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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: 3, Insightful) by fadrian on Monday December 28 2015, @04:30PM
The review sounded about right to me. It was a rehash, not a reboot. Luckily for them, the Disney marketing machine was strong with the Force on this one.
That is all.
(Score: 1) by CHK6 on Monday December 28 2015, @07:27PM
It had a 100% feeling of catching people up and totally rehashing Star Wars IV in a bit clumsy way. Let's see...
Lone child in desert. [check]
Moody teenager turns bad. [check]
Cute robots. [check]
Cute robots with plans to change the war. [check]
Massive super weapon. [check]
Planets destroyed. [check]
Critical weakness exploited by under armed forces. [check]
Sacrificial killing. [check]
Creepy old leader. [check]
Over confident evil leaders. [check]
In retrospect I felt like VII was the "let's get the introductions out of the way" and now VIII will be the main dish. Overall I enjoyed it, but part V is still my all time fave by far.
(Score: 2) by isostatic on Monday December 28 2015, @08:02PM
People who saw the original star wars at the cinema are in their late 40s, or older. You can't even see get the original film any more, it seems to have been wiped like the early Dr Who episodes. I far prefer a rehash to a reboot, with appropriate torch passing, and that's what this film did. It's a shame that we won't see a Luke/Han reunion.
But then I'm not a star wars nut. I've seen the original (or close to the original) a few times, Empire Twice, Jedi and the prequels once each
(Score: 2) by Tork on Monday December 28 2015, @09:36PM
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