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metaphortunate son ([personal profile] metaphortunate) wrote2016-01-10 02:25 pm

the force awakens

We saw Star Wars last night! It was:

95% = this extremely accurate and spoiler-free review

4% = a gutwrenching hook into the primal human fear that your kid will grow up to be a horrible person and you won't be able to do anything about it

1% = a brief but surprisingly nuanced glimpse of a complicated, either long-ended or on-again-off-again, nonmonogamous relationship between three people who clearly still care about each other a whole lot

We had fun!
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[personal profile] ironed_orchid 2016-01-11 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
That Onion post is the perfect analogy for The Force Awakens.

My review on twitter was:

My spoiler free analysis of Star Wars TFA:
All plot issues explained if you accept that
They did it for the lulz
White Male Tears
The Force
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