Went to see my primary today. It was pleasantly uneventful. Or rather, I thought so. Who the fuck knows what evil lurks? I went to Walgreens afterwards for water and candy. I can’t drink tap water here. You should see what it does to porcelain. At the counter they had the new Star Wars movie as an impulse buy. Though I didn’t tell them this, I bought it because karma wise I feel it’s necessary to buy a movie every once and a while.
I’ve never been a Star Wars fan, though like everyone else, when I was a kid I stood in line for the first one. Years earlier I had snuck into the theatre to see 2001 Space Odyssey. I snuck in because it was rated R. Must of the rules and laws I’ve broken in my life had to do with inconvenience, not greed or lust or other bits of hubris.
It was not beyond me that 2001 was art and Star wars … was not. But, they blew shit up in a way I’d never seen on the big screen and I went to see the other two of that first triology in the theater, paid for it and everything. I did see the other three too, but didn’t pay too. On principle. The one would have felt like giving a charitable contribution to the clan.
So, I’m not going to do any spoilers, but here’s a few thoughts on the new one (shit, I just finished watching it like a half hour ago and the name … The force awakens? Awakening the force? Something like that). It was like fan fiction done professional. I don’t think the worst thing JJ Abrahams has ever done is as close to rubbish as the best thing George Lucas has ever done. But he made sure to follow the formula and put bits and pieces of authentic star wars bad dialogue in there.
Carrie Fischer still can’t act. She was a drug addict for a while right? I’m surprised she could find her mouth, nose, vein. Mark Hamil (who I thought was dead, and still am not convinced isn’t) can’t either but he or a guy who kind of looks like him doesn’t have any lines. The plot that I’m not telling you about is Star Wars formula to a T. If you don’t know the formula you either haven’t seen any of the movies or you are an idiot, no offense.
Um, JJ cleaned up most of the inherent racism from all the other ones. Maybe over-compensated. I think if a character like Ja-Ja Binks had been in the first one there would have never been another six and theaters would have been burnt down. I mean that whole incident last year about a cop shooting a black guy? Cops are assholes, assholes who get shot at a lot, it was unfortunate and ugly, but Christ, Ja Ja Binks was a whole movie of Steppin’ Fetchit the alien House/country Alien American. Even had dreads and exaggerated lips. JJ didn’t do anything anywhere near so crass, but there was a bit of a nod to the inscrutable Chinese stereotype.
I’m not sure I’d recommend you buy it, I’m pretty sure you weren’t waiting for my recommendation though. I’d like to recommend you see it though. I’m guessing JJ was a fan. It looks like fan fiction from a pro.
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