I am fascinated by how noble the people on my FB feed have been with regard to Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
1) I have quite a few honest-to-goodness eager fans who watched during the first two days of showing.
2) They have shared their excitement but have kept mum on the movie itself. Which just validates their honest-to-goodness fan-ness because they know how awful it would have been to be deprived the experience of going through the SW journey again after more than 30 years. (Obviously, I'm counting from the original series and not the prequels. I'm still baffled by its existence.)
With that, I'd like to note down my thoughts on the movie. No spoilers.
1. "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...." appears on the screen. I wanted to cheer and clap and wolf whistle (if I could) and whoop. But the theater crowd was the prim and proper sort so I had to content myself by squeezing Jan's biceps to express my giddiness instead.
2. "Episode VII" and the rest of the text scrolls up the screen. Goosebumps! A little bubble of childish joy was welling up in my chest. I'd have whooped and cheered but...
3. It's the sphero-droid!
4. Aha! Sense of humor in the lines. I'm going to like this.
5. BB8 is so cute! How can a series of beeps sound so adorable! He's the ball version of Wall-E!
6. Brienne of Tarth! Yeaaaaah.
7. OMG. International Humanitarian Law violations! But would it apply to another planet? Shall we call it Intergalactic Humanoid Law violations? Why so much violence in the galaxy? Oh wait. The movie's title is Star Wars. But even wars have limits, noh. Sigh.
8. This Storm Trooper angle is a welcome one.
9. The girl is cute and likeable. She's not so graceful which makes her more bad-ass! Bad-ass.
10. BB8!!! Does BB mean BingBong? Cuuuute! Like my son, I now want one.
11. Is that THE ship? It's the ship! Pew, pew, pew, pew!!!
12. Waaaaait! It's that guy from "About Time." Oh dear, I can't take him seriously anymore.
13. Ah. "The I'm bringing bad news to a Sith Lord, I will most likely die" face. Still there. Awesome.
14. Matt Parkman is in the movie!? Matt Parkman is in the movie?!
15. Did that just happen? Noooooooo!
16. Original cast appearing one by one. I want to whoop and cheer and clap but... Han, Chewy, Leia, etc. Aaaaaaaaaaaah!!!
17. I still can't get over Matt Parkman and the Gleeson guy. They're in effin' SW.
18. Andy Serkis is in the movie too! Whu-whut!
19. That thing that happened really happened, noh? Shite.
20. Jan's biceps must be really sore from all the pinching.
21. I need to remember to breathe. I held it too many times since we watched.
22. The Storm Troopers must have had a LOT of gun training. Their aim has improved. Dramatically.
22. Hmmmmm. More theories, which will remain theories until the next movie.
And a few more which can spoil it. So hah! What an exhilarating ride for those who loved the original series. I did not leave like I did during the prequels ("what the hell was that about?! why ruin it!). I left with theories and questions and anticipation.
You go, JJ Abrams!
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