Quote Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg View Post
I love Star Wars and enjoy the new movies as much as the old. I think a lot of times our minds are clouded by nostalgia and expectations. All three of the original trilogy movies were filled with plot holes, had stupid asides, bad acting, character diversions (a trash compactor with a swamp monster? seriously?), had repetitive plots (2 Death Stars in 3 movies??). We forgive that because there was nothing else like it, it was entirely new, and there weren't 40 years worth of stories, expanded universe, details ad nauseam, that make you EXPECT a Star Wars movie to be perfect. But, like Star Wars itself, the perfection of the Star Wars movie form is a myth, so we are let down by all of the new movies.
This is very true, and I'm definitely guilty, with more than just Star Wars.

To me, outside of pure nostalgia, I just want to see a good product that moves the story along. I got that with The Force Awakens. I loved that movie. In the theater it was pure joy....yes, as a movie is was derivative (i.e., Death Star #3, trench runs, desert planet, etc.), but that's honestly what people wanted...at least I did. After the shit heap that was the Lucas Prequels, I longed for practical effects, big set pieces, and a reverence for the original material.