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706011, So it IS a problem that it's like ANH
Posted by SoulHonky, Sun Dec-20-15 06:08 PM
It doesn't make sense to say that it wasn't a problem that it was so much like Episode 7 and then say:

"This is why none of the performances are convincing: no one
ever really looks surprised, because they aren't. The actors
act like they are in a Star Wars movie. They know it. We know
it. And so they don't really come across as convincing people
(Finn comes close). It's just bunch of charismatic people
(and good actors) being shuttled between super important
events."

They had a chance to build something original and they followed the same game plan with slight changes (like TFA Ben turns his light saber on while ANH turned his off in the bad guy kills mentor scene.)

It's hard to make a great movie AND bring back the old favorites like this did but to just blame it on it being a Star Wars movie and ignoring the actual plot similarities and that the new actors are basically trying to be new versions of iconic roles instead of completely new characters would seem to be the core of that problem.