Star Wars: The Force Awakens (J.J. Abrams, 2015)
- mfunk9786
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Re: Star Wars Films
There's a completely[?] unsubstantiated rumor going around that Disney's going to try to go after former Industrial Light and Magic employee David Fincher with everything they've got to helm Episode VII.
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Oh sweet Jesus, a David Fincher-directed Star Wars would make me pass out. It's not gonna happen, but let me dream, damnit!
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I like Fincher, but considering what many think is the best film of the series (not to mention the only that I'm remotely interested in) and what I think are the franchise's strengths, I'd rather see them go with any of one these filmmakers:
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If they took a gamble with Kershner...
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If they took a gamble with Kershner...
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If only they could find a film maker of Kershner's strengths and personality I'd be very happy. Shockingly underrated despite the Star Wars cred.
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Cuaron seems like a more natural choice than Fincher, though either would get me off my ass to go see the thing- Cuaron made a good film out of a Harry Potter entry, I honestly can't imagine a better argument in favor of someone for taking over Star Wars. Fincher seems like he'd feel like he was working on Alien 3 all over again.
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And see, I always considered that the worst of the Harry Potter films. That bus ride with the Rastafarian shrunken head thing... *shudder*
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That bit sucked, but it's one of the only Potter movies that actually tells a story that holds together and doesn't function primarily as a visual Cliffs Notes for the book- and I feel like clear organization and solid storytelling are what's most needed for a good Star Wars movie, and very much what Kirshner's entry did best.
Also, Cuaron made the really smart decision to put everyone in street clothes instead of wizard robes all the time, which the series stuck with from then on, because the wizard robes looked stupid on screen. If Lucas had that kind of ability to see with a camera, the prequels wouldn't have been the garbage they were.
Also, Cuaron made the really smart decision to put everyone in street clothes instead of wizard robes all the time, which the series stuck with from then on, because the wizard robes looked stupid on screen. If Lucas had that kind of ability to see with a camera, the prequels wouldn't have been the garbage they were.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (J.J. Abrams, 2015)
Everyone is reporting that JJ Abrams is the new director for sure.
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For the record...
Star Wars Episode VII cast officially announced.
Glad to see Von Sydow in the mix. Overall it looks like a pretty impressive lineup, and try as I might to feign disinterest, my curiosity's been piqued...
Star Wars Episode VII cast officially announced.
Glad to see Von Sydow in the mix. Overall it looks like a pretty impressive lineup, and try as I might to feign disinterest, my curiosity's been piqued...
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I'm excited that Oscar Isaac's in it, he was fantastic in Inside Llweyn Davis and hey, Adam Driver's in it too; he was in the same film and I saw Domhnall Gleeson on About Time, another fantastic actor. I'm also happy that John Boyega is the lead as it's rare to see an African American lead in a big budget franchise so hopefully this film will lead everyone into more acting gigs.
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And you know who were exciting actors back in the late '90s? Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman...
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And they did a pretty good job of polishing a turd, in my opinion. When I rewatched Episode II a while back, I was struck by how well Portman did in those stunningly terrible love scenes, even if it wasn't enough to compensate for the awful script and awful Christianson. I bet if you edited out Anakin and didn't understand English, those scenes would be quite moving!swo17 wrote:And you know who were exciting actors back in the late '90s? Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman...
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I wouldn't blame them for how the prequels turned out. Anyone would have suffered working on those.swo17 wrote:And you know who were exciting actors back in the late '90s? Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman...
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I don't think he's blaming them, I think he's saying good actors won't make the films good.Movie-Brat wrote:I wouldn't blame them for how the prequels turned out. Anyone would have suffered working on those.swo17 wrote:And you know who were exciting actors back in the late '90s? Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman...
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The Force Awakens is such an unfortunately worded title.
- domino harvey
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A lot of people keep making fun of it but I don't see the problem. Or, rather, I don't think it's any less ridiculous than any other Star Wars title
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Apparently people forgot episode II was titled Attack of the Clones. You have that and The Force Awakens is the silly title. Such a pity.domino harvey wrote:A lot of people keep making fun of it but I don't see the problem. Or, rather, I don't think it's any less ridiculous than any other Star Wars title
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I'm used to The sound of Empire and Jedi but I suspect they would've come off a bit awkward when they were initially released.domino harvey wrote:A lot of people keep making fun of it but I don't see the problem. Or, rather, I don't think it's any less ridiculous than any other Star Wars title
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I totally agree that Star Wars titles aren't great, but I was judging this on its own merits. Certainly all of the prequels are terribly named, but that' a pretty low bar to set for yourself in terms of bettering them. That said I think "The Empire Strikes Back" is a significantly less awkward name. It's clearly subjective but Awakens just feels super weird to me, a bit like "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" as opposed to "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull Kingdom."domino harvey wrote:A lot of people keep making fun of it but I don't see the problem. Or, rather, I don't think it's any less ridiculous than any other Star Wars title
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Has a nice pulpy ring to it, much like the titles of the original trilogy.
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They also couldn't use "The Force Unleashed" as that had been used for some of the Star Wars video games. I guess we should expect some mix ups between the two similarly worded titles.
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STAR WARS: THE SECRET INVASION THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T STOPMr Sausage wrote:Has a nice pulpy ring to it
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I agree with Sausage about the pulpiness but also with danieltiger about the clunkiness. I'm going to date myself by admitting this but I'm old enough to remember when Return of the Jedi was still supposed to be called Revenge of the Jedi (wait, what?! Jedi don't seek "revenge"?! Sith, on the other hand...). This feels similarly off, not just in its look and sound but in how it honors the mythology. Why would the Force need to "awaken"? Is the Force ever really dormant?
Does that sound like something that could fall asleep, even metaphorically?Obi-Wan wrote:The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.
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I'd argue that having just one Force using Jedi in the entire Galaxy for 30 years could be considered relatively dormant.