ST Comedy in TFA

I just wanted to bring up something I don't think anyone else really has yet, how funny this movie was. And I don't mean funny in a bad way, but the honestly, genuinely good humor like that of the Avengers franchise or Days of Future Past. I think, part of the reason critics and especially myself loved this film was because, it broke the overly gloomy and serious atmosphere from the previous trilogy, but without being too silly, like some characters *cough, cough, COUGH*JARJAR*COUGH, cough*.

I thought the whole cast was funny, Finn, Han, Rey, the entire cast had some amazing comedic chemistry. And, I'm gonna break a trend here and say, in my personal opinion, the funniest character was Kylo Ren. In this, Kylo, even though being proclaimed as "what Anakin should have been" is, in my opinion, actually just as whiny and immature, with the difference being that his whinniness is played for comedy, rather than drama. Why does he snap and wreck things, well, because Darth Vader snapped and killed people, except, rather than giving a sense of dread that we got with Vader, here, the villain comes off as childish and ridiculous, which works. Kylo takes himself seriously while the universe clearly doesn't. In fact, I think he gave the funniest scene in the film, when he flipped out after Rey escaped, causing two stormtroopers to slowly back off.

 

Yes, the humour was done correctly, almost the complete opposite of how it was handled in the prequels

 

Absolutely. And this right here is why JJ was the right guy for the job. He is one of the few directors that have an amazing ability treading the humor line damn near parody but somehow either by editing or directing, brings enough gravitas to actually make the humor fit the universe. This is what he was also able to do with Star Trek. You take that same exact screenplay, maybe even the same actors, but with a different director, and you may have looked at something that came off as a parody and poor film.

 

The comic moments are great in this movie, and a step up from the other blockbusters you mentioned. They are funny without taking over the film. My favourite moment was the thumbs up from BB8. I have my reservations about Kylo Ren being too childish and pitiful when he's supposed to also be a main threat - however this is an unrelated point and the Stormtroopers backing off is a fine gag - it reminded me a bit of the Imperial Officers' reaction to the chokes in ESB.

 

The best thing about Kylo is that he ISN'T out of this world.

He's probably the most human SWs villain we've ever had. The dude is Commodus.

 

The humor was done in a way that was safe and commercial. Much of it felt out of place and almost satirical. AOTC has moments like that at the beginning, and I'm honestly not a fan of those attempts either, but TFA doesn't let up.

 

Han and Chewie provided a lot of comic relief. Leia had a couple of good scenes too.

 

I completely disagree with this. The humour 'felt right' again, in line with the OT approach.

There is a mix of wit, subtlety and sight gags all of which worked (ok maybe the Han/Fin eyebrows part didn't quite work). Not GL's someone stood in poo haha

 

I like my main cast mostly being serious. Jar Jar being designated for comedy was fine...for me. Star Wars isn't a comedy, and the constant attempts at humor irk me. It's also very commonplace in commercial films, so it's not like JJ was being daring by injecting that kind of humor into TFA.

 

Rewatch ANH

 

Why is a brainwashed pacifist ex-custodian Stormtrooper cracking wise anyway?

 

I have...many a time. I do not like the character interactions on the Death Star. It's grating to me.

 

Star Wars isn't comedy....but ANH, ESB and ROTJ had the same brand of humor that you find in TFA.

The perfect balance....

 

The humor was probably mostly Kasdan


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All I have see you do is complain. Maybe don't post here and please don't go see anymore SW movies it seems to make you a ugly poster to be around.

 

Well sounds like Jar Jars your man for comedy (if you can call it that), the lowest form of comedy

 

He's fine for what he is. I don't mind banter, but I think it was a little much in TFA, and it doesn't make sense, especially for Finn to be so jocular.

 

I guess we're on opposite ends of the spectrum, I like protagonists that are humorous, it makes them more human in my eyes, after all, what do you do when you're with friends, have deep and serious discussions or toss jokes around?

 

I mean he's a young guy who has been constantly surrounded by other men in a 'boarding school' type environment, yeah there's no way they never joked around

 

Umm...a good mix of both? I just think the mistake is to assume if someone isn't telling a joke or trying to be humorous in any way it makes them less human. Maybe it's the Joss Whedon effect, idk. It's one of those tropes where everyone is engaging in witty banter that just rings hollow. Not everyone is Han Solo nor should they be.

 

A boarding school where they're being programed from birth....

 

Nor are they trying to be.

 

Programming he turned his back on....because.....because he has a personality

 

Which then begs the question and this is another topic entirely, but why not just use clones to begin with?

 

The thing is, the movie did have equal amounts of comedy and drama.