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Friday, May 20, 2016

I saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Resent the Waste of Time

I saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens at a local library. It stirred memories:

  • A friend and I paid $1 each to see Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. As the movie played we'd whisper to each other: "99¢",  "98¢", until Sean Connery appeared to kick the value from 45¢ to 50¢
  • Then there was my father's voice, "Who wrote this crap?"

The film brought to mind that old, snarky comment: "The dialog was so wooden as to constitute a fire hazard."  The dialog would have been right at home on title cards.

The First Order's got technology to destroy multiple planets with a super-duper weapon, but don't have video surveillance of their own installation.  Maybe it's a fixer-up film:  Hollywood makes the film and viewers can amuse themselves patching plot holes.   Sorry guys, I have stuff to do I real life.

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