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Star Wars: The Force Awakens – initial verdicts suggest 'overwhelming experience'
Guardian ^ | December 15, 2015

Posted on 12/15/2015 4:53:50 PM PST by presidio9

There were “smiling faces” from the crowds exiting the Los Angeles premiere of The Force Awakens on Monday night. Amongst these, presumably, were Disney executives ecstatic that the $4bn they paid George Lucas for franchise rights looks to have been a sound investment.

Initial reactions from all three screening rooms where the film was shown for the first time – as well as from social media – suggest that JJ Abrams has the chops to please both critics and fans, and that The Force Awakens may well recoup at least half the $4bn by itself.

A journalist for the Hollywood Reporter was one of the first to tweet following the event, at which mobile phones were confiscated.

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To: RandallFlagg

Worries me, too. Taking my boys 2nd day opening.


21 posted on 12/15/2015 5:11:04 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: presidio9

JarJar Binks isn’t in it. So that’s a pretty big plus right there.


22 posted on 12/15/2015 5:11:13 PM PST by Artemis Webb (CAIR should be designated a terrorist organization. Muhammad was a Pedophile.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I’ll wait for it to come out on iTunes.
I hate theaters.


23 posted on 12/15/2015 5:11:43 PM PST by RandallFlagg (With the things that are about to come to light. People might just need a little old-fashioned.)
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To: CodeToad

Or live in a fantasy of denial.


24 posted on 12/15/2015 5:13:34 PM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: WENDLE

“The adolescent retardation of this interest by our population is vacuous.”

Most of it is Disney hype and marketing. While some pople may be driven to hysteria, most of the “excitement” is generated by Disney. Something Edward Bernays was good at.


25 posted on 12/15/2015 5:13:37 PM PST by DBrow
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To: WENDLE

Aw,come on WENDLE,lighten up.

Some people love this type of movie,some don’t.I don’t.

I would never insult someone who likes this type of thing.

Different strokes,and all that.

You’re the one that is acting adolescent.

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26 posted on 12/15/2015 5:13:38 PM PST by Mears
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To: RandallFlagg

They had security tighter than you’d believe for this event. There were no incidents for the premiere. What might happen with the opening night on Friday...we’ll have to wait and see.

If someone does try something, it might be the catalyst that pisses off enough people to do something.


27 posted on 12/15/2015 5:14:20 PM PST by hoagy62 (Timid Men prefer the 'Calm of Despotism' to the 'Tempestuous Sea of Liberty'. ~ T. Jefferson)
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To: CodeToad
It is called entertainment.

My wife took me to a movie today. (I usually watch them at home, a lot cheaper that way without the aggravation of going out.) Anyway, she made an observation that practically all the previews, and top movies out, are full of violence and fighting. However, the media would have you believe that people abhor guns and violence. The media must be wrong, because the multitudes enjoy action, violent drama, explosions and shoot-ups (and the triumph of good over evil), and that makes the big bucks. I think she is on to something, that support of the 2nd Amendment is much stronger than the media would have one believe.

28 posted on 12/15/2015 5:14:42 PM PST by roadcat
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To: TigerClaws

Looking forward to seeing this.
But they have really oversold it.
Better be a great movie, and I hope it is.


29 posted on 12/15/2015 5:15:05 PM PST by glasseye
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To: WENDLE

I aint watching it till mid Januaray and only in the “cheap seats” when i have a few hours i need to kill.


30 posted on 12/15/2015 5:15:40 PM PST by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: hoagy62

If someone does try something, it might be the catalyst that pisses off enough people to do something.

No... it... won't.

31 posted on 12/15/2015 5:16:38 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: WENDLE

Yup. I like science fiction but I don’t go crazy about it.

Plus I won’t be giving Disney a damn dime.


32 posted on 12/15/2015 5:17:25 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: CodeToad
People without a stick up their ass usually enjoy entertainment sometimes.

Well, I'm telling you NOW...if it doesn't have Kim Kardashian or Justin Bieber in it...then it's not worth leaving "Big Bang Theory" reruns for.

The very idea!

33 posted on 12/15/2015 5:17:46 PM PST by OldSmaj (Nearly 8 years of obamafail. How much more must we endure? It is not too late for impeachment!)
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To: WENDLE

I am far more worried about an attack on 100,000 at a bowl game than a stupid movie theater.


34 posted on 12/15/2015 5:17:50 PM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: hoagy62; All

I just hope that everyone who can carry, does.
Flashlights and reloads, too.
If you’re in a state that has theaters with, “NO GUNS,” signs that don’t have the force of law behind them, carry your weapons with you.


35 posted on 12/15/2015 5:18:12 PM PST by RandallFlagg (With the things that are about to come to light. People might just need a little old-fashioned.)
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To: WENDLE

Lighten up, Francis.


36 posted on 12/15/2015 5:18:16 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: roadcat

It has been the dichotomy of Hollywierd: Liberals claim they hate guns and violence yet it is what Hollywierd makes the most of.


37 posted on 12/15/2015 5:19:09 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: presidio9

For the love of everything that’s good and decent...

Nobody post the picture of Carrie Fisher flashing leg at the premier!!!!!!


38 posted on 12/15/2015 5:19:16 PM PST by prisoner6 (Unmutual and Disharmonious)
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To: TigerClaws

Reserved seats for the whole family on Saturday AM!


39 posted on 12/15/2015 5:19:22 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: presidio9

With all those guns and light sabers, liberal heads are going to be poppin’ all over the theaters. Lots of wet and loaded Huggies among the college crowd.


40 posted on 12/15/2015 5:20:21 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Have you unpacked from your white privilege guilt trip yet?)
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