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Spoilers! Rogue One Easter eggs, potential spoilers for Rebels also.
My local theatre has a real size snowspeeder in the hallway, so I have two reasons for going. :)
He didn't like The Force Awakens.
Rogue One was the first time in nearly 30 years that a Star Wars film made my family's old-timer happy.
do we need a seperate thread with spoiler alert so we can discuss in more depth?
The returning characters were appreciated, even the minor ones like Ponda Baba and Dr. Evazan (from A New Hope's cantina scene) and Chopper (from Star Wars Rebels). Many of them were surprising, such as Leia, Red Leader and Gold Leader, but all of them were appreciated.
Saw Gerrera's relative lack of screentime was disappointing, but that's more because I enjoyed the character in Star Wars The Clone Wars than his overall service to the story. Given he was only there to push the story forward, his limited screentime worked, and Forest Whitaker did a decent job with the role.
The CGI recreations of characters like Tarkin, Leia, Red Leader and Gold Leader wasn't as off-putting as I was led to believe. The only times I felt any sort of uncanny valley with Tarkin was when his reflections were in shot, because it was relatively obvious that they weren't spending as much time on the reflections as they were his foreground likeness.
The third act battle sequence has eclipsed the opening battle of Revenge of the Sith as my favorite battle in the series. Considering how many of their forces the Rebels lost at Scarif, it makes a great deal of sense why their force attacking the Death Star in A New Hope was so small. But the whole thing, the ground assault, the space incursion, all of it was just one moment of excitement after another. Episode VIII will have one hell of a challenge topping that third act, and I won't hold it against them if they can't.
The soundtrack wasn't up to par, in my opinion, compared to other non-Williams scores such as Shadows of the Empire, The Clone Wars and Rebels. There were good moments, but overall, this has had the most forgettable soundtrack in all of Star Wars.
And last but most certainly not least, Darth Vader. I wasn't too keen on his "don't choke on your ambitions" pun. Maybe if this were early Vader, and his tendencies as Anakin Skywalker simply hadn't been completely erased, I could accept it easier, but it was probably the only thing I had a problem with in the whole movie. The rest of his screentime was more than excellent, especially the moment he boards the Rebel frigate at the end. As soon as his lightsaber activates, if those Rebels weren't pissing their pants, I'd have been amazed. Never has Vader been this terrifying or effective, even in The Empire Strikes Back.
Of every movie that came out this year, Rogue One was most certainly the best, and I'm not just saying that because I'm a Star Wars fan for life, I'm saying that because the movie was excellently crafted, exquisitely acted and just plain amazing. Disney and Lucasfilm made a great choice having this as their first Star Wars standalone. I don't care if it's great, the Han Solo film won't be able to live up to this.
I hope Bond doesn't adopt this technology anytime soon. I certainly wouldn't have any interest in seeing a Bond film with CGI young Sean Connery in it.
Great sequence. Pure dark lord power.
Major spoilers below. Please do not click if you haven't seen the movie.
Forest Whitaker and Donnie Yen were both great but their characters could have been combined into one. It should have been the same person that found Jyn, raised her and then joined her for the final battle.
I was in complete shock at CGI Tarkin. I couldn't believe they did that. And then I wished they hadn't. I mean, maybe for one small scene or something, but it did start to become distracting. I would have much preferred they'd gone the Mon Mothma route and just recast the role. Or better yet, not have him there at all. Perhaps he could have taken over after Krennic died?
I know I'm going to be in the minority here, but I found Darth Vader to be the worst part of the film. The story wouldn't have missed a beat without him. James Earl Jones sounds like he's 100 years old, which is no fault of his own, but I'm sorry, it was incredibly jarring. And everyone's favorite scene? I really disliked it. It was nothing but complete fan service. I just think it was out of character - especially for A New Hope Vader - to just go and attack Rebel soldiers on his own, without any stormtroopers clearing the way for him or to provide back up.
Speaking of fan service, did we need a CGI Princess Leia? I hope this isn't setting a precedent. Also, it was odd to see that guy and his alien friend from the cantina scene in A New Hope.
The music was alright. It sounded like it fit in with the rest of the franchise, but nothing was particularly memorable. It would have been nice for Giacchino to have taken more chances.
I'll end on a positive note. The final battle was very well done. There were moments of great tension and some touching displays of heroism. I was happy that Jyn and Cassian didn't kiss. I thought for sure they would and was impressed with the restraint shown. I half expected one of the main cast to survive. I guess we all knew how it was going to end though.
I loved the freedom the writers had re a one off project, so, as with the Mag Seven, I was trying to work out who from the team would die and who would survive to fight another day. This adds a new level of tesion that is lacking when you know the main characters have to survive.
The whole feeling was of darkness, grunge, dirt and rain and I loved that. A couple of the scenes reminded me of Bladerunner,
I do think Darth V was squeezed in, re the main plot, he had no role and the main team had no contact with him and made no reference to him. It is a complement to the movie that the strength of the new characters meant that we did not need Darth V in order to add additional drama.
More to say later but I'll leave it at that
Same with Tarkin, his face was a CGI recreation of Peter Cushing, but his body was actor Guy Henry, and apparently his voice was Stephen Stanton who voices Tarkin in The Clone Wars and Rebels, but he sounded very different to me.