Tuckerscreator
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
09/02/2016 00:00:00
First, it\'s spelled Rey. Next, her reasons for why she refused to sell BB made plenty sense to me. The first reason is that Rey hates seeing people be exploited like herself. She knows that the seller guy is exploiting her because he refuses to give her fair offers and changes prices frequently. She shows this when seeing BB captured by the passing rider, criticizing him for wanting to rip a still functioning droid for scrap. The second reason is because she sympathizes with BB when he tells her that he\'s waiting for his owner, as she too is waiting for her family. Thus, she doesn\'t sell BB for her own gain because she knows he\'s not her droid and is much like her.
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Disappointingly mediocre.
It is surprising to me that this movie should receive such universal acclaim when it is, by any reasonable standards, a mediocre film at best. While it does have the sweeping score and a similar look to the original Star Wars movies, it lacks much of the heart that the original three, and even the prequels - with all their flaws - had.
Probably the biggest flaw is in the characters. None of them are properly introduced or given any discernible motivation.
For example, Rei is a starving scavenger living in a desert. She literally works all day in inhuman conditions for tiny amounts of food. She then meets a droid, and after knowing the droid for a few hours, she refuses more food than she's ever seen to protect it. Why? Was she suspicious at the large amount that was being offered for the droid? Did the droid give her some indication of a higher purpose for protecting it? No, she's just a good person, and despite being a single person against the only person on the planet from whom she can acquire resources, she decides to spite him. No character motivation, nothing deep, nothing personal, nothing interesting.
Finn is a stormtrooper for the new Galactic Empire. He was kidnapped as a child, and decides to run away. Are we given a flashback to explain this, or any indication of what life is like as a stormtrooper that would make him resist his indoctrination and attempt to flee? No, he gives a passing comment on it. That's it. Instantly, he disregards an entire lifetime of indoctrination to join the good guys. Again, no character development, nothing deep, *nothing* interesting.
And it just keeps on going. Why did Han leave Leia? No reason, move along. Why did Ben rebel against Luke? Passing comment about a bad guy, move along. Why did Luke run away? Passing comment, move along.
AND IT NEVER STOPS. How does Rei, who ostensibly has lived in squalor on a desert planet her entire life, know how to fly a custom corellian freighter? No explanation, move along. How does she know how to fight with a lightsaber against a guy who has actually built his own, and therefore must be at least equivalent to a padawan like Obi Wan in episode 1? Um...the force, maybe? Ignore that, move along. How does the Janitor know the key weakness on the massive secret superweapon? Don't be silly, he works there, of course he knows! It's not like it's a machine the size of a planet that no single engineer could possibly comprehend, let alone understand.
It's plot hole after plot hole, each one brushing over the next in a relentless series of falling dominoes. Throw in a few pointless action scenes(tentacle monsters suddenly drop from the ceiling!), a few meaningless flashbacks(you suddenly have a vision of something vaguely disturbing but with no discernible meaning!) and a final brooding stare and you have Star Wars: The Force Awakens on the Wrong Side of the Bed.
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It's not a TERRIBLE movie. It could be far worse. But it could also be far better. 4/10