Star Wars: Episode VII - Teaser Discussion

If you should know, I'm not a very big Star Wars fan; I've only just recently watched the first two movies (Episode IV & V) for the first time just a few months ago. Nothing in those 2 movies kept me excited to watch the third film of the original trilogy.. until I saw this trailer:

I didn't know it was possible for me to be excited for a movie even though I'm not a big fan of the franchise at all.

Despite the few frames this teaser offers, they're still worth talking about.

The first thing we see is John Boyega in a Storm Trooper uniform. Out of all the clips, this one surprised me the most. Now, I'm not quite sure if he's actually a Storm Trooper, but if he is, I think it's quite refreshing seeing a Storm Trooper with a face. The Storm Troopers didn't really have any personality in the original trilogy which made them quite idiotic, but seeing one with his mask off is quit good. They might have bigger roles in this one, or at least just for John Boyega's character. 


And then  we see a clip of this funny looking robot. I actually quite like it, and I really like the simple design of it too.
After that we see more Storm Troopers with their helmets ON. Is it just me or do they look a bit menacing? Does this mean they'll be better at aiming? Haha, hopefully. Or maybe it's just their new look, which I like.

What's better than seeing that woman riding that Landspeeder is seeing an X wing. I love the way these two scenes were shot. I'm not familiar with the actor who plays the X wing fighter shown in this teaser, but it reminded me lot of Luke Skywalking.
One of the things that I liked about the first two movies of the original trilogy are the scenes with the X wings; They always cheer me up. And seeing An X wing fighter and an X wing in a 3 second clip that's shot beautifully just immediately sold me.

And then we get this shot of what looks like to be the villain of this movie, walking in a forest and opening up his light saber. But not any kind of light saber; this one has blades in the sides too, making it look like a sword. Despite it looking great, I still don't get the technicality of that. Isn't it a bit dangerous for the person using that kind of light saber? He/she could chop their own hands off!
But hey, a light saber sword still sounds pretty cool.

But then that last shot of The Falcon flying around and us following it, was fricken fantastic!
The Star Wars theme + that single shot = perfection.


The reason why I thought this teaser was perfect was that it didn't overdo what a teaser is suppose to do.. and that's revealing too much. Heck, I don't even know what the plot of this movie is yet I'm excited as hell. And that's excellent marketing campaign.

I wonder what it feels like loving a franchise and then ending up directing its sequel. J J Abrams is the luckiest bastard ever. I love his Star Trek films, so there is no doubt that this is going to be a good one. But first, I need to watch 'Return of the Jedi'..

Does 'Interstellar' suck?

I'm sure you've heard of this movie.
When I first heard that Christopher Nolan was making this movie, all I knew was that it was a sci-fi/thriller with Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain in it. Other than that, nothing.

I went absolutely insane after watching the first trailer for 'Interstellar'. And I love it when trailers don't reveal too much of the plot yet still keeps you excited.
All the excitement made me forget that I was about to enter a Christopher Nolan movie. Meaning that it's going to be a little tough to follow and will probably require serious concentration. Which it did.
So if you're thinking of watching 'Interstellar', prepare yourself.

After watching this it, I was surprised in how low the rating of this movie was on Rotten Tomatoes. Not that it matters to me, but a lot of people trust the critics which would affect people's choices in seeing this movie of not.

I'm not a Nolan fan boy, but I'm a fan; There are many great directors out there which I happen to admire very much. But admiring them doesn't mean that I don't notice the flaws in some of their movies. 'Interstellar' does have a few flaws (mostly just towards the end), and it's not my favorite Nolan movie. Regardless of its flaws, I still gave this film a strong 8.5/10 because it definitely deserves it. My God, this is a truly fascinating sci-fi journey you'd want to experience.

'Interstellar' has beautiful acting, gorgeous special-effects, a very interesting story and has one of the best scores I think Hans Zimmer has ever composed. The length of the movie is about 169 minutes long but I barely noticed it because it did not bore me at all.
With that being said, does it deserve a 73 percent on Rotten Tomatoes? No, it certainly does not. I just don't understand how some of the critics could give such a movie a negative rating. Is it because it isn't Nolan's best work? Sure, it may not be, but that doesn't change the fact that it's still a good movie. Or are critics being negative as a payback for the backlash with the Nolan fans when they criticized harshly on 'The Dark Knight Rises'?
If the last one were to be the reason, then I'd be disgusted with the critics.

What I'm trying is say is that we shouldn't judge a movie as a whole just because we didn't like a tiny flaw that it had. If a movie is good, don't try to change that fact that it's good; because the truth is that it IS good. And 'Interstellar' is not just good, it is great. But we all have our own opinions. I guess that's what makes us interesting.