Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Over three decades after the original trilogy’s run, the series had gone through some drastic changes: the original movies received special edition changes, numerous TV shows/specials were made, countless spinoff novels were written, George Lucas created a prequel trilogy, and in 2012, he sold the rights of his franchise over to Disney. Thus, the new Lucasfilm produced Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a new direction to draw in new fans. Unlike the first three movies, this one had the advantage of CGI technology, all of which were wisely incorporated to enhance the action rather than to steal attention away from it. Therefore, most of the alien and droid characters, whenever possible, were puppets.

​Although the greatest special effect is BB-8, the new ball droid that couldn’t have been realized back in 1983, and as a bonus, was realized with almost no CGI. It delights the senses to see practical effects make a refreshing comeback, and now better than ever before since digital effects at that point could be implemented to enhance the realism of their presence. As a bonus, John Williams came back with his instantly iconic musical score, his standout new composition being Rey’s wondrous theme, which was made to harmoniously complement all other musical tunes from the whole series. The result of this ambitious collaboration was a blockbuster that met the full potential of George Lucas’s creation.

PG-13 (LV)
Sci-fi/Fantasy
2 hr. 16 min.

Watch it for FUN.
Watch it to feel HAPPY and AFRAID.