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Old 04 Jan 2018, 09:15   #6749
PanicLord
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Originally Posted by AndrewG View Post
You're correct about totals but I was only considering daily US domestic box office figures.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/c...8-01-01&p=.htm
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/c...7-01-01&p=.htm

etc.

Compared to Force Awakens it's really not doing AS well each day. Different league really.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/c...6-01-01&p=.htm

Sure it's still a great success. If they only want to go on that they could give Rian Johnson every single Star Wars movie from now on.

I reckon they'd be making a mistake as undoubtedly they alienated at least some hard core fans here by taking such liberties with the force and painting Luke Skywalker as quite a different character than most people remembered/wanted him still to be.
Well I do agree that it has upset some of the more hard core fans. Presumably not as much as the largely unwatchable prequel trilogy. But either way I was ready to see something new from Star Wars. My understanding was always that the force is in all living things and it makes sense to me that certain people will be more attuned to it than others. Jedi get extra training to help them master it.

The Leia moment I get came out of nowhere. But considering who her father and brother are it would be much odder if she had no force skills at all even if they are usually dormant. And surely at that final moment that's exactly when you'd expect instinct to kick in and do whatever it takes to survive.

As for Luke... I can imagine the absolute overwhelming horror and fear with in him as he realises he may have created a new Vader. The temptation must have been overwhelming as you can see by Mark Hamill's powerhouse acting. But even with all that he realises he can't go through with it.

I thought it was a great movie with lots of humour, action, and fresh and surprising plot developments. Exactly what I wanted in other words.

I don't think anyone realistically expected it to match Force Awakens at the box office and I doubt anyone's thinking it was a mistake as it will probably end up taking 1.3 billion dollars or so.

For me if you want everyone to be exactly as they were in the original trilogy, go watch that.

Not dissing anyone by the way just my thoughts on the film :)
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