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Dec 18, 2015 · An exhilarating ride, filled with archetypal characters with plausible psychologies, melodramatic confrontations fueled by soaring emotions, and performances that can be described as good, period, rather than "good, for 'Star Wars.'".
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Dec 16, 2015 · The Times critic Manohla Dargis reviews “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Film Frame/Lucasfilm, via Associated Press. Mr. Abrams’s smart idea — an overarching ethos, really — in “The Force Awakens”...
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By Terri Schwartz
Updated: Oct 15, 2021 8:17 pm
Posted: Dec 16, 2015 8:00 am
There has been an awakening. Have you felt it? That's the reins being loosened on the ultra top-secret Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as the movie finally screened before audiences prior to its release on December 18th.
After years of anticipation, The Force Awakens does bring balance to the Star Wars franchise; with the largely ill-received prequels still leaving a bitter blotch on some fans' memories, this is a movie meant to recapture the magic of what made George Lucas's original trilogy so special. Much of the film echoes Star Wars adventures of the past, most notably A New Hope, but it's the new elements of The Force Awakens that are its strength.
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy took the stage before the Force Awakens world premiere in Los Angeles on December 14th, and told three theaters' worth of audience members that Star Wars has always been about chance encounters. She used it to describe the chance encounters that brought her, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams together over the years, but that also is an excellent summary of the way the characters collide in The Force Awakens.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the movie it was promised to be, with great new characters, a respect for the original trilogy and a strong understanding of what makes this franchise click with fans. The new additions to the Star Wars universe work best, though there is some over-reliance on tying things to and making nods to the classic Star Wars ...
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Akhil Arora AkhilArora.com. Most importantly, it passes the baton to a new generation...
So expect this movie to be under the most intense scrutiny by reviewers as they dissect the movie to its core to find the tiniest (I.E. laughably non-existent) flaws. In the end, The Force Awakens delivers as a fantastic Star Wars film and an incredibly worthy addition to the franchise.
Dec 17, 2015 · The Force Awakens is everything you ever loved about Star Wars: it's thrilling, beautiful, and evocative. It has timeless characters, lightsabers, comic robots, dashing rogues and dark...
