A lot of people feel vehemently about the movie one way or another.

May this serve as a reminder to all of us (including me) that it's okay to like or not like things.

And also, to quote @@jonnysun:

daily reminder that not liking things does not make u better or smarter than peopel who like things

If you find someones opinion, or expression, of how they experienced this movie makes you angry, it's time to close the window.

Don't be this guy (from XKCD):

Everything worthwhile is worth arguing about.

I mean I'd rather have this than if everybody agreed it was a plain, boring and a forgettable movie.*

* wich it isn't.

Everything worthwhile is worth arguing about.

Well, yeah, but you've gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em and know when to walk away.

but the haters are wrong

I spent a few hours the other night reading previews, reviews, trailer reactions, and initial opinions of The Phantom Menace when it first came out. A lot of people went nuts about it. I've read reviews where people LOVED it and said that Jar Jar Binks was perfect, etc.

I can't help but think that people are trying to be overly critical of The Force Awakens in an effort to avoid embarrassment in the eyes of history. Everyone wants to be THAT PERSON who walked out of the prequels saying "That sucked!" so history will say they had excellent taste.

I loved The Force Awakens. I'll stand by that statement. It was a very very good movie and I haven't enjoyed a film that much since The Avengers.

I still think the main battle in Avengers is close to, if not outright, the best 15 minutes of choreographed action in cinematic history. It moves, it flows, you can still see what is happening without extreme close up, shaky splattercam.

I still think the main battle in Avengers is close to, if not outright, the best 15 minutes of choreographed action in cinematic history. It moves, it flows, you can still see what is happening without extreme close up, shaky splattercam.

Oh how I hate this "modern style" of camera movement. Makes me not enjoy so many movies. In particular I hated a lot of the battles in LotR. There were good total views that made you understand what was going on and where everyone was and the skirmishes were excellent, but then there are scenes where it is just one blur of orcslaying that ruin it for me.

The battles in LotR were a bit iffy anyway, as if they never even looked at battle formations and supplies. .

The Hobbit was better in that respect.

The battles in LotR were a bit iffy anyway, as if they never even looked at battle formations and supplies. .

The Hobbit was better in that respect.

well one battle had ghost warriors dog-piling a war elephant and thats not counting the nonsense Legolas was pulling off.

Ugh, don't get me started about the nuclear ghost army of doom. Where the prequels show George Lucas did not understand Star Wars, things like the ghosts show Peter Jackson did not understand LotR.

Same with the elves at Helm's Deep and Gandalf at Helm's Deep.

Well in a universe where god-eagles exist and frequently (kind of) interfere ultra convenient last second saviours aren't unusual. That role doesn't fit the ghost-army, though. It is easy to see why Tolkien cursed himself for creating those eagles.

Well in a universe where god-eagles exist and frequently (kind of) interfere ultra convenient last second saviours aren't unusual. That role doesn't fit the ghost-army, though. It is easy to see why Tolkien cursed himself for creating those eagles.

Yeah, but the whole point of the novel is of course that humanity has to do it themselves and can't rely on supernatural/magical beings for salvation.

Eru has decided to stay hands off from the beginning. The Valar were told off when they intervened, so the most they could do was use the Eagles. Tom Bombadil was not affected by the ring, but he was no use as he also did not care about it. The ghost army, in the book of course, was used to liberate the South Gondorian army and they in turn arrived at Pelennor fields. The battle at Helm's Deep was free of elves, humans had to fend for themselves.

Unlike the movies where the elves show up at the last moment and the nuclear ghost army completely destroys whatever opposition they faced, crawling up the walls like so much fungus.

I love the movies, but I agree with Christopher Tolkien that it was too much action oriented.

I like it by the way that LotR conforms to the whole "Evil is incarnate, Good guides".

Ah Lord of the Rings.

My first rule regarding LOTR has to be: Never compare the movies to the books.

Just don't. Don't try.

Completely separate universes.

If you try, i'll start screaming how the movies missed the entire point of the books due to the scouring of the shire.