Speedy1998;2475953 wrote: Good Analysis, though one thing that you did not mention about Rey is she seem to have what I guess you could call "Street Smarts" that she picked up struggling for survival on Jaku. I don't think it is much of a stretch to assume that her skill defending herself with a staff would translate to other melee weapons.
I think its a pretty big stretch -- to quote Han Solo "good against remotes, that's one thing, against the living, that's another".
Think of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, where Wil Turner first stumbles upon Captain Jack in the blacksmith shop. Jack makes some comments like you handle it well, but lets see about your foot work. Yes, Rey is like Aladdin, a street smart urchin, and she can use her staff defensively to protect herself, or on occassion use it to strike out. But its a huge stretch to think you can pick up a sword, foil, saber or other such instrument and instantly know how to wield it, much less defeat someone who is trained and a master at it. It would take years of proper training to know how to wield a light saber properly. How they portrayed Fin was more realistic, stumbling, blindly charging, try to use brute force to win. Rey's portrayal should have been more like that, in no way should she have come anywhere close to besting Kylo.
I think with just one different line in the script, the Han using Chewie's gun would of been better. Han should of said,"Nice improvement," as he was shooting Chewie's crossbow.
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Mendelson;2475904 wrote:
Man, dealing with Han's death took me like, two days. Eight-year old me that is still living inside of me really had a tough time watching that. That will go down as one of the most traumatic screen deaths I've seen. I've heard other people say it was so obvious - not to me! In fact, just about two minutes before that I was thinking, "What this franchise needed was a big dose of Han Solo." And then zwoomp*All the nit picking above aside, I really, really liked it and left the theater quite happy. But VIII better really take this thing in new direction. That's my New Hope.
*lightsaber sound
I agree! Hannah was one of my all time favorite movie characters!
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