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<blockquote data-quote="Purp" data-source="post: 2736172" data-attributes="member: 12852"><p>I get you on the Kyle Ren bit. For me he's a bit like Anakin in Episodes 1-3 where the character is critical, but the delivery is missing something very important. In Anakin's case I think it was poorly acted. </p><p></p><p>In Kylo Ren's case I think he feels less menacing. I think that's partly due to not being acted as well as it could be, but mostly because in the story he clearly isn't as established in the Dark Side as Vader was. There's also the fact that he's Leia and Han Solo's kid so we have an urge to want good for him rather than bad, which withholds some of the hate emotion a movie goer may have for the typical villain. </p><p></p><p>Removing his helmet frequently didn't bother me much, though. There was clearly nothing wrong with him physically like with Vader so the helmet is seemingly superfluous, but if you're going to make him look menacing you have to cover up the baby face. I think the helmet coming off and going back on was an effective way of illustrating some internal conflict within his character. The same way part of the plot in the originals was always that Luke held out hope he could bring his father back from the dark side we're supposed to have hope Kylo Ren can be reconciled with Leia. Removing the helmet and exposing his face shows some vulnerability that keeps that hope alive.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I think that's why it didn't bother me as much as it did you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Purp, post: 2736172, member: 12852"] I get you on the Kyle Ren bit. For me he's a bit like Anakin in Episodes 1-3 where the character is critical, but the delivery is missing something very important. In Anakin's case I think it was poorly acted. In Kylo Ren's case I think he feels less menacing. I think that's partly due to not being acted as well as it could be, but mostly because in the story he clearly isn't as established in the Dark Side as Vader was. There's also the fact that he's Leia and Han Solo's kid so we have an urge to want good for him rather than bad, which withholds some of the hate emotion a movie goer may have for the typical villain. Removing his helmet frequently didn't bother me much, though. There was clearly nothing wrong with him physically like with Vader so the helmet is seemingly superfluous, but if you're going to make him look menacing you have to cover up the baby face. I think the helmet coming off and going back on was an effective way of illustrating some internal conflict within his character. The same way part of the plot in the originals was always that Luke held out hope he could bring his father back from the dark side we're supposed to have hope Kylo Ren can be reconciled with Leia. Removing the helmet and exposing his face shows some vulnerability that keeps that hope alive. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I think that's why it didn't bother me as much as it did you. [/QUOTE]
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