The Force Awakens- Star Wars or something like it.

A review

When George Lucas finished his trilogy, Act 1 had great potential.  Act 2 fell flat with the woods and ewoks.  Act three had father against son and ended with well peace in the world and a classic ending.

Well the three-act structure again with Volumes 1.  2. 3. sort of worked.

The people went to one didn’t like two or three.

So to the rescue came JJ.Abrams to save Disney’s 4 billion purchase of the Star Wars Franchise.

JJ and crew kept everything a secret and for  a good reason.

Reddit forums et.  al.

Did Han Solo die?  (Hold that thought)

Was JA JA Binks a dark Jedi master?

Decisions, decisions.  JJ went with one of those two.  I will not focus on the film itself.  Just film theory

Character Development-

The black Jedi, for all the controversy over his holding the light saber should be surpassed, by the reference that he was the janitor on  a super secret project (maintenance).

Don’t worry they don’t make the black guy the hero, he does a lot of running and folks make a comment about that a lot.

The female Jedi- how does she really develop her force powers, no Yoda, Obi Wan or even Luke to practice her skills, but she manages just fine.  She is the only character along with the Millennium Falcon that has  any character arch.

Princess/General Leah picked up a check.

Han well he does have a role that makes his performance in Return of the Jedi Oscar worthy.

Luke, well, you will have to wait a while to see if he actually speaks in the movie.

Plot, well when Spike Lee directs, writes and produces his movies he usually is skewered by the press even when the movie is great.

JJ Abrams got a pass with all these nines and tens in film reviews. Mad Max Fury Road it is not.

See the meteoritic reviews on imdb.com especially those at or below fifty percent.

http://www.metacritic.com/movie/star-wars-episode-vii---the-force-awakens

Film Theory- is it a mom- pop flick, or just showing off the robots.  What genre is The Force Awakens?

Hard sci fi.  No?

Romantic Comedy No/?

Action Adventure No?

It does not quite fit into a pigeonhole which why after just seeing this film I still give it a two/ten.

I wish I had fallen asleep on the movie.  But I did get to see the preview for the Captain America 3 film.  That should be great movie but in the mean time to cleanse my mind of the Force Awakens, I will watch Return of the Jedi.  I know Luke speaks in that one.