Monday 21 December 2015

Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens

Before I start, I just want to say that this will contain all spoilers from the movie so if you haven't seen the movie yet, you should see it then read this review. You have been warned. So as you already know, Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens is the most hyped up movie I've been looking the most forward to see this year and 3 days ago I saw it with my dad in London. And what did I think of it?... it's probably my 2nd favourite Star Wars film. Also I'm going to explain the whole story. What's the story? It's set over 60 years after Return of the Jedi and Luke Skywalker has vanished and no one knows where he is and everyone's trying to find him. One night at a camp, a man named "Poe", played by Oscar Isaac, is given a map to where he could be but before he can go, a Sith named "Kylo Ren", played by Adam Driver, and clone troopers intrude the camp and kill everyone except Poe and a robot with him named BB-8 who he gives the map to and tells him to run away and not let anyone have it because Kylo Ren wants to find Luke as well. Poe gets kidnapped and while still at the camp, a clone trooper named Finn, played by John Boyega, is feeling like something's not right when he sees them killing people. Kylo Ren takes Poe back to his ship to get information about where the map is. He refuses even with Kylo Ren using the force to torcher him. Finn helps Poe escape and they use a ship to get out but they get shot down and crash on a nearby planet. Finn thinks Poe has died and he finds his way to a village where another person named Rey, played by Daisy Ridley, lives who has found BB-8 and the 3 of them try to escape from oncoming fighters and they use the Millennium Falcon to escape. After they destroy the fighters, Han and Chewie come on and they agree to help them get BB-8 somewhere but Finn it doing this to get help to escape from Kylo Ren and his troops which are all called the First Order. He asks Rey to come with him but she doesn't want to abandon what she's doing. They go to another planet and a bar where an orange alien talks to them. Rey goes to the basement and finds Anakin's old lightsaber. The alien asks Rey to take it but she refuses and leaves. When she does, Kylo Ren and his men attack and take Rey prisoner. Finn takes up Anakin's lightsaber and uses it. Then Leia, C-3PO and their troops come and it's actually been years since Han and Leia have seen each other and it turns out Kylo Ren is actually Han and Leia's son. Apparently Leia thought Kylo Ren had some Darth Vader in him, if you know what I mean, and sent him to Luke to be trained how to become a proper Jedi, but Kylo betrayed him and turned evil and Luke blamed himself for it and that's why he disappeared. Also BB-8 finds R2-D2 who's been shut down and hasn't turned on in ages. They find out that Kylo Ren and his men have a secret base like the Death Star called the Starkiller base which can use the suns power to destroy several planets at once. And since Finn used to be a clone, he explains how to destroy it and he has another plan with Han and Chewie to go to their ship to find Rey. Rey on the other hand has found out that she can use the force and she uses it by using the mind trick on a clone trooper to release her. She tries to find a way out and she finds Finn, Han and Chewie. Han and Chewie set explosives all around the force field generator to help the rebels destroy the base from the outside. And here Han meets Kylo Ren and it looks like he's about to get through to him but then, we get probably the biggest twist since the scene in Empire Strike Back, Kylo Ren kills Han with his lightsaber. That shocked everyone when I saw this. Anyway, they go outside and Finn uses Anakin's lightsaber to fight Kylo Ren but he loses the fight. Before Kylo Ren can take Anakin's lightsaber though, Rey uses the force to levitate the lightsaber and she takes it and they fight. Rey wins and before she can kill him, the entire planet shakes and they get separated. Rey takes Finn back to the other planet and she and Leia exchange a look about Han, if you know what I mean. R2 then comes on and shows the rest of the map to where Luke is. Rey goes off to another planet and finds him in a brown robe. And the movie ends with her showing him the lightsaber. So let's go over the 100 good things about the movie. Well firstly, this is one where the lightsaber action choreography is the most realistic looking and even the look of the movie pretty different from the others. And again the cast is unbelievable. This is the first Star Wars film in year where the acting is perfect and no more boring performances. My favourite character is Finn. And here's another thing. When I saw this movie, there was 4 or 5 moments that everyone clapped at. The first was when we see the main title started and the music got started as well. The second was when Rey said "Let's take the garbage" and when she said that, she was talking about the Millennium Falcon. The third was when we see Han and Chewie. The forth one was when we see Leia and C-3PO. And the last was when we see R2. Both me and the people I was with were all clapping and cheering when those scenes played. And of course, let's talk about Kylo Ren. This guy is probably the greatest Sith since Darth Vader. He's both cool and threatening. Though in my opinion he always should of kept the mask on and should not of taken it off. His voice is perfect and the performance from the actor is perfect. The lightsaber he has is also and it different from other with 2 mini ones on the side and he does use that at one point during the fight with him and Finn. BB-8 as well is like R-2 in the original series. There's one scene where he uses a lighter as a thumb to stick up to Finn which made everyone, including me laugh hard. And also the end of this film make you want more. And that's good. I think that that's a good feeling to have. There's going to be an episode VIII and episode IX and I'm looking forward to see what they do with those. So yeah, that's Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens. I really liked and if you see it, you will love it.

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