Star Wars non-spoiler thoughts

So I wanted to talk about The Force Awakens.  No spoilers, promise.  Just talking about music and direction and stuff in general.  But if you want that to be a surprise too, then don't read.



First off, it's a great movie.  Really amazing.  I'm sure someone will post all the plot holes that I don't see right now one day or Family Guy will do a special but for now it's just about perfect.

It had a very Avengers feel to it because it was established characters being pulled together with cameos and in-jokes.

Everything is turned up to 11.  It was like someone took each piece of Star Wars, chose the thing that made it badass and turned that specific trait of that specific piece up.  It was like Star Wars if Star Wars ate Star Wars.

It has the easiest drinking game in the world.  Every time a stormtrooper makes you laugh, drink.  And every time a stormtrooper horrifies you with brutal Nazism, drink.

Not about the movie, but I sat next to grandparents who had camped out and seen all 7 movies on their opening showings!  So fun to talk to them.

The dialog is like Hot Fuzz.  At one point I was telling myself "I won't argue that it wasn't a no-holds-barred adrenaline-fuelled thrill-ride, but there's no way that you could perpetrate that amount of carnage and mayhem and not incur a considerable amount of paperwork."

I thought it felt like Joss Whedon more than JJ Abrams.  Kiri disagreed.  George Lucas seemed to have nothing to do with it as far as I can tell.

How does the Wookie get so many good lines?  He doesn't even talk!

Roughly 14 wild cheers from the audience.  I actually think the characters are silent after each fan service to allow for the outbursts.  Good planning.

You can expect a lot of Key and Peele skits in the future.  Jordan Peele looks and acts like Finn.  He even sometimes came off like he wasn't a member of the universe, but was sucked in from our world through some kind of Last Action Hero subplot.  It's awesome.

Funniest of the Star Wars films.  Possibly the most action-packed.

No big musical score?  No Imperial March.  No Duel of the Fates.  Absent enough that it seemed like a conscious choice to omit.  Maybe JJ thought it would take us out of the moment.