The best thing about the new Star Wars is Han Solo and Chewbacca to me. I guess they've taken chances with two main characters being a white female and a black male when the largest segment of Star Wars fans/consumers have to date been white males, but otherwise they've played safe. They will have to offer something more if the next one is going to keep things going I think.
Yeah, Trumbo was a more exciting movie for me, but then I'm heavy into film history going back to the silents. I got very excited about The Aviator for example and couldn't wait to get the DVD to geek-out with all the extra features which is probably not so different from Star Wars fans minus the memorizing dialogue part. It's amazing something like Trumbo gets made in a spectacle and remake dominated business. I hope it wins a little statue or two.
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