperial officer and the story still's the same. she's included so that there's more toys for hasbro to sell

3 - Poe pull a deus ex machina and return back alive. He left his mission (BB8) and return back to resistance base. No wonder he's so happy to see Finn because Finn bring back his mission

4 - Rey. no backstory whatsoever. hopefully it will not be another spinoff (eg rogue one) for Disney to milk more money

5 - Poor story telling. Luke went MIA and leaves a map behind? A map that is incomplete to the resistance but is complete (sort of) to the FO?

6 - Starkiller needs a star to power up. How many planets in their galaxy with more than 1 Sun? Suck up a Sun -> fire it -> no more Sun to power up -> abandon it and build second Starkiller? Might as well build 5 Deathstar with that resources

7 - Laughable saber battle scene. at least still better than 2,3,4,5,6. no more face showing with saber spinning scene repeated x times for screen time. well, at least the story support this poor fighting scene by injuring Kylo before the fight and have him fight 2 immature

i'm one of the only few who doesnt think the prequel is bad, and machete order is rubbish

watch 4,5,6 then watch 1,2,3

that way you can enjoy 1,2,3 more. 1,2,3 is not about Vader or the jedis. Its about how Sidious manipulate everything to become what he is in epi 5

hint : Sidious is only a senator in epi1

i dont give credits to carbon copy of movies. epi7 is very similar to epi4,5. thats lazy writing. not to mention how convenient it is for Han to "recover" his mf, for Rey to "recover" the saber

and its very obvious epi7 is a movies made for toys. Phasma? serve no purpose other than to disable the shield. Flametrooper? screentime 1min. Melee FO trooper? Screentime <5min. FO Snowtrooper? screentime <1min

rethink that logic with Han losing his ship to some thief/thieves

the sad thing is after watching this TFA, its clear that JJ can make a good movie if they follow legends


not much toys/branding to sell though....

watched is yesterday

personal rating : 8/10
much much better than TFA

1 - director attempt to sell more toys (R2D2 and C3P0) make sense in a way and does not seem pushed

2 - Managed to cover up the biggest plothole in a galaxy far far away


3 - Darth Vader has a grand entrance. much better than ep4 because when he joins the battle, the feeling of hopelessness is portrayed well

4 - no disney moment. i guess this is what happens when u take disney out

one thing i dislike about it is the main character. Jyn is ok but the male lead is .......

and does anyone notice that darth vader has thicker neck? looks weird IMO

RIP leia

looks like they killed off the wrong "solo" in ep7

watched it last night. quite enjoyable but