{"id":129240,"date":"2015-12-23T18:20:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T01:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/23\/movie-review-star-wars-the-force-awakens-2015.html"},"modified":"2015-12-25T16:27:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-25T23:27:03","slug":"movie-review-star-wars-the-force-awakens-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/23\/movie-review-star-wars-the-force-awakens-2015.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: &quot;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&quot; (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A good movie, and I want more. And, most importantly, I feel no need to track down J J Abrams and commit violence upon his person, so I think it&#39;s a win-win for everyone. This was the Star Wars movie I was hoping for.<\/p>\n<p>4 stars (and a heart) out of 5<\/p>\n<p>[In the linked review, I&#39;ve tried to talk around plot spoilers as much as possible, but ears that desire to be completely virgin should probably just bookmark this for now. Give it through this coming weekend and we&#39;ll talk a bit more openly.]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/star-wars-the-force-awakens\/\">http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/star-wars-the-force-awakens\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6231545669638258321\/6231545679708115426'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-8QoZ1bvu3vs\/Vnrlx5CfUeI\/AAAAAAADfJc\/FPk7zc_mvQc\/star-wars-force-awakens-official-poster%255B1%255D.jpg?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/bTP512cqF3K'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good movie, and I want more. And, most importantly, I feel no need to track down J J Abrams and commit violence upon his person, so I think it&#39;s a win-win for everyone. This was the Star Wars movie I was hoping for. 4 stars (and a heart) out of 5 [In the linked &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/23\/movie-review-star-wars-the-force-awakens-2015.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Movie Review: &quot;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&quot; (2015)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-star-wars-media-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/star-wars-force-awakens-official-poster5B15D.jpgimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":128362,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/20\/star-wars-the-force-awakens-i-am-so-in.html","url_meta":{"origin":129240,"position":0},"title":"&quot;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&quot; &#8212; I am SO in","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 20-Oct-15 4:19am","format":false,"excerpt":"It is altogether possible that the movie will suck horribly -- but the trailers are so, so good, hitting every note the way I want it to be hit.(Although apparently J J Abrams has graduated from Lens Flare to Embers In The Air as his visual signature.)No, but seriously, the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":129125,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/14\/movie-review-star-wars-iv-a-new-hope-1977.html","url_meta":{"origin":129240,"position":1},"title":"Movie Review: &quot;Star Wars IV: A New Hope&quot; (1977)","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 14-Dec-15 10:28pm","format":false,"excerpt":"As part of the pre-\"The Force Awakens\" prep, +Kay Hill and I rewatched the first of the original trilogy. 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Originally shared by +Terence Towles Canote: Not surprisingly, Star Wars: The Force Awakens did well at the box office. #starwars Star\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":129171,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/18\/putting-to-rest-worries-about-the-force-awakens.html","url_meta":{"origin":129240,"position":3},"title":"Putting to rest worries about &quot;The Force Awakens&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 18-Dec-15 10:23am","format":false,"excerpt":"I have not even read the review below, but I did read Doyce's excerpt from it, and I trust Scalzi, so ... yay! Originally shared by +Doyce Testerman: I have not seen the movie yet. I won't until Monday.This review removes almost all the apprehension I've been feeling.\"Star Wars is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":129230,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/20\/a-short-non-spoiler-review-of-star-wars-the-force-awakens.html","url_meta":{"origin":129240,"position":4},"title":"A short, non-spoiler review of &quot;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 20-Dec-15 1:26am","format":false,"excerpt":"A worthy successor, with modern sensibilities and technology and technique, to the original trilogy. Not perfect, but quite satisfying, and a lot of fun. 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