Disappointing.
A film is not bad if its sin is a failure to conform to your presumptions about the world in which it exists.
It eventually becomes clear that the RLM videos evolve to become less about understanding the fundamentals of good drama and filmmaking, and more about enumerating every last grievance with each film. They seem to subscribe to the school of thought that the longer a review is, the more “proof” that the target of that review sucks.
OMG look at how outraged Ruthlessnoodle is!Welp, it pissed off the right people
As I understood it, Plinkett was complaining about the lack of romance, and how it left the movie feeling somewhat sterile (specially in comparison with the original movies). Having a romance happen (or be more than shipbaited) would've been a genuine risk on Disney's part, and not just strategic corporate paint-by-numbers representation, regardless of whether it was Puffin or Porygon.Wait, is there a romance between Rey and Finn? I thought their relationship was pretty platonic.
Now, Finn and Poe, on the other hand... I could believe that.
Hah, I sat my SO down on Sunday night to watch Blazing Saddles for her first time (how someone goes over two decades in the U.S. without watching it is beyond me).OMG look at how outraged Ruthlessnoodle is!
....Did I miss something in ANH? There's no romance there, at most a bit of joking and flirting.As I understood it, Plinkett was complaining about the lack of romance, and how it left the movie feeling somewhat sterile (specially in comparison with the original movies)
Pretty much? This seems like a decently complete write-up on the subject: http://movies.stackexchange.com/a/45146....Did I miss something in ANH? There's no romance there, at most a bit of joking and flirting.
Which says exactly what I said. We're comparing only the first film here - who knows who'll get involved with who in movies IIX (or VIII) and IX? TFA has about as much "romance" as ANH: a bit of flirting and hints, but nothing actually. Which is why I don't really see where he's coming from saying it's sterile compared to the original...Pretty much? This seems like a decently complete write-up on the subject: http://movies.stackexchange.com/a/45146
Which is why I said 'Pretty much?'Which says exactly what I said.
Well, yeah. We agree. he doesn't. Which is strange, to me. Someone claiming this movie lacks compared to the original for something the original didn't do either is silly.Which is why I said 'Pretty much?'
Wait, is there a romance between Rey and Finn? I thought their relationship was pretty platonic.
You know it.Now, Finn and Poe, on the other hand... I could believe that.
And Luke being attracted to Leia + eventually kissing a bit for good luck.....Did I miss something in ANH? There's no romance there, at most a bit of joking and flirting.
Finn + Poe even though there is less than a 0% of that happening.
What? Anakin and Padme were front stage center of the first three movies!I wouldn't mind Finn and Poe or Finn and Rey or Finn and BB-8--as long as they're side notes like the romances were in the OT. I don't want any romance to take center stage.
Well, second and third anyway.What? Anakin and Padme were front stage center of the first three movies!
Isaac, himself, fanned the rumours during a recent interview with Ellen. "I was playing romance. In the cockpit I was playing romance,” he said. Anyone who has seen The Force Awakens will know that Poe was only ever in the cockpit with ONE character throughout the whole film, a certain plucky rebel Stormtrooper. “I think it’s very subtle romance that’s happening," Isaac added. "You have to watch it a few times to see the little hints."
I suspect that when JJ Abrams introduces an openly gay relationship into the films there's going to be more outcry against it, but I expect it's not going to be part of the plot and it probably won't involve the main characters.
Also, Finn has Poe's jacket! *OMG SQUEE!*Oscar Isaac was going full smoulder in every scene with Finn.
Woah woah, let's not go crazy, this is a PG-13 movie series.I want to see fucking by the third movie, minimum.