Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
I truly believe that J.J. Abrams does such an outstanding
job as a director because he was a “fan” first and foremost. Abrams manages to
wrap up this 40-year journey with class and great satisfaction. His many “throw
backs” to the original three movies are a joy, and his attention to detail is
sure to endear Rise in the hearts of Star Wars fans forever.
After Emperor Palpatine again rises from the dead, the
Resistance faces the First Order in a battle of good vs. evil. Yep. My advice
is to avoid all the negative reviews posted on the internet by people who don’t
get it, or who were expecting a huge Hollywood blockbuster. I am a writer, an
actor, and have been a Star Wars fan since the first paperback book came out.
To me, this was perfection. It wrapped everything up quite nicely. I must say,
Rey could start a whole new storyline now.
John Boyega as Finn, Daisy Ridley as Rey and Adam Driver as
Kylo Rinn/Ben Solo are all in top form. Don’t let it blow your mind. None of
these actors were yet born when Star Wars started in 1977!
Carrie Fischer is back as Princess turned General Leigh (via
archival film footage). Joonas Suotmo is good as the new Chewbacca, in for
Peter Mayhew, whose health would not allow him to reprise the role he made
famous. Ian McDiarmid is as evil as ever reprising his role as Emperor
Palpatine. He has appeared in every Star Wars film of the 9 except for the
first, A New Hope. The only characters appearing in all nine chapters were C3PO
(Anthony Daniels) and R2D2. Droids don’t get old. Rose (Kelly Marie Tran) has a noticeably smaller
role this time around, kind of hanging out with Leigh at the base.
There are cameos a plenty from Luke (Mark Hamill), Solo
(Harrison Ford), Lando (Billy Dee Williams) . Kerri Russell (The Americans) is
in as the masked Zorli Bliss. And it was nice to see our buddy Charlie (Dominic
Monaghan) from LOST in a cameo as Beumont.
Great acting. Great story. I loved it. Five out of Five
Stars.
-Michael Buffalo Smith
No comments:
Post a Comment