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I loved it on first viewing, but don't think it stands up. As you say the characters are flat and you don't really mind that they all die in the end!
Yeah, it's awkward in that we're supposed to be cheering for the rebels during the climax, and yet the Vader scene feels like it was aimed at making people cheer for watching him slaughter a bunch of rebel soldiers, when just one minute ago we were supposed to feel sorrow over the main cast dying for a cause. It's jarring.
Personally I don’t think people were cheering Darth Vader in that scene? I thought it was a harrowing scene of murder and my sympathies lay entirely with the rebels trapped in that corridor. The scene reminded me that, when we next see Darth storywise which is in the 1977 film, he is straightforwardly a villain and a killer.
So ridiculous that the original versions are still being held hostage and we’ll probably never get them released again. I’ll have to settle for getting some copies of the 2006 DVDs that include the original editions as a bonus feature (I have heard the quality is less than ideal, but still...); seems to be the only viable way to have the originals in a semi-modern format.
It’s unacceptable that the altered editions are treated as the only “canon” ones, and that somehow the original films were “unfinished” because they didn’t have CGI technology hideously implemented into them. Lucas and Disney have done some very questionable things with the franchise. I’d let go of all of them if we just got to have the original versions re-released properly. But it’s apparently too much to ask for.
Don't know why they don't just release them together. On my Aliens blu-rays you have the choice of watching the originals or the director's cuts.
Yep. The scene absolutely is fan service to the highest degree but I wasn't cheering during it so I don't really find it a jarring tonal shift. I found it dark, brutal and awe-inspiring. I felt sorry for those soldiers, though. As a double bill, Rogue One and A New Hope are perfectly complimentary of each other. Wonderful stuff.
Got those a month ago. GORGEOUS. Flawed as they are from old prints rather than negatives and interpositives, but they may be the best thing we’ll get picture quality wise until the legalities clear up with releasing the original cuts.
Can’t say I’m surprised. The sequel trilogy has really turned out to be a disappointment for me thus far, so my hopes for 9 are low. I sort of enjoyed 7 and decently enjoyed 8 when they came out, but on rewatches they really have bored me. Ultimately my biggest problem is that the narratives are not that interesting. The prequels had more individual flaws, but collectively still held my interest more with the stories. Neither trilogy came close to living up to the originals.
Unfortunately I do believe that there is a cottage industry in ripping into the new trilogy. Many nobody YouTubers see massive spikes in their viewing figures when they rant about how awful the new movies are.
I sadly think that a lot of fans made up their minds that they were going to hate Episode 9 two years ago.
On the same note, NTTD looks really good, right from the get go ;)
I... I loved it. Just came from the cinema about half an hour ago. My first thoughts are, that it's definitely the best of the sequel trilogy and let's bd honest, miles better than the *ugh* prequels.
Then how are we supposed to know that he's dead for good this time?
Remember TLJ has a 91% and was mostly hated by fans.
Glad to hear that, @SharkBait!
I assume they won't throw him down a shaft that will deprive them of actually seeing the dead body.
Because fans tend to be a lot more close minded than they want to admit.