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How do you rank JJ's films?


Here's mine:

The Force Awakens
Super 8
The 2 Star Treks
Mission Impossible 3

I enjoyed them all but I particularly like the first 2.

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The Force Awakens
Super 8
Star Trek
Star Trek Into Darkness
Mission Impossible 3

Well, what do you know? They're exactly the same. Always nice to meet a kindred spirit.

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OMG. We are soooo BORING!

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Similarly, I ranked the Star Wars films 546 7 132, which seems to be the overwhelmingly most common ranking. Here, this is easier:

Empire
Hope
Jedi

Force

Phantom
Sith
Clones


Part of me wants to be more original, but that's just how I feel.

(There are also lots of people who put Phantom at the bottom.)

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Very close on the Star Wars films.

Mine is:

Empire
Force
Hope
Jedi
Phantom
Sith
Clones

I know it seems sacreligious to put Force above Hope. It wasn't easy. I had to really think about it, and remove nostalgia from the equation (which is not easy either). Ultimately I decided that I enjoyed Force more than Hope. I realise that Force is simply Hope retold on one level, but I thought Force was more fun - and that's largely down to the writing and acting. Not even Hope could compete with the writing and acting in Force as far as I'm concerned.

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I don't have a problem with ranking Force (or TFA) that high.

It has its flaws, but there are many things about it that are truly great. I think that on an emotional level, the Rey/Kylo lightsaber battle is second only to the Luke/Vader battles. Also I am obsessed with Rey and Kylo. They are both just so weird and fascinating.

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In many ways I prefer Rey to Luke Skywalker. I love Luke, don't get me wrong, but Rey is a whole other animal and I like that a lot.

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Mark Hamill's acting can get on one's nerves in A New Hope.

My ranking would be:

TESB
SW(77)
TFA
ROTJ
ROTS
TPM
AOTC

And for Abram's filmography:

TFA
ST (09)
S8
ST:ID
MI3

All enjoyable.

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Pretty close. I rate Super 8 slightly above Star Trek, but not by much.

I notice a common originals/prequels divide in regard to our attitude towards Star Wars. I once assumed everyone felt that, later it turned out that it's mostly the youngsters who saw the prequels first.

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Star Trek 10/10
Star Trek Into Darkness 9/10
Super 8 6/10
Mission: Impossible III 5/10
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 3/10

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