Who Are You on Back to the Future Day

While everyone is talking about this being Back to the Future day, I am still focused on the great trailer that was released for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Yes, I am disappointed that we don’t have hoverboards, but I really don’t wear shoes with laces much these days to desire self-tying shoes. I thought that movie was great and was really pulling for the Cubs to win the World Series this year, but apparently the Mets don’t like storybook endings. But as I said, I am still ecstatic about the Star Wars trailer.

Who’d have thought the diversity of cast would be more akin to the Republican debate crew than the old farts at the Democrat debate? That’s something people should be boycotting, not the fact that a fictional story actually has a variety of people from different planetary backgrounds that may not all be white. But protesting a movie because it is too diverse is just silly. I think the cast looks great and can’t wait to see more.

One thing that concerns me though, is the soundtrack. I absolutely love John Williams and his original Star Wars score, but from the trailer, I am worried that they are trying to mashup the great Star Wars orchestration with the droning, repetitive Inception sound. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the Inception soundtrack the first time I heard it, but when every movie since 2011 has had the exact same musical style, it really got old and tired. And I fear I heard that droning, repetitive style tied in with the grandeur of the John Williams score during the trailer. I certainly hope it was just there for the trailer and was not indicative of what we’ll hear when the movie comes out. We’ll see.