For more on The Force Awakens…

I was not shy in saying that there was only so much about The Force Awakens that I was willing to say with having only seen it once. And I don’t necessarily have to – there’s a lot of great reviews out there, I’m sure. I mean, it sounds like a couple of people have seen it by now…

Including one who wrote up a list of 40 plot holes that ran on Huffington Post which is notorious by now. I was avoiding reading this list, since I didn’t want to taint my future viewings of the film, you know? I was happy to see that fans were putting out responses against it.

That is, until I saw that a Comparative Geeks contributor, Patrick Sponaugle, was using this list of 40 plot points as a jumping-off point to discuss the film as a whole. In, you know, 7 blog posts. Because episode 7! Maybe!

These posts are a pretty great read, and I feel pretty good about the 40 plot holes now as well. There’s really more of some movie tropes, a couple plot troubles, and a lot of misunderstanding. But don’t take my word for it – I recommend Patrick’s!

1. A Disturbance in the Force (Awakens): Part 1

2. A Disturbance in The Force (Awakens): Part 2 – Finding Fault with Rey

3. A Disturbance in The Force (Awakens): Part 3 – Finding Fault with Finn

4. A Disturbance in The Force (Awakens): Part 4 – Finding Fault with Kylo Ren

5. A Disturbance in The Force (Awakens): Part 5 – Finding Fault With The First Order

6. A Disturbance in The Force (Awakens): Part 6 – Finding Fault with Rebels and Smugglers

7. A Disturbance in the Force (Awakens): Part 7 – You May Fire When Ready

Patrick’s next trick will likely be to get me excited for the next season of Game of Thrones… that might take some work…