And I could certainly hear it in the dialogue. I could actually see the difference in the quality of the material, moving across the screen. Rumor was, it was a ploy intended to sell more toys. And with each new draft, reportedly came even more watered down characters and plot developments, and more and more contrived and inconsequential visual exposition. Five drafts! All circulated among V.I.P.’s termed, “Above-The-Line Talent,” prior to principal photography. While watching the movie, my ability to delude myself, suspend my disbelief, and in general distract myself from the film’s faults, was not only nonexistent, it had gradually turned into full blown anxiety. I just kept shaking my head, ‘Why the hell did they do that?’ On my way in, I really didn’t think it would matter.
Having read interviews with various behind-the-scenes participants, in various movie magazines such as Starlog and Fantastic Films, I knew in advance that something hadn’t gone quite as planned in relation to the film’s screenplay. And surprisingly, I sank lower, and lower, and lower in my seat. Sitting in a darkened theater called “Angelina Twin Cinema,” in Lufkin, Texas, I watched as the last (and most anticipated) of the original Star Wars Trilogy, unfolded. A thesis, if you will, that critiques the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but moreover subsists as a tome of frustration against, and will hopefully be thumbtacked to the very ass of, Corporate Hollywood. **Please NOTE: I began writing a movie review, and wound up writing a paper.
SERIOUSLY, DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE!! YOU HAVE NO EXCUSES!! ALSO: FAIR WARNING - FOUL LANGUAGE AHEAD. “STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS” SPOILERS AHEAD!! ALL SPOILERS!!
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