Saw it for the 4th time...
The 3rd time I saw it at the Alamo in 4k.... It looked really good in 4k 2-d. Saw it in one of the listed real IMAX (not those fake Digital IMAX Screens). The ONE scene in the ENTIRE movie that was presented in true IMAX was....drum roll please.... The Jakku escape scene.
Just after Rey grabs Finn's hand and says Follow me, it goes full IMAX for several minutes until the Falcon escapes the planet.
No other scenes in the movie is presented in full IMAX.... not even the final scene in the movie.... Honestly I don't think Abrams fully understands how to use the camera to it's full potential. There were so many scenes that could have been presented in IMAX if he had shot it properly...for example when General Hux gives his speech infront of the entire first order that would have been a really good shot to present in IMAX.
Some more deep thoughts....
-I really don't think it was a map to Skywalker... Why give anyone a map to your location if you are hiding from the first order and Kylo Ren??? I honestly think it was a map to the first Jedi Temple.
-Perhaps he has to protect the Jedi Holocrons from being found?
-If Luke does come back...does he really need the Jedi to stop Ren? I am assuming that Luke has become extremely powerful by this time period.
-I did notice that when Ren was connected to Rey during the interrogation scene that he told Ren that he will never be as strong as Vader.....hmmm.... Honestly Vader (suited) wasn't as powerful as Anakin.
-Why would Vader be speaking to Ren? Anakin became Darth Vader , then at the end returned to Anakin that's why we get Anakin as a force ghost so the Vader persona is gone forever....there is no Vader ghost....so who is he talking to???
-Ren is imho
ed up in the head.
-Another thing is Finn...So the General Hux says that they were programmed since birth (The Storm Troopers), Finn says he was taken away at a young age ...which was it? So the first order kidnaps children all over the galaxy and brain washes them into joining the First Order? Huh?
-Finn is assigned in Sanitation at Starkiller base, yet he knows quite a bit about how the weapon works and how to cripple it.
-His first assignment as a storm trooper he has a panic attack and refuses to fire on the villagers and defects.... now why wasn't he shot on sight or put into jail after the mission was over?
-Sounds crazy but I think Finn is a sleeper agent and he doesn't even know it yet. Pretend to defect, join the resistance, find Skywalker and then when he makes contact with Skywalker , either kill him or report his location to the first order...but Ren screwed that up when he knocked him out.
-Anyone else think that Finn could have fought Captain Phasma instead of the Riot Trooper? Phasma, although cool, was pretty much wasted.
That scene could have given her a good send off.