 |
| Super cool poster of a movie that, well, wasn't that cool. |
Welcome, fellow Star Wars fan. In the first place, I must warn you: if you haven't watched The Force Awakens, then you shouldn't be reading this. This blog is full of spoilers. Very full. Ok, having said that, let's start the engines:
Star Wars Episode VII - The Force Awakens was released on December 18th. It's been a huge success: within a couple of days, the seventh episode of the most famous sci-fi saga ever thought managed to cross the 300 million dollar threshold. By next year, together with all the benefits derived from merchandising and its DVD and Blu-ray release, The Force Awakens will have amply recovered the initial investment: Abrams was given a 200 million dollars budget.
To many, figures are a clear sign of how good The Force Awakens has been. To me, and to lots of disappointed fans, that shitload of money only suggests how powerful Disney publicists are: they really managed to sell a rather mediocre product as if it was gold. Because The Force Awakens is no more than another silly, frantic action blockbuster with no real value. Not that Star Wars has ever been James Joyce literature, but The Force Awakens is simply a silly movie. It doesn't live up to the simplicity and magical touch of the old saga nor to the more serious tone of the prequels - loved by many fans, hated by most of them. Again, The Force Awakens is simply an entertaining action movie, quite dull and empty in terms of plot.
However, episode VII does present a good atmosphere (those 80s dirty, dark aesthetics) and has a couple of touching moments. There are good ideas in this movie indeed that could have been recycled and expanded to make it a really great story. I'm not beating around the bush anymore: in this blog, I will speak of the good things and huge failures of J.J. Abrams' The Force Awakens. I will also share the summary of the movie I would have liked to watch instead of this tasteless, soulless commercial product.
If, like me, you are a disappointed fan, take a look at the different sections:
- Why The Force Awakens sucks majorly.
- How The Force Awakens should have been like.
- What we should see in episodes VIII and IX.
You can leave a comment below each entry. If I'm not wasting my time ranting about any other blockbuster failure on the Internet or simply procrastrinating alone in Tatooine, I will probably answer you. May the Force be with you.
