Well she technically would be, except she would be the reciprocal of him, and therefore "the chosen one".Quoting Ezee E (view post)
Well she technically would be, except she would be the reciprocal of him, and therefore "the chosen one".
My least favorite thing about ep7 is everyone obsessing on Reys family history. I hope shes nobody related.
That would be the most novel thing about The Force Awakens if true. Let's hope.
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So, Karina Longworth dates Rian Johnson. She was in England on set when they shot Episode VIII. A recent profile about her in The New York Times mentioned something about Rey, in passing:
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I really should have omitted the first question. It's a matter of the best performance, which is Driver's, rather than the best actor. The latter points toward an entirely different discussion and one where Driver's superiority would obviously be given decent challenges by von Sydow, Jackson, Guinness, and any others I'm forgetting.
To me it has always seemed too obvious for words that Harrison Ford gives the best performance throughout the franchise.
Yeah, I can certainly see how he would be deserving of that title. I've only watched TFA and the OT once, so I'd like to go back and reappraise their respective contributions. I can share my initial impressions, though:
I don't recall having any major complaints about Ford, really, but I'd be fibbing if I were to say I wasn't more impressed by Driver's outsized histrionics. I like how Driver spewed out so much of Kylo's inner fracas — his whipsawed interiority — without sacrificing credibility or pathos. What he offers in both TFA and Girls is totally stylized and finessed, but it's all underwritten by such erratic and sincere energies. He's really fascinating to watch from moment to moment.
Ford's performance also stuns, but in a different way. My gut feeling is that it's not equivalent to Driver's effort in terms of quality and skill. I guess that's a blasphemous claim. Ford sometimes awkwardly lunges into a line or a grimace, and there's a cartoonish edge to a lot of his gyrations and deliveries (I realize the same could be said for Driver, but there is a distinction). Of course, a lot of that is kind of indistinguishable from the very point and charm of the character/performance, even if some of the choices just scan as awkward. Driver, meanwhile, seems like he's biting off a lot more. He keeps simmering in new ways throughout the film.
I guess I fell for the flashier and more emotionally ostentatious performance, but also the performative muscle needed to actually pull it off.
I wouldn't say I have been "stunned" by any single performance in any of the Star Wars movies. The performances range from roguish (Ford, Billy Dee Williams) to solid (McGregor, Guiness, Ridley, Driver, Boyega, Lee) to bored/soporific (Neeson, Jackson, Portman, Isaac) to amateur (Hamill in ANH, Lloyd, Morrison and son as Jango and Boba) to abysmal (Christensen, Gleeson and Fisher in TFA).
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This perfectly sums it up. I couldn't' agree more.
There are about 2 or 3 scenes in all 7 movies that resonate with me on a believable acting/emotional level- and everything else is rolled up into trans's summary above:
1. "That boy is our last hope..." "No... there is another!" -And this came from a freakin puppet!
2. "I love you" ... "I know" -One of the best ad libbed lines ever, which you gotta give credit to Ford here.. the original line was "I love you too" written by Lucas. And Ford went to him and said: "I'm not sure Han would respond that way"
3. Han's reaction to finding out Luke was Leia's brother at the end of RotJ. And most of that wasn't even dialog.
"IT'S A TRAP" gives me a member berries boner anytime I rewatch it. Emphasis on member.
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In the Line of Fire - 8
Passenger 57 - 7
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6
FALSE!
It was originally going to be titled Shadows of the Sith and not a movie at all. A video game!
A scene/bit that always resonated with me is in the first, when Luke refers to "Obi Wan Kenobi", and Obi Wan (who we knew as "Ben" up to that point) has that staggering moment of hearing that name for the first time in years.
Still gives me shivers.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Oh shit this is an awesome scene.
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WHYYYYY wasnt that in?? Dammit
Kid nightmares?
“What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, er... an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all.”
A New Hope had the same thing.
Not nearly as graphic.
“What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, er... an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all.”
Well, more graphic.
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Happened in Empire too.
Edit: TWICE!
You guys are silly. Light-saber limb chops are not the same as pulling an arm out of the socket and ripping it completely off.
Also, the scene wouldn't be a revisit of the limb chop either- it's a reference to Han Solo talking to 3PO when they are playing that chess game.
But of course you guys already knew that.
Glad they cut it. The flick didn't need more nods, and Unkar's best left on Tatooine.
EDIT: Jakku. So strange I'd confuse the two.
This is such a better opening than what we were given with Poe. You don't need to jump directly into dialog. Let the visuals set the tone......
That’s kind of a visually neat scene, but I’m not sure that it would add much of anything to the movie.
I dunno though. They were hoping Battlefront would tell more of the story of what happened at Jakuu. I think it's an interested way to introduce Jakuu as a junkyard. But you're right, it can probably be figured out by Rey's first scene. I just hated the way Force Awakens cold opens with Poe and the Troopers showing up.
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