The Force Awakens (All Spoilers, all the time)

[giblets]

Like Anakin in episodes 2-3, he acts like an angsty teenager

[Proteus_MST]

Like Anakin in episodes 2-3, he acts like an angsty teenager

That´s what you get if one half of the parents is out in the galaxy in order to live through lots of adventures,
the other half of the parents is married to her job as a military leader ...
and little Ben is alone all of the time, only getting babysat by a hysterical droid ...
until he is, too early, given away to his uncle (who is a distant and revered person who also lives for his job) in order to learn a trade.

Such things can shatter a kids soul

[regexcellent]

Like Anakin in episodes 2-3, he acts like an angsty teenager

That's okay in a villain. He's supposed to be a whiny ***** angsty teenager. You aren't supposed to like him.

[giblets]

It makes him silly, like the trade federation leaders in Phantom Menace, instead of intimidating like Darth Vader in the original trilogy. He also looks goofy.

[DaShi]

Like Anakin in episodes 2-3, he acts like an angsty teenager

Unlike Anakin in episodes 2-3, he acts.

[Dauphin]

How did Rey use the force without waving her hand (e.g., when she got James Bond to release her shackles and drop his gun?). Or is it just the story telling us that she needs Luke to teach her showmanship?

[giblets]

After touching a lightsaber once she became a super jedi better than Luke or Obi Wan

great "storytelling"

[Lorizael]

How did Rey use the force without waving her hand (e.g., when she got James Bond to release her shackles and drop his gun?). Or is it just the story telling us that she needs Luke to teach her showmanship?

That was actually the only part of her Force awesomeness that really bothered me. I thought her hands being shackled was why it didn't work at first and that she would have to be clever to get around that.

[Aeson]

The hand wave is just to distract non force users from the real way force persuasion is done. It's actually wiggling your toes that does it.

[giblets]

waving my hand and wiggling my toes at the same time is harder than I expected

[Aeson]

Saw it today. I liked the movie, not great but well worth the ticket.

I figure once you decide to go watch about how midichlorians allow people in a distant galaxy a long time ago, who almost all happen to be anatomically humans and/or resemble anatomical humans with skin diseases, to manipulate the force that runs through all of everything in their quest to blow up planets and/or blow up planet destroying weapons ... you should probably just turn off the logic functions and enjoy. So I don't worry about that aspect of the movie.

The pacing of the movie was off though, everything felt rushed starting with the very first scene, starting us off right at the critical moment for Fin. It would have been nice if they had slowed things down and developed the characters/relationships better, and not just skipped right into showing all the old characters as well. I could have seen that story arc being 2 or (preferably) 3 movies. Rey, Fin, and Solo all have great potential as characters but it was mostly on fast forward. They deserved more time to connect with the audience. I don't like Ben. Should have kept the mask on, the force truth-telling scenes dragged and were repetitive, and the meeting with Solo was too soon and felt kinda bland for being rushed into.

Snokes is a dumb name ... reminded me of "Snape". That he looks like Voldemort didn't help either. I honestly had a moment where I was wondering if Harry Potter was going to show up.

But it was still fun to watch. Just left me wishing it was longer, which isn't a terrible thing.

Net and her sisters really got a kick out of the boob bot. They giggled or laughed every time it was on screen, I chuckled a few times. A Star Wars branded WALL-E ripoff should be in the works ...

[Lorizael]

waving my hand and wiggling my toes at the same time is harder than I expected

You are not a Jedi yet.

[giblets]

[Dinner]

How did she instantly become good enough to beat a budding sith lord trained by his uncle Luke? Why does Princess Leia ignore her old friend Chewbacca to go hug Rey at the end despite never having met her before?

[DaShi]

They'll fix it in the special edition: Rey hugs first!