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Originally Posted by Boston Matrix
Casting-wise, I thought Ren was badly cast and just seemed like moody emo kid once he took his mask off. Boyega came off as annoyingly overacting to me and the general of the First Order in that Nazi-esque scene was too young to take seriously. Previous movies had more senior actors in positions of power who came across as having more gravitas and authority as a result. This guy had barely started shaving and again seemed like a bit of a petulant emo kid rather than a credible leader of a menacing galactic organisation.
You're very wrong about everything you say here.
Firstly, the casting for Ren was perfect! Because under the mask, he's a menacing powerful force. When he removes it, he becomes this emotionally damaged, young and immature ex-Jedi who's still having an internal battle between the light and the dark. I compare Adam Driver's performance to Tom Hiddleston as Loki wrt his father issues and his emotions and I think Adam Driver did a great job of that. So he looks like a nerd? So what?
Secondly, the casting for General Hux was intentional. JJ Abrams has stated that he wanted a young actor to have a sense of tragedy.
Thirdly, Boyega was not amazing, but he was certainly not bad. I didn't get any overacting vibes from him. His character is ******ed because of the way he was written (Screw the Universe, let's go save this girl I just met yesterday) but otherwise his acting was fine. If anything, increased emotional reactions are to be expected from a character like him because of what he's been through.