You Will Watch Star Wars VII

Rating: 10/10 (10 March 2018)

Star Wars VII truly met the hype and excitement for the reboot of a saga that has been timeless. This is because of the how Star Wars impacted American culture through as Vincent Canby calls "(i)t's both an apotheosis of Flash Gordon serials and a witty critique that makes associations with a variety of literature that is nothing if not eclectic: Quo Vadis?, Buck Rogers, Ivanhoe, Superman, The Wizard of Oz, The Gospel According to St. Matthew, the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table." This is because how this movie invokes all of these amazing tales to be amazing. Also Star Wars is a highly recognized film within our American culture with it making the top one hundred grossing films at filmsite.org. Star Wars VII is set thirty years after the fall of Emperor Palpatine and the crippling of the Galactic Empire. The rise of the First Order causes the force to truly awaken. And new heroes were born when old ones failed. Although people might say that Star Wars VII is not as good as the original trilogy the following reasons prove otherwise. This movie is filled with the nostalgia of old characters returning and the similarities to Star Wars IV. The new elements make good use of the Star Wars universe to be very interesting.

This movie is filled with the nostalgia of old characters like Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Luke Skywalker returning. The entrance of the Millennium Falcon was great as it shows how the force guided to one thing after another and it was just by luck. Next, when meeting Han Solo, he says that the force and Jedi are real. This gives off nostalgia with relating back to him, in Star Wars IV, saying that he did not believe in the Jedi or the force. The most exciting entrance is of the Resistance because as the heroes are in a almost defeated position against them, the Resistance use their ships to defeat and make the First Order retreat. Not only is the nostalgia excellent but the new elements of the characters and plot line are great.

The plot line of trying to find Luke Skywalker and defeat the First Order's Star Destroyer puts a very entertaining spin on the Star Wars IV plot line. The magnificent light saber duels and other battles are full of tense moments and that has a hint of space soap opera. The grand music by John Williams full of brass fanfare gives a strong feeling in tense situations. The light but filled emotionally charged flute melody of Han Solo meeting Princess Leia brings us happily back to them two in the original trilogy. The beginning, that has a resemblance to the opening of private Ryan, is amazing as Finn's amazing acting with realizing the evil of the First Order and J. J. Abrams depiction of the darkness of their war like World War II is a wonderful opening. With that the introduction of Kylo Ren using the force to stop a laser blast is surprising as we never saw a Sith do that before. Also as people say that Disney would make Star Wars VII have a happy ending, like most of their movies, there is a very tragic event in the movie that would strike any movie watcher sad. Finally, the amazingness of the resistance being able to defeat an entire star destroying and planet sized weapon was fun to be able to see how that unfolded. Star Wars VII does not disappoint to Star Wars fans missing old characters and the grand thrill of a space odyssey. On contrary to these reasons, there are some people that do not feel this way and feel a varying degree of dislike for the movie.

Many movie reviewers feel like that it is not as good as the originals, a representative from this group is miller-93442. Although he criticized about Finn, the storm trooper, his use of "Just clueless" should be used for his view on Finn and how he does not take into account his growth throughout the film with overthrowing his old stormtrooper ways and protecting his friends in this "sword fight." Also the "technology" not being improved is countered by the "starkiller base" which was made to basically show that there is greater technology. His ignorance in not carefully analyzing the significance of the saying "Luke was on what appears to be earth" does not take into account the main goal of the entire movie finally achieved. Finally he does not take into account the point of this movie to be nostalgic. Sometimes there is more heart and soul to the movie than what an individuals bias is.

The nostalgia of the this movie was greatly executed for maximum enjoyment. When I watched Star Wars VII, on opening day, me and the audience clapped in excitement for every time that a classic character appeared. The plot line integrated with the new characters were very dynamic, changing throughout the film, and interesting to watch. The bad reviews does not take into account the film and has their own bias inserted. Star Wars is back and ready to take over the box office with its new friends.