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Star Wars: The Force Awakens – initial verdicts suggest 'overwhelming experience'
Guardian ^ | December 15, 2015

Posted on 12/15/2015 4:53:50 PM PST by presidio9

There were “smiling faces” from the crowds exiting the Los Angeles premiere of The Force Awakens on Monday night. Amongst these, presumably, were Disney executives ecstatic that the $4bn they paid George Lucas for franchise rights looks to have been a sound investment.

Initial reactions from all three screening rooms where the film was shown for the first time – as well as from social media – suggest that JJ Abrams has the chops to please both critics and fans, and that The Force Awakens may well recoup at least half the $4bn by itself.

A journalist for the Hollywood Reporter was one of the first to tweet following the event, at which mobile phones were confiscated.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: assclowns; carriefisherbikini; episodevii; hollywood; jibberjabber; moviereview; scifi; starwars; theforceawakens; toocoolforschool
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To: WENDLE

Bah Humbug !!!!


41 posted on 12/15/2015 5:20:23 PM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: who knows what evil?

You think NF will carry it? We have it and there’s nothing but crap movies on there.


42 posted on 12/15/2015 5:20:27 PM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God)
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To: prisoner6

43 posted on 12/15/2015 5:21:00 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: CodeToad

The wording of your first response indicates you believe his opinion is not valid and that he has a stick up his butt. How do you know your assumption is correct?


44 posted on 12/15/2015 5:21:03 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: yarddog

There are other ways...


45 posted on 12/15/2015 5:21:09 PM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God)
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To: WENDLE

“Or live in a fantasy of denial.”

Well, fantasy is part of entertainment. Good for you! You’re making progress!


46 posted on 12/15/2015 5:21:17 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: RandallFlagg

Staying home is best.

The POTUS is a traitor and a terrorist.

His cohorts are on the march.


47 posted on 12/15/2015 5:21:56 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: demshateGod
We have it and there’s nothing but crap movies on there.

Exactly. :-)

48 posted on 12/15/2015 5:22:15 PM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“How do you know your assumption is correct?”

You read the comments but have to ask??


49 posted on 12/15/2015 5:22:41 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: WENDLE

50 posted on 12/15/2015 5:23:30 PM PST by AHerald ("Do not fear, only believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: presidio9

Check out the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes for Phantom Menace. There are all kinds of reviews saying the same thing about that one too.


51 posted on 12/15/2015 5:25:00 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: OldSmaj

*sigh* Maybe people get excited over a B movie like Star Wars (in 1976 Star Wars was considered a B movie and who knew it would be such a hit) is because...well...BBT is about the level of entertainment hollywierd makes anymore.


52 posted on 12/15/2015 5:25:26 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: CodeToad

Maybe your comments are what they are because his opinion is different from yours, and you just don’t like it. So you took a swipe at him with an obvious insult about a stick up his butt.


53 posted on 12/15/2015 5:26:53 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: WENDLE

In theory though, a large events going to be much hard and take more planning. 6 or 10 soft targets with 100-250 or so - and you could damn well shut the country down. Look at LA today.


54 posted on 12/15/2015 5:26:56 PM PST by mykroar ("Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck)
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To: presidio9

I remember Carrie Fisher from the first Star Wars movie.

My first thought was “she is really not that pretty but for some reason she does appear sexy”.

At age 60 or whatever she is, there is no way I want to see her as anything but a grandmother.


55 posted on 12/15/2015 5:28:09 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Maybe you can get your boyfriend to give you a nice backrub and it’ll calm your nerves after having read such aggressive words.


56 posted on 12/15/2015 5:28:30 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: presidio9

No!!! Now I have to look at Helen Thomas to cleanse my eyes!


57 posted on 12/15/2015 5:28:58 PM PST by prisoner6 (Unmutual and Disharmonious)
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To: presidio9

I haven’t watched tv in a long time. My first and only tv show since the X-Files in the Walking dead. I only watch about two movies a year. But I will see this one. I am mostly disconnected from the culture, but I don’t want to be completely disconnected.


58 posted on 12/15/2015 5:29:19 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: CodeToad
in 1976 Star Wars was considered a B movie and who knew it would be such a hit

Actually, Star Wars got, three, bad reviews, including one famously bad one, but in general critical response was overwhelmingly positive.

Not every trip to the movie theatre needs to be for "Schindler's List."

59 posted on 12/15/2015 5:29:52 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: prisoner6

cleanse my eyes!

Same thighs, btw.

60 posted on 12/15/2015 5:30:55 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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