They’ve synthesised only the best parts of the original trilogy, ditched anything even tangentially related to do the prequels (bewildering political machinations, hollow CGI, patronising dialogue, appalling performances) and created everything that any beleaguered Star Wars fan would ever want to see from a brand new instalment… Something made by safe, assured hands that understands what a new Star Wars film ‘needs’ to do and delivers above and beyond those expectations. But they also contain the most exhilarating action sequences and the most beautiful production design ever committed to film, as well as characters you’ll spend the next three decades of your life caring about.Īnd these are the elements that the Disney/Bad Robot conglomerate has kept in mind when producing The Force Awakens. They’re hokey, weirdly paced, broadly performed, fairly boring in places… Common criticisms from newbies to the Force. Watching the original trilogy through modern eyes, unsullied by nostalgia and childhood trips to Woolworths to buy action figures, is a difficult approach. Things that – and I’m saying this as a genuine Star Wars fan – the previous six films only have in very limited degrees of quality. Perhaps that says more about the quality of the original and prequel trilogies than it does about Episode VII, but there was a sudden, tangible realisation that I was watching a proper film, made for a sophisticated audience, with decent direction, acting, character development and dialogue.
This review will be spoiler free, unless you don’t even want to know whether it’s good or not, in which case, yeah there’ll be one big spoiler… and it’s coming up now… Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a good movie.Ībout an hour into Star Wars: The Force Awakens it dawns on me that this is the easily the best Star Wars film ever made.
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