04-10-2016, 11:07 AM
(04-10-2016, 10:29 AM)wfmyers1207 Wrote: Well, I finally broke down and watched Episode VII on DVD last night. What absolute garbage! Nothing more than a rewrite of Episode IV, and a poor rewrite at that.
No wonder J.J. Abrams took the money and ran. He wanted to get out of town before the folks with tar and feathers showed up. Disney must have made some serious payoffs to a lot of film critics to get the good reviews this dreck received.
One thing I'll say for it. It wasn't as bad as episodes I thru III. George Lucas screwed those up so badly it's hard to see how anyone could do worse. Disney and J.J. Abrams sure gave it a try.
Actually I liked Episode III... But I agree that in episodes I and II George Lucas screwed the story.
I had the same feeling about episode VII - a bad rewrite of episode IV... I know Disney is trying to fix what Lucas did with episodes I to III and trying to reintroduce the story to new viewers... But they could have done something better with the story (and with the characters, by the way,...).