I went and saw star wars the day before my endoscopy because I thought an endoscopy was more invasive than it actually was.
Overall, I enjoyed the film, with a few small dislikes.
1. Bb8. The sand totally would have dicked up his rolly head thing, or it would have tore off when he was mounted in the xwing
I did like his three point harness part.
2. The alien extras are once again straight out of nightmare hell, it's like cronenberg lite up in this. There were a couple extras in Star trek that fell into the same mold. One of the bridge bunines looked like a tall mix between voldemort and a waterlogged corpse. Someone must be selling JJ the bad acid.
3. Snoke. God damnit. When I heard the giant cgi Palpatine was named snoke I thought we were falling down the garbage chute into another trade federation blockade debacle. Thankfully I've read since that the projection was oversized, like in empire. Still, another cgi politician like thanos.
4. Kylo ren. Like and dislike. His calm measure while doing the dark lord deeds was neat. I liked that, how he seemed almost polite. I did not like the in media results introduction, but I understand JJ didn't want to do flashbacks or even worse, go the Jake Lloyd route.
As a kid, I didn't really want to be luke, and I hated how the eu books essentially turned Han into an absentee father/ chauffeur. To see that happen in the new movie upset me more than the father son reunion on Starkiller base.
6. R2 being powered down / hermit luke.
I understand they need to sell those Bb8 toys, but having R2 stand around in sleep mode made no bless'ed sense, he could have been on planet Scotland with luke. And that bless'ed hermit could at least have said hello.
