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So, I enjoyed this movie, but upon reflection there's a couple gripe I've got.
Is the only plan the bad guys will ever have in these movies, build a bigger and better laser cannon? It's fucked up to complain about this, but the lack of politics explanation in this movie was sorely missed. Was The First Order part of the Republic? If so why did they just blow them up? And if they're a splinter group that acts outside The Republic why is The Resistance working in secret outside of The Republic as well? How do you build a planet sized super laser that eats suns without anybody noticing?
I would have given a damn about those planets blowing up if I understood what was going on. It's a weaker version of Alderaan being blow up, except we don't have Leia to help us know why we care.
I loved a lot of the new characters but Rey is a Mary Sue, I'm not really gonna gripe about the lightsaber fight at the end, Ren got hit with a bowcaster that we saw the entire film pushing peoples shit in and Finn who we'd already seen had training with melee combat got a couple hits in too before Rey took over. But Rey is just naturally good at everything in the film, we never see her struggle with anything and she's in trouble one time in the woods when Ren holds her arm behind her back. Han Solo instantly likes her, she can fix the ship better than Han Solo can, I get that the difference between her and Luke is her belief in The Force but it's just not really all that fun watching a character succeed at everything for two hours and have no real struggles or risks to her.
I would have given a damn about those planets blowing up if I understood what was going on. It's a weaker version of Alderaan being blow up, except we don't have Leia to help us know why we care.
I loved a lot of the new characters but Rey is a Mary Sue, I'm not really gonna gripe about the lightsaber fight at the end, Ren got hit with a bowcaster that we saw the entire film pushing peoples shit in and Finn who we'd already seen had training with melee combat got a couple hits in too before Rey took over. But Rey is just naturally good at everything in the film, we never see her struggle with anything and she's in trouble one time in the woods when Ren holds her arm behind her back. Han Solo instantly likes her, she can fix the ship better than Han Solo can, I get that the difference between her and Luke is her belief in The Force but it's just not really all that fun watching a character succeed at everything for two hours and have no real struggles or risks to her.