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Reveiw II
Reveiw II
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HenryKelly9th,February2016
ReviewStarWarsTheForceAwakens
SincethelastreleaseofStarWarsin2005,nothingonthebigscreenhasbeenmadeforstar
wars(SomewouldarguenogoodStarWarsmoviehasbeensince1983).However,TheForce
Awakenshasreversedthattrendandofferedanamazingmovieonparwiththeoriginaltrilogy,
andfarbetterthantheprequels.
Oneofthebestthingaboutthemoviewastheacting.Whileyoucanargueaboutwhetherornot
thecharactersweregood,theywerecertainlywellacted.Forexample,KyloRenwasportrayed
byAdamDriver,andwasoneofthebestofthenewadditions.Additionally,Poewasagood
character,althoughhisrolewasunfortunatelyminimized.
Anothergoodthingaboutthemoviewastheminimaspecialeffects.Whileitstilllookedvery
good,itavoidedmuchoftheCGIthatcontributedtohowbadthePrequelswere.EvenBB8,
thedroidthethataccompaniedthemaincharacterswasamodel,notCGI.Thiscontributed
greatlytothemovieandhowgooditwas.
However,themoviedidhavesomeflaws.ThemostnotableofthesewasthefactthatRey,the
equivalentofLuke,isfarmoreskilledthansheshouldbewiththeforce.Duringthemovie,she
receivednotraining,butstillshouldtheabilitytofightKyloRenatrainedSithapprentice.This
isseverelyoverpoweringher,andmakesherstorylinesomewhatuninteresting.
Overall,themoviewasprettygood,butnotperfect,soIwouldrateitabout8outof10.