{"id":4179,"date":"2015-12-16T06:20:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T13:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=4179"},"modified":"2015-12-18T07:08:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T14:08:01","slug":"review-star-wars-episode-vii-the-force-awakens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=4179","title":{"rendered":"Review Preview: STAR WARS: EPISODE VII &#8211; THE FORCE AWAKENS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-8.14.24-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4181\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-8.14.24-AM-203x300.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-12-16 at 8.14.24 AM\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-8.14.24-AM-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-8.14.24-AM-691x1024.png 691w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-8.14.24-AM-768x1138.png 768w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-8.14.24-AM-400x593.png 400w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-8.14.24-AM-900x1333.png 900w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-8.14.24-AM-456x675.png 456w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-8.14.24-AM-729x1080.png 729w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-8.14.24-AM-820x1215.png 820w, https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-8.14.24-AM.png 964w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/fixbutton.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3670\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/fixbutton.gif\" alt=\"fixbutton\" width=\"100\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a>Review Preview: My print review hits the streets on Friday in print, but since the embargo has lifted, I thought I\u2019d offer a few thoughts on the biggest film of the year. Due to a power-outage, I actually saw the movie (almost all of it) twice. And for fans, I suspect, twice will not be enough.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>J.J. Abrams strikes back with \u201cThe Force Awakens,\u201d one of the franchise\u2019s warmest, funniest, and most human episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Picking up 30 years after \u201cReturn of the Jedi,\u201d a new evil in the form of something called The First Order threatens the galaxy. I\u2019m still working on a way to talk about the plot without spoiling it for fans, but it is safe to say that there is a new droid and two new heroes are introduced. And a Darth Vader type called Kylo Ren stalks about making use of the Dark Side for his master\u2019s bidding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Force Awakens\u201d makes you forget the prequels. The tone is exactly right with rich pathos and natural humor. Harrison Ford and Peter Mayhew, playing Han Solo and Chewbacca, are flat out terrific delivering one-liners, slap-stick, and heart, which transcends mere nostalgia. Forget about trying to make the universe or the technology logical, this is a true space opera that causes you to remember why you fell in love with the series back in 1977.<\/p>\n<p>More thoughts to come when the paper prints my full review on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review Preview: Jonathan saw it twice yesterday, and for some fans, twice won&#8217;t be enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","has-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4187,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4179\/revisions\/4187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}