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Going against the tide of positive reviews for "The Force Awakens" the new Star Wars movie, L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's daily newspaper, found much to dislike. Most of the review seems to fault the movie for being more glitz than substance, "more reboot than sequel":
"Not a classy reboot however, like Nolan's Batman, but an update twisted to suit today's tastes and a public more accustomed to sitting in front of a computer than in a cinema."
The reviewer was not impressed with the depiction of the evil characters, particularly when compared to Vader and Palpatine:
"The counterpart of Darth Vader, Kylo Ren, wears a mask merely to emulate his predecessor, while the character who needs to substitute the emperor Palpatine as the incarnation of supreme evil represents the most serious defect of the film," it wrote. "Without revealing anything about the character, all we will say is that it is the clumsiest and tackiest result you can obtain from computer graphics."
In contrast, the newspaper was very impressed with such movies as the James Bond Skyfall, and described Mad Max, Fury Road as a "real, true masterpiece."
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 28 2015, @03:22PM
Wow, those are some crappy spoilers. You don't even reveal that Han Solo is murdered by his son, Kylo Ren.
(Score: 2) by Tork on Monday December 28 2015, @09:34PM
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(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 28 2015, @09:41PM
I do nothing logged in, my good friend. Especially not revealing that Kylo Ren kills his father, Han Solo.
(Score: 2) by Tork on Monday December 28 2015, @09:47PM
🏳️🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️🌈
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday December 28 2015, @10:08PM
I had seen this spoiler elsewhere before seeing the movie. Now I'm just "meh".
It was obvious and the entire movie was lackluster.
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday December 29 2015, @12:37AM
Agreed! Very meh.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday December 29 2015, @12:53AM
My favorite scene: the two stormtroopers turning around and walking away while the boss is throwing a hissy fit.
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