We had a
choice between seeing “Sisters” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. I didn’t
want to see the former because I know though being sold as a comedy I would
cringe as Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, talented writers, directors, actresses and
comediennes would tell penis, fart, vagina, crass, crude and rude jokes showing
they could get as low as men which seems to be the fad among woman comediennes
in movies today.

I did a
bunch of calls regarding availability of seats at the many theatres showing
“Star Wars” and I was surprised to find out that quite a few said ‘no problem’
so off we went.

I do believe
in Santa—that should count for something with sci-fi fans—so I don’t want to
get any bad marks with only a week to go. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is a
movie 2 hour and 25 minutes long and I can honestly say I wasn’t bored for a
total of 5 minutes! Seeing it in 3D didn’t help.

It was fun
seeing Harrison Ford in his Han Solo/Indiana Jones mode though more of the
latter than the former and having a few funny lines. I was impressed with John
Boyega as a storm trooper and Daisy Ridley as a desert scavenger but there was
a big misstep when it came to showing their growing relationship and they will,
obviously, be in future sequels. Does the director realize it isn’t shocking
for a Black man and a White woman to kiss? (That’s not a spoiler—if you don’t
see that story line coming you will probably enjoy the episode of “Star Wars”.)

Oscar Iassac
as a hot shot pilot, Adam Driver as a Darth Vadar junior, Max von Sydow in a
cameo and Carrie Fisher in not much more than a cameo all offered something but
I don’t know what! Domhnall Gleeson as a fiery General Hux acted with more
facial expressions than Chewbacca (Peter Mayhem), R2-D2 (Henry Baker) or C-3PO
(Anthony Daniels) but after doing some research I can’t say who ‘voiced’ BB8.

One stunner
in the movie was that I had no idea what role Lupita Nyong’o played until I got
home and googled the cast to find out she played Maz Kanata and that’s all I’ll
tell you!

It was great
hearing John Williams score but it seems the director J. J. Abrams and writers
Lawrence Kasdan, Michael Arndt were following the original Star Wars films,
including ‘the best of…’ from the complete series but they did forget Yoda
though not the bar.

I don’t want
to think I would have enjoyed “Sisters” more but maybe?????

“Star Wars:
The Force Awakens” Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGbxmsDFVnE