Harrison Ford's musky aroma :love:

110 critic reviews counted on RottenTomatoes so far, 107 of them positive, and a 97% fresh rating.

Looks like any fears of it being as bad as Episodes 1&2 can be put to bed

Omg, I'm so excited. I'm avoiding all reviews and everything, but that's quite reassuring to know!

****ing amazing. JJ Abrams is God

Absolutely brilliant. Captures the magic of the original trilogy and even outdoes them in some aspects, I'd place it second behind Empire Strikes Back after first viewing.

Holy **** balls. It was amazing.

It just shows how bad the prequels were too.

THIS is how you do a Star Wars movie.

It's the 10th highest grossing movie of all time already.

It's just incredible. I've been following the box office and it's mind blowing how well it's doing. I know everyone expected it too but still. I predict it will finish behind Avatar and Titanic (it might just overtake Titanic) in the all time rankings. Even though it hasn't been released in China yet, I don't think it will have the same level of success there because they don't have the history/nostalgia factor, and everywhere else, I don't think it will have quite the same repeat viewing as Avatar had. I'd love to be wrong though!

I never really got the appeal of Avatar. It's a good film, I certainly enjoyed it, but that's about it. A decent popcorn flick?

I guess maybe it's because it was the first wave of the whole 3D thing... But then, I'm not a fan of 3D so I guess that's why I don't really get the Avatar hype :joker:

same

Absolutely shaken by the film going back to see it next week.

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It's up to #7 now

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I'm preparing to be emotionally slayed again on wednesday

Goosebumps were perched at that moment.

omg yes

Amazing moment :amazed:

#4 now

Hasn't even opened in China yet, should definitely get at least 2nd place.. Hopefully it can get 1st though

Now up to 3rd after opening in China.

1. Avatar - $2.788 billion
2. Titanic - $2.187 billion
3. The Force Awakens - $1.733 Billion
4. Jurassic World - $1.669 billion

So it still has a billion to go. Is it likely to do that??

It's slightly ahead of what Avatar was on at the same point during its release, not sure really though. Should at least get 2nd though

Ah okay cool. I'm going to where they filmed Luke's part on Saturday. Pray I'm not one of the unlucky ones who dies visiting this island.

It's extremely unlikely (as much as I'd love it to), for a couple of reasons. Firstly it isn't likely to do very well in China, compared to how well it's performed elsewhere, and China is a huge market (I think it's the 2nd biggest, after North America). It would really need to storm there for it's worldwide takings to beat Avatar. And also, even though it's currently beating Avatar in terms of how much it's taken compared to how long it's been out for, it's very unlikely to run for as long as Avatar did and have the same level of repeat viewings, which is the reason Avatar ended up being so huge.

I'm so jealous!

It was the novelty of being the first seriously major 3D blockbuster (created as that, and heavily advertised as such) that drove the repeat viewings of Avatar, I think it's unique positioning in film history makes it unlikely to be beaten for that reason. 3D is old hat now and, actually, given the strong "retro" ep IV vibe that Force Awakens is going for, I'd say it's actually much more "authentic" in 2D. So, it has nostalgia to fall back on and a huge brand, but it loses that novelty factor and I think that's what mainly fuels repeat viewing.

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Avatar 2 is meant to be released around then.

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But if it means it'll be an even better film because they've got more time to work on it then I'll forgive them

I had said for ages that they would do this. It will extend their timeframe too and maximise marketing.

DVD trailer.

pre-ordered blu ray :party:

I'm so excited for this :amazed: And Maz Kanata making it into the trailer :clap1:

I guess they're assuming that anyone who is interested has already seen it in the cinemas - that home release trailer is full of spoilers :joker:

It's here

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Han Solo ****

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Finally seen it myself too :3

Honestly the most overrated underwhelming film I've probably ever seen