Star Wars: The Force Awakens released in 2015 is the first movie of the third trilogy that focuses on the New Republic which is threatened to be destroyed by a new order. The movie was a huge success at the box office. With only around $247 million in production cost, it gathered a total of more than $2 billion worldwide. Though the movie was such a huge success at the box office, it was criticized by many fans and viewers due to many reasons.
Criticism Faced by Star Wars: The Force Awakens
There are many who have absolutely loved this movie and there are those who hated it. Though it was a huge blockbuster movie, had a great box office collection, and paved the way for the next movies to come, it was still hated because of many reasons. One of the main reasons was that The Force Awakens had exactly the same plot as the first Star Wars movie, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. In this movie, the main protagonist forms a team in order to rescue the princess who was abducted by the antagonist and also to liberate themselves from a powerful empire. The Force Awakens almost has the same plot design as its storyline and also revolves around the main protagonist and his team members fighting off an invading force. So basically many disliked it because of its lack of originality.
The Force Awakens has to have the craziest case of people gaslighting themselves and others into thinking it was a terrible movie. That movie is so damn good. pic.twitter.com/zLJy5Hv0b8
— Star Wars Takes (@StarWarsTake) February 2, 2023
It was fun. It was acceptable at the time. I remember being thankful that it wasn't Phantom Menace bad and being hopeful for the next chapter not being a re-hash of the original.
— Burning Earth Media (@BurningEarth2) February 2, 2023
It's completely amazing. I feel sorry for the people who need to hate it because a YouTube Clickbait video told them to. pic.twitter.com/6MqMdcspSv
— The Penultimate Jedi (@RobinTetley) February 2, 2023
It was fun, more of an updated A New Hope, than original. Nothing to get upset about though and Harrison Ford finally got his wish to kill Han.
— Nick Davis (@alt_world) February 2, 2023
I saw it 3 times in theatre (with a different group of people every time) and I enjoyed it all 3 times.
They have their problems.
I still felt like I was a little kid watching Star Wars for the first time, all 3 times and no one can take that away from me.
— Y2KNW_Art(NSFW) 🇨🇦 (@KnsfwY2) February 2, 2023
The Force Awakens is a classic and a great start to the trilogy! This film got me so excited for what was to come. As we’ve discussed before I wish it did a little bit more in some areas. But it did everything it needed to do perfectly.
Without a doubt I can say I love TFA.— Aaron Skyguy (@Aaron_Skyguy) February 2, 2023
Many fans complained that the movie was completely out of its tone and style. The Star Wars saga plays as a continuous flow of events and storyline, whereas The Force Awakens seemed like an action-packed movie with instant plot change and very fast-paced. Though the first part of the movie was very well played and the plot made sense, it was after that, that the movie started to get more unsatisfactory and shallow.
The Force Awakens – a Remake of A New Hope
Many Star Wars fans loved the movie because it was basically a modern version of the first movie, A New Hope. Although the storyline had major similarities, it had instances where it was a bit different from the first movie. The first movie focused on Luke Skywalker’s journey to becoming a Jedi, as he was guided by Obi-Wan Kenobi. And in The Force Awakens, the protagonist (Rey) experiences her powers for the first time through absolute coincidence.
In The Force Awakens, instead of Princess Leia getting abducted (which happened in A New Hope) BB-8 is chased after by stormtroopers, who during the night escape into the dunes with Rey along with Finn who then later help them to escape from the situation with the help of pilot droid.
The Star Wars franchise has a total of 12 movies under its belt and with roughly $150 million to $200 million in productions cost for each movie, the franchise has amassed at the box office a total of over a whopping 10.3 billion dollars.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is available for streaming on Prime Video.
Source: Twitter
