Faced with the rise of a new totalitarian power called the First Order, remnants of the rebellion are once again forming a galaxy-wide resistance, and they need Luke to join the cause. Set a few decades after Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens centers on a search for the long-missing Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). Even prequel haters (perhaps especially prequel haters) should be pleased. The movie baldly trades on its predecessors, but with enough artfulness and genuine affection to count as its own unique experience. Abrams - doing what he did with Mission: Impossible III, a pair of Star Trek films and, to an extent, the Spielberg homage Super 8 - conjures up something that can best be called honest nostalgia. If the movie - the first Star Wars film in 10 years and the first ever without the involvement of series creator George Lucas - has one defining characteristic, it’s the ability to tap into that myth and make us, once again, believe in it. So says a character early in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Episode VII for those keeping track). “Luke Skywalker? I thought he was a myth.”
0 kommentar(er)
