ST John Boyega (Finn) in Episode VII [v 2.0 Read Opening Post BEFORE Posting]

Yeah, if Finn was bumbling, he would not have wanted to go up against a Dark sider like Kylo Ren.

 

How about "too prone to falling down"


Lol

 

"Okay, stay calm, stay calm"
"I'm talking to myself"

"I'm with the Resistance, yeah. I'm with the Resistance", he says, bumbling.

How do I shot guns, he wonders, as he bumbles with the guns.

"The name's Finn, and I'm in charge. I'm in charge now, Phasma. I'm in charge", he says, bumbling.

 

Finn is like an excited puppy. Young, enthusiastic, clever but not worldly

 

Finn has no chill.

But my above statement has more to do with how he's always falling over and tripping.

But with the bumbling, falling down often, overreacting and panicking, he has room to improve.

Obviously he can't be as cool as the older guys: cool like Poe, being in control like Han

 

Me neither. I think he's great

 

You gave the answer to yourself: Because Finn is still very young, there is much room for improvement. Just like Kylo has to deal with his throwing tantrums. That shortcomings are all intentional to show and to give way for improvements.

 

Kylo Ren is in his 30's. Surely he is a mature individual by now.

Unless he is emotionally stunted by the dark side somehow..

 

Honestly, I always saw slapstick and goofy as the same thing. His "I'm ok" after bb8 falls on him came across as goofy to me.

 

Whenever I hear "bumbling" I think "Clouseau" not "Finn". Unless Boyega starts talking in a bad French accent to everyone, and Leia is replaced by CGI'd Herbert Lom.


Um...I might have created the best movie ever just now.

 

Will someone explain to me when describing a grown man as "adorable" became non-derogatory.

 

When grown men became less insecure.

 

Actually I'm not sure if this question is serious, super-intelligent or super derogatory.

Why I just have the feeling that, if JB would not have been bumbling in TFA (what didn't annoy me at all), you just would have accused him of being too earnest, too stern or likewise ... ?

 

I think it's paranoid and pointless to accuse individuals, or even the fandom as a whole, of being impossible to satisfy.

 

I'm not trying to be facetious. I'm serious. I've seen here and other places Finn being described as adorable or a precious cinnamon bun.

Maybe it's just me, but from where I'm from those kind of words to describe a grown man were insults.

 

To each his own.

 

I like Finn goofiness, even if I found dome of his dialogues to be pretty cringeworthy .

 

I feel like I'm listening to a "Black guys should be all like heeeeeeeyy." bit, except it's not a joke. Sadly.

 

Finn is an utter doofus and I love it about him. The poor guy is a fish not only out of his water but being dumped in pond after pond all of them as unfamiliar as the last. He's been conditioned for his entire life to be a soldier following orders and has absolutely no idea who and what he is once he's moved past that. He might be a bit goofy and ineffective but that's because he truly doesn't really know what he's doing because he's never experienced a life outside the FO. And for all his faults, he's brave and he's loyal to his friends and never really does anything to actually hurt anyone who hasn't hurt him first, or intends to.

Boyega can do the stern stoic tough guy thing excellently (see Attack The Block for proof) but I much prefer the enthusiastic puppy to the badass wolf.

 

He was so good in AtB. Soooo good.