Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by user510 (R) on December 29, 2015 at 14:30:01

In Reply to: RE: Admit it: Star Wars, the Force Awakens Stinks. posted by geoffkait on December 29, 2015 at 04:05:07

I guess Disney/Lucas designed episode VII for the already existing fans craving yet another Star Wars.

Yes. Incorporated are many of the plot elements from episode IV. As reboots go, this is probably a good starting point to build upon.

The original characters have mostly aged out. New characters must be developed to replace the old. This would account for the 'slow' portions of the film. Getting to know the newbies. Gaining awareness of the landscape and politics of the worlds surrounding this episode.

Perhaps screenplay writer Kirchner gave his perceived audience enough credit to have an attention span greater than 3 minutes. Beyond that of your pet cocker spaniel. Some dogs having an attention span of ~27 seconds. Some Chimpanzee's have been tested to have better memory recall than many humans. So I presume Kirchner settled on pacing his film so that a chimp could follow it.

I'm not sure where that puts me but I was able to stay with the film during the 'slow' portions that exist between the action sequences.

All in all I thought the dialog was written quite a bit better than in episodes IV through VI. I perceive it was not so much written for 12 yr. olds as were the originals.

-Steve

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