Star Wars Film

The use of 'awesome' says it all for me -and not in a good way!

SPOILER ALERT;That's just what I was thinking [the KK bit] as I was watching it. Having seen her on the Graham Norton show I wondered why she had been chosen for the role; the 'Finn' guy I understood because he was so funny and charismatic. However, in the film I found her mesmerising. There is a certain woodenness about Keira Knightleys acting that Daisy definitely doesn't suffer from. For me, my eyes welled up when I saw the Millenium Falcon and, from then on I was hooked. I felt there were shades of Harry Potter in it [the baddies were very Harry Potter'ish imo] and the unexpected fact that the main hero was, in fact, a girl made me realise how things had changed in 40 years. I may go and see it again; I know my SIL is planning to do so. A good film has to have good music and every time the Star Wars theme played I went all teary again. Problem is, having given the recent films a miss after the diabolical Ja Ja Binks [sp] character appeared I now feel that I have to watch them. And I'll have to sit through the original films with the S.O. to fill the gap in his education.

Never mind, Jane10; when we all come down off cloud nine we'll pick up our copies of Arrian's History of the Campaigns of Alexander the Great (good read, by the way!) and retire to our cultural ivory towers - until the next SWs film comes out!

Why has no one mentioned BB8? That little feller is set to make a fortune for someone.

He's adorable and his interaction with the girl is wonderful. Could have been really sickly but they got the characterisation just right.

No no Greyduster please feel free to pursue your interests in apparently adrenalin evoking films. No need to aspire to other forms of entertainment on my account. I'm off to continue my studies in Sanskrit or I might just watch Corrie!

Jane10

Thank goodness DD2's BF took DH to see on Tuesday night - he was desperate to see it, and I'm afraid I really really did NOT fancy it at all.

annodomini you say you had a six year old with you? The film was a12 A, and we didn't think it was suitable for anyone under the age of eleven.

My younger GS got in to see it easily. He needn't have bothered with the high heels and lipstick.

There were very young children in the row in front of us. Carried out crying half way through. Stupid parents/automated cinema -no one checking.

Nobody ever says anything to daft parents in cinemas these days Jane it's a kind of child cruelty/ neglect.

12A is a film suitable for under 12s only if accompanied by an adult. The 6 (maybe she's 7) wasn't one of my GC but the 8 and 10 year-olds were. There were dozens of that age group in the cinema and to be honest, I couldn't see anything in that film that could harm their delicate sensibilities.

www.bbfc.co.uk/what-classification/12a-and-12