All I know is that when the "Darth Vader in training" character first took his mask off, the movie just became "Spaceballs 2: The Not Made By Mel Brooks Sequel" for me :)


Also, there were way too many cringe-inducing moments in the movie for me ("I can teach you sooo much!" and Rey's "I know the Force" moment where she looked like she was downloading info from the force a la The Matrix..) but at least you can see that JJ Abrams did what he could to remove most of the excess fat from the universe to try and deliver a movie that was somewhat similar to the very first Star Wars movie.

Yeah but she was in the middle of a sword fight and she just kind of took a break from it. Seriously, WHO DOES THAT?!?! I mean they were that thing that is done in sword fight movies where they are in a standstill where each person pushes their sword against the other...

Also, I STILL lol @ Kylo Ren trying to teach someone anything when he could barely get anything out of the girl when he had her captive.

Also, what kind of a Sith doesn't use the choke hold or Force lightning? Did they teach this kid via a pamphlet as to how to be a Sith 101?

"Please put the mask back ON!" was my thought at that scene...

Good point. I think the training being concluded means something else entirely as you don't generally save someone from an exploding planet-sized base only to kill them later.

Maybe it'll be Leo's chance for Oscar glory.... Or not XD.

I've been humming and hawwing about going to see the Big Short; love Lewis' writing and Pitt did a fantastic job with Jonah Hill in Moneyball. However, I'm not seeing how this particular cast will translate the source material to film, particularly with Bale as Burry and Carell as a character based on Eisman, and that's making me apprehensive about seeing it.

No... Only Judas... and that's of his own volition, so I'm told; I think he's into the whole chain thing :D

From all your talk of chains, it seems you're one of those people too ;)