I guess "fun" is the wrong word to apply to a universal standard for assessing movies. It's kind of like a mix of interesting, engaging, and satisfying. I just don't like separating the "better" or "objectively good" movies with the easily ridicule-able and cheesy ones because they all can have their merits.
They do all have their merits, and I am starting to understand your point. But I still think there are objective points that can determine that a movie is better than another.
For instance The Dark Knight. It simply is a better movie than The Dark Knight Rises. But for some reason I think TDKR is a lot more rewatchable. I enjoy it more than TDK, but I would never try to atgue it is actually the better movie.
I appreciate that!
I suppose I find the more high stakes, high drama elements of the movie more compelling. It's tragic, emotional and melancholy. I think it has some real pathos. Maybe I just like tragedy?
It does have a lot of pathos, I am not going to argue that. I totally agree
I'm also not sure I find Anakin's fall to be quite as problematic as a lot of people do. I very much enjoy Anakin and Palpatine's scenes together. The dialog is good, the performances are good and these moments are actually given time to live and breathe unlike so much of The Force Awakens, which is onto the next scene before you're given a chance to settle in to a proper rhythm.
I will disagree on this one. The only good scene between those two is the opera scene, and that is just because of Ian. The rest is ridiculous and totally unbelievable. The whole switch from Ani telling Mace Windu that Palpatine is the Sith Lord, to helping Palpy kill Windu, to turning into Vader while Palpatine tells him he can't actually revive the dead, to killing kids in a time span of about 10 minutes is fucking ridiculous. It is bad story telling, it is bad movie making.
The dialogues weren't good, the acting wasn't good either.
I watched TFA last night and I end up checking out of that movie every time without fail when Rey is captured and Finn reaches the Resistance base. The movie is on autopilot from that point forward and I feel no tension in the finale. The attack on Starkiller base feels perfunctory, Han's death scene simply does not have the impact I expected it would. The saber duel stretches believability etc. I don't know man I've tried so many times with the movie but it just doesn't do it for me.
I agree with you concerning the attack on the base. There was no tension at all. I think that whole base was a mistake in TFA. Kylo killing Han was a bit too predictable to me too, I knew it was going to happen...but I do think it 'had' to be done.
I disagree on the saber duel though, that shit was awesome. It was raw as hell..cutting trees and it showed a really strong Rey, but it also showed she only 'won' because Kylo was fucked up.