gardnergillian

Most people want lots of big bangs, violence and no plot....then this movie has that. It is almost a carbon copy of the original Star Wars movie. I wasted 2 hours waiting for the interesting part that never arrived. Glad I didn't spend my money on it. Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford and of course Chewwy all did remarkably well considering it was a GOD AWFUL movie. Who they hell is Rey? Where does she come from, abandoned or kidnapped as a child? Where did the force come from in her? How come both Rey and Finn can suddenly acquit themselves so professionally with a lightsabre? I mean neither had ever picked one up before yet can 'swordfight' like old pros and win. Where were all the intelligent people who never thought to as R2D2 where Luke might be? Gaping plot holes that you could never fill with expanding foam. Left me cold. Let's see if they can improve. George Lucas is probably laughing himself silly to see how badly Abrams mucked up.

I thought the film was mislabelled as a comedy. The title showed promise of hilarity but degenerated into a depressing scenario of lack of tolerance, bigotry, hatred of things not understood, and abuse. Quite frankly it was the most depressing movie I've seen in a long time. If you want a good movie of that subject try "Better Than Chocolate". Mind you it does represent a fairly accurate assessment of American tolerance especially down south where the radical religious groups are. My partner and I watched the movie waiting for the comedy to begin. With such a working title as it was, the screen writers, producers, directors etc could have had a field day and come up with a brilliant movie. Stereotypical homophobic characters are simply not funny in movies or really life. What I was expecting was a lovely town with gays in it, suddenly thrust into comic scenarios and panic over the state of their water supply. But no, instead we got a mish mash of male egos bruised because their wives dares to kiss another female, boorish, snobby gossipy women.........bah. American Trash is a better title for the film