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annathecrow ([personal profile] annathecrow) wrote in [community profile] dreamwars2023-02-20 08:17 pm

Chat corner 96: The Force Awakens

Welcome to the Monday chat corner!

Today is movie time: the topic is the first of the Sequel Trilogy movie, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. If you’ve been here last time we’ve talked about it, do you have any new thoughts? If not, what do you think about it?

By the way, the movie premiered in December 2015, which means it’s now over 7 years old. It’s been a while! Have you seen it in the cinema? What was it like?

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[personal profile] senmut 2023-02-21 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
I was so dead broke that I just knew it was going to be the first one I did not see in theater. My now-wife was a lovely dear and took me on her dime. (Either its sequel or Solo was when I broke from seeing them in theater, though I went to Rogue One twice)

I was WOWED, and I had SUCH HIGH HOPES for the direction they'd chosen to go, despite some quibbles. I fell in love with Finn and Rey. I wanted SO MUCH MORE of them being the heroes of their generation, or forging the new trinity with Poe.