For what it’s worth, I’ve seen it twice—both times in glorious IMAX 3D—and I still thought it was terrific on a second viewing. I’d be open to placing it as the third-best Star Wars movie, I think (but then again, I somewhat famously don’t think much of Return of the Jedi.)

I know you work here and probably don’t give a shit what commenters say, but I think it may be the best Star Wars movie ever made, but that might be the new movie effect. I’ve also only seen it once, so I can’t speak to whether it will hold up to repeated viewings (it will). It’s the best movie since Empire, because…

Or they are simply “blow up the system” populists. If you are against the current system, being anti-Hillary is pretty easy. I didn’t vote for Trump or Clinton - third party for me - but it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see why Trump would be favored by a subset of Warren/Sanders supporters.

“...especially when he is eating KFC.”

If you think they’re going to blame their Trump vote when their benefits get cut, you’re more optimistic than I am.

Wasn’t just you man. My skin was tingling and I had goosebumps when the light saber lit up. I noticed that there was a total lack of them the entire film. It’s OK though, there were no Jedi’s around. It made Vaders slaughter that much more powerful. That’s how I like my Vader, savage AF.

Literally the only things I like from that film are Darth Mauls makeup and general appearance, and duel of the fates, which is a magnificent piece of music. Otherwise its turdy-dreck.

In what way was Force Awakens offensive that Phantom Menace—of the grotesque racist caricatures Jar Jar Binks and his undersea fellows, the nasty racist caricatures in the Trade Federation, and the nasty racist caricature that owned Anakin and his mother—was not?

Nonsense. It’s at least competently made. I know this is tough for a certain cross-section of the audience to admit, but the prequels have literally nothing going for them. They fail in every conceivable way.

My takeaway, too. How many times have you been THAT pumped to see that many people killed at the absolute end of a movie, especially AFTER all the protagonists were killed? Sick.

HOLY FUCK THE VADER PART I thought my jaw was going to fall straight off my fucking mouth

Rogue One is better, though!

That’s hyperbolic nonsense. The Phantom Menace is one of the worst major-release films ever made. It’s fine to dislike The Force Awakens, but c’mon.

Vader firing up his lightsaber was the first time I’ve ever had the uncontrollable urge to yell in a theatre. Muffled that scream just in time.

It was like watching Jordan in his prime just destroy everyone ... he used a GUY to kill someone by flinging his body around - so awesome!!

Force Awakens was fine. It really was. John Boyega ruled, Daisy Ridley ruled, Oscar Isaac wasn’t in it enough but he was good in the parts he was in, Kylo Ren was weird and intimidating, seeing Han and Chewy and Leia again ruled, it had good lightsaber shit and good X-wing shit and good Millennium Falcon shit and it…

Yo, seriously, [MAJOR SPOILER ALERT] Vader’s rampage right at the end was probably the most fuckin’ amped I’ve been in a movie theater in years. I felt like my head was going to pop.

Better than The Force Awakens, for sure. In the abstract, as a standalone movie, probably better than Jedi, too, but I dunno, I’ll have to watch it another dozen times before I can issue a definitive ruling on it.