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I have read that he loves it.
Must have been Return of the Jedi from 1983, the worst of the bunch.
This time last year I watched The Force Awakens and I have to say on first viewings I enjoyed Rogue One the most.
Very fair assessment, I would say.
Watching Star Wars from Rogue One through TFA, I felt like I was watching Star Wars and not some cgi cartoons with the Star Wars name attached to them.
The worst offender(s) ; the ewoks. That bit could be from a cartoon.
And it was.
He loved it.
$4 billion to be exact.
Major Spoilers an interesting look at the Rogue One reshoots.
Felicity Jones is much better than I thought she would be, and Forest Whitaker nails it as always.
The film didn't touch an emotional nerve for me like TFA did however. I didn't quite get into any of the characters all that much and so wasn't too interested in what happened to any of them. I'd go so far as to say that character development was rather weak in this film. Michael Giacchino did a reasonable job with the score, but he didn't quite live up to the phenomenal level of the legendary John Williams. The score lacked some of the epic quality that Williams so readily brings.
So it was ok, but to me is 'filler' until the real deal arrives next year.
That's what I thought my expectations were middling almost put off going today, though very glad I went to see it.
I didn't have a problem with the score, I thought Giacchino did a sterling job. Only misstep was his 3 second fanfare that he was asked to compose at the odd insertion of the movies title card. Other than that, if I'm honest, I didn't miss Williams as much as I had thought I would. Giacchino will make a worthy replacement, when that day comes, as he demonstrates he understands the source material.
Make no mistake, the film looks gorgeous. Probably the best looking SW movie since the first two. If I was J.J. Abrams I'd be huddled up in a corner quietly sobbing, as Edwards clearly demonstrates his superiority in directing the battle scenes, especially the climatic finale. It leaves the TFW's limp battles standing still.
One thing that bothers me about these stories as they progress, and this isn't aimed at RO specifically, is the Stormtroopers and how useless their body armour is. Just what purpose does all that restrictive clobber serve if all it takes is one zap from a laser bolt, or one halfhearted punch thrown their way, and they're out for the count? It would seem the Empire's Achilles heel isn't the Death Star's exhaust system, but the useless body armour that their soldiers are forced to wear. It almost makes their presence comical and none threatening and negates any threat that they might pose. For me, it just takes me out of the moment too much when they're in a battle.
Go see it in 3D. It honestly looks gorgeous at times.
Re the Stormtroopers armour, if you start thinking about fairy tales in such detail, you just spoil it for yourself....just chill and enjoy :-)
That scene was beastly in its badass proportions. I was worried they wouldn't tie it all together well, and the battle for the plans finished and I still couldn't see how they were going to pull it off. Then those two minutes happened and it blew my socks off. What a great ending.
I dare say that Rogue One solved a few of the problems I've always had with Star Wars but chose to ignore.
2) How did Vader know which ship to board in search of the plans?
3) Most of all: how can such a sophisticated weapon like the Death Star possess such a structural weakness as exploited by the rebels during the Battle Of Yavin.
Now I know, and especially issue #3 isn't an issue any more. Rogue One, in a sense, made Star Wars a better film. The last few minutes of the film glued Rogue One to Star Wars. This is the type of prequel we really wanted, George. :)
Question for the room: how do we feel about Peter Cushing? I'm a fan of the man; seriously, he's my favourite HOW.CAN.THE.BOND.FILMS.NOT.HAVE.HIRED.HIM? enigma. The fact that
isn't a problem for me, in fact it's an indulgence! I rather like the result and disagree with that critic cited in the wikipedia page of Rogue One who attacks this particular element of the film.
Ingvild Deila
I just got tickets for tomorrow. Looking forward to Darth Dimi Vader most of all.
That's testament to how far the technology has come, must admit whilst watching Rogue One I thought how far away are we from hypothetically having