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34 minutes ago, Chicane-UK said:

Seeing it Thursday afternoon here in the UK...  getting extremely hyped now :)

We got our tickets in October, first time I ever did anything like that for a movie. But we've got tickets for 4pm on Thursday. I don't know why it's a day early in the UK from other places but I promise I won't reveal any spoilers. :) I've actually been avoiding reading about it or watching trailers, though I did see the first trailer. I just don't want to know anything before I see it.:woot:

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3 minutes ago, James7 said:

We got our tickets in October, first time I ever did anything like that for a movie. But we've got tickets for 4pm on Thursday. I don't know why it's a day early in the UK from other places but I promise I won't reveal any spoilers. :) I've actually been avoiding reading about it or watching trailers, though I did see the first trailer. I just don't want to know anything before I see it.:woot:

 

Think our screening might even be a little bit earlier - I don't remember. But yeah, we booked ours several months ago. We're a group of guys in our mid to late 30's all taking half a day off work, to go and watch a movie, like a gaggle of excited kids... not something I imagined I'd be doing any time soon :) 

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5 hours ago, Chicane-UK said:

 

Think our screening might even be a little bit earlier - I don't remember. But yeah, we booked ours several months ago. We're a group of guys in our mid to late 30's all taking half a day off work, to go and watch a movie, like a gaggle of excited kids... not something I imagined I'd be doing any time soon :) 

My work bought out an entire showing for their employees. 

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I've never seen a film create so much hype and anticipation before! This is the first time that I've seen my cinema chain (Cineworld) have so many midnight showings (00:05 on Wednesday). My local one is showing 4 showings (2x 2D, 1x 3D and 1x 3D IMAX (sold out)). The Cineworld in my home town, which is considerably smaller than my current local one is showing on 5x screens (3x 2D (one sold out) and 2x 3D (one sold out).

 

I can't wait, but I think I might wait until the cinema becomes less busy, then I'll see it in 3D IMAX!

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22 hours ago, Frank B. said:

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – first reactions suggest 'overwhelming experience'

I really feel like a lot of the reviews that will come out will be the fan boys.

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5 minutes ago, ACTIONpack said:

I really feel like a lot of the reviews that will come out will be the fan boys.

And water is still wet. 

 

Thats a given. It's also a good thing because they are also the most critical. 

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Thursday @ 7!!!  Haven't been this pumped for a movie since Episode I /sigh.  At least from the reviews I've heard/read ... it makes up for the terrible prequels.

 

Big Star Wars Spoiler below.

 

Spoiler

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6 hours ago, ACTIONpack said:

I really feel like a lot of the reviews that will come out will be the fan boys.

 

 

So far 97% on rotten with 113 reviews counted. 

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_wars_episode_vii_the_force_awakens/

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I enjoyed the film. Not an all-time classic but it lived up to my expectations - definitely worth seeing. My biggest criticism is that it mirrors plot elements from the original trilogy a bit too closely, something I thought worked well for Star Trek Into Darkness because of the alternate timeline but less so for the continuation of the original trilogy.

 

I'll be seeing it again on Monday.

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17 hours ago, Zathras5 said:

I'd go 3 hours late to that. :rofl:

I'd show up on time, and then take a 2 hour intermission 2 hours in. 1 was decent, 2 was garbage.

 

Of course, the smartest move would be to show up just in time for A New Hope.

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meh. not worth the hype at all. The movie could have been edited better :/ . It should have been slower in some places and faster in others. acting is a bit cartoonish . only HF seems handle his character with ease, rest of them were bit over the top. lots of unanswered questions

 

Mad max is still the movie of the year  afaik.

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5 minutes ago, guru said:

 lots of unanswered questions

In a trilogy? Never!

 

 

 

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14 minutes ago, guru said:

meh. not worth the hype at all. The movie could have been edited better :/ . It should have been slower in some places and faster in others. acting is a bit cartoonish . only HF seems handle his character with ease, rest of them were bit over the top. lots of unanswered questions

 

Mad max is still the movie of the year  afaik.

Mad Max SUCKED!!!!!!!! Worst movie i've seen all year. No plot what so ever.

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9 minutes ago, warwagon said:

Mad Max SUCKED!!!!!!!! Worst movie i've seen all year. No plot what so ever.

For me Mad Max: Fury Road was the better film; the plot did exactly what it needed to. There are plenty of movies that have very little in the way of plot but make up for it in other ways - Lost In Translation is a great example of that.

 

As for pacing, I thought The Force Awakens was fine. It would be nice to see an extended version that has more atmosphere and flavour but the film works as it is. Certainly it wasn't a mess like Man Of Steel.

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