"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is lauded by today's younger generation of sci-fiholics, not to mention the die-hard fans of the 20th century. It seems like the world is in awe as this movie brings us back to the galaxy far away and allows us to become mystified little kids again. However, while some are bewildered, others are indifferent about it, not even star struck at all.
The Catholic News reported that the recently launched seventh Star Wars movie has generated destructive criticisms from Vatican City. A Vatican newspaper is not amenable to the movie's record-breaking outcome since released in the big screen on Dec. 16.
"The first installment of the sequel trilogy was 'confusing and vague.' In The Force Awakens, Kylo Ren, Darth Vader's counterpart only wears a mask to imitate his predecessor," Emilio Ranzato, author and movie critic of L'Osservatore Romano wrote. He also added that such "only wearing of mask" in replacing Emperor Palpatine as the incarnation of supreme evil made the portrayal so lame.
The movie uses imagery that is computer-generated for Supreme Leader Snoke's appearance, of which he criticizes as "the clumsiest and tackiest" product of computer graphics. While having expressed his complete dissatisfaction with the new villains, he also threw harsh criticisms on certain elements of the movie being closely similar to the original trilogy of George Lucas, concluding that "The Force Awakens" is more of a remake than a sequel.
"Not a classy reboot however, like Christopher Nolan's 'Batman,' but an update twisted to suit today's tastes and a public more accustomed to sitting in front of a computer than in a cinema," Ranzato wrote.
While the latest movie is a box office hit earning $500 with fans lauding American Director Jeffrey Jacob "J. J." Abrams for bringing back the "Star Wars" mania to our veins, Ranzano felt otherwise.
"His direction is in fact modeled on the sloppiest current action films derived from the world of video games. The only merit of J.J. Abrams' film is to show, by contrast, how the direction of the previous films was elegant, balanced and above all appropriate," Ranzato bluntly commented.
