1. Star Wars VII Force Awakens is the special effects version 2.0 of Star Wars IV New Hope, which is JJ's ambition and also has JJ's shadow. JJ's ambitions are very large, both to undertake and to restart, the style to be restored, but also to come up with new tricks, the problem of looking forward and looking forward to the future can not be reached. But the quality of the final work handed over is OK, I gave five stars here, which is one of the top three American films of the year in 2015 (the other two are "Focus" and "Brain TaskForce").
But without the star wars aura, the movie would only have four stars, and it's not much better than JJ's previous Star Trek reboot. And some passages, looking and watching, have to cross to "Star Trek" (there are indeed two or three paragraphs more "Star Trek" than "Star Wars") because JJ's previous movies have been seen, so you can understand the reason for finding him to shoot, especially stable, but there will not be too much color, brain make up a circle, there is no second person in Hollywood more suitable.
2. The story is nostalgic and retro, and the rhythm is hastily chaotic.
The most difficult thing to solve is that this project is so big, it can be said that the term commercial blockbuster is not suitable for it, and the same kind as "Titanic", "Star Wars" and "Avatar" should be classified as commercial blockbusters, so everything to take into account is too big, to balance all of them, the required ability may still be beyond JJ's ability range.
So as a work of inheritance, basically doing all that should be done, but also to reduce the risk of failure, starting from such a repetition and tribute to support the whole story, it is already very good, it is like another cross-section of "A New Hope", and at the same time itself constitutes the contrast of the two stories, itself. One problem is that although this VII is a reboot, the amount of information is very large, and it does not have the right length, so unlike Star Wars IV A New Hope, the rhythm is a bit chaotic, the plot comes too fast, and too much talk is like a tornado. In contrast, the prequel series trilogy is too procrastinating and the text is weak, more like the trailer for the canon trilogy and this VII.
3. Visual effects are not without breakthroughs, and they are visionary.
Perhaps the most criticized is that the visual effects have not made a big breakthrough. In fact, the first six parts of the Star Wars series already have a very complete world view, and there are corresponding near-saturated visual elements formed underneath. The Force Awakens has changed some of this, and it's a rare breakthrough.
In recent years, "Gravity" has suddenly turned the visual of "Avatar" to set an industry benchmark, and the latter has not, including this "Force Awakens", which has not made any contribution to vision alone, but the sense of 3D is very stable (this is also the same as JJ's "Star Trek II", which is a rare and stable 3D effect in 2013, second only to "Gravity").
Since this is only the first part of the Star Wars series to restart, I am personally satisfied with its visual effects, and the look and feel is much better than watching the giant screen in the summer, after all, the gap of half a century is placed here ~ and it does not rely too much on visual showmanship, and it is also a part of the foresight, providing a broader and freer creative space for the sequel.
4. Please don't say that emotions win anymore. If you rely on feelings, any film can make a good sequel and sit back and relax. "Star Wars VII Force Awakening" is indeed a very emotional movie, and most of the time I watched it, I couldn't sustain myself, completely immersed in it, unable to extricate myself, difficult to examine. At this time, many seemingly academic schools are about to come up, saying that what is typical "emotional victory"
If you can really rely on feelings, to be honest, all the sequel prequels play, love, and nostalgia, the sequels of "Terminator", "Minions", "Kung Fu Panda" are not still on the street... Feelings will not win, it is impossible to win from the 70s of the last century to the present, Americans are even more unlikely to treat this series as a god because of feelings, to put it bluntly, because the "Star Wars" series has its own life, it is not entirely the creator Lucas at the beginning of creation, and he cannot control it. This Star Wars has a useful emotional part, but it's not that simple. The story of The Force Awakens actually has two sides, like a time-speed travel under the Möbius ring. In contrast, I don't think there is anything worse than the positive transmission.
5. Incredibly fun and radiant.
It should be pointed out that the seemingly very simple binary opposition background and cartoon character building of the "Star Wars" series, similar to "evil is always very powerful, and finally justice triumphs over it", such a story, under the Hollywood model, still seems so simple and good-looking, fun, not only because of feelings, there is a more difficult construction behind the story, I personally feel that it is achieved by some [incredible] (just my own alarmist Oh) such as the elements of joy and cuteness, At its core is the father-son family ethics that has always been emphasized, as well as the protagonists (especially robots) who are unusually scattered with light despite their cartoonish faces. These are all parts that are more fun than building another cosmic worldview, and they often appear in Jin Yong Qiongyao's novels, but the combination is extremely fun, which is one reason why this series is enduring (I AM YOUR FATHER!). ）。
6. There are greater expectations and space in the future.
During the summer vacation, the Shanghai Film Festival, the winter vacation when "The Force Awakens" was released, all looked at the giant curtain hall, the "Star Wars" series as the #This Life series#, this is just two times in my life, I will try my best to see the giant screen of the new "Star Wars" film in the future.
Of course, this was only the first action of the Star Wars series at the end of 2015.
At the end of 2016, there will be a new star wars series, which is directed by Garyce Edwards, who is personally very fond of, but personally there is not much to expect. At great risk, I hired such a commercial film director with a unique style, which may be the darkest style and darkest plot in history. He himself said that this "Star Wars" has no lightsaber and no Jedi, the classic elements can be said to be few, is the so-called innovation you are looking forward to, waiting for this ~ it is estimated that this one should be filmed very hard, but the box office and word of mouth will be poor, will not be accepted by the public.
The Director of "Star Wars" in May 2017 is Ryan Johnson, whose style of speech is not as strong as Edwards, and it is estimated that he will finally hand over a sequel similar to the number of "Force Awakens", which gives people great expectations.
7. Seeing that many people say that the male protagonist of this film is black, so it is too ugly, and when the protagonists of the original films are handsome, I can't help but think of someone who told me that I didn't like this film because several of the images in "Mind Task Force" were ugly. This kind of watching the film is only the brain only through the cornea, incidentally a little discriminatory, but also has nothing to say.
8. Finally, make a new ranking of your personal Star Wars series. 5＞4＞7＞6＞3＞2＞1。 Of these, 4/5/6 is the main transmission and 1/2/3 is the prequel.
Original Author / Xu Ruofeng