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rouge one - a true film in the same world as the originals
The last jedi - childish rip off of return of the jedi with a few empire strikes back references, with silly lines and winks to the camera.
I couldn't be more disappointed with the total lack of REAL story, utterly no character development, think about the originals 3 films over a big period of time for Luke to become a Jedi and and it was his personal journey as one of the main plots, Rey finds a light sabre, has an hour on an island and she's using the force like a pro.
The whole thing feels like a childish method of moving from one explosion to the other (which is what JJ did with star trek - no story, just spinning cameras and explosions).
Rouge one - a real story that served the universe of star wars, these.....good lord, so bad.
I saw it tonight. Great entertainment but not a great movie, which is like all the Star Wars films (except for the prequels which were neither). I think reviewing it like a film is like reviewing a pantomime like it’s theatre. Star Wars is space fantacy / pantomime and reviewed againt that criteria this one was good, in fact almost worked on a level above (but let’s not get carried away).
One more thing to all the bomber-in-space haters: we accepted the idea perfectly well in TESB in the asteroid field.
Quick thought on Del Toro/DJ: I’m convinced he is/was the galaxy’s best slicer*, not the guy we see in the casino itself. This feels more like traditional star wars misdirection (i.e. from a certain point-of-view) to me.
*Hackers in SWEU have been called slicers for decades. That was one (more) change I don’t see the need for!
It will be interesting to see what they do with Leia in the next one.
Now that the whole Han/Leah/Luke are done with I'm hoping for a fresh story line for episode IX
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Most of what I thought has been said already, but I can sum it up fairly briefly...
It isn't the best Star Wars film since the original trilogy.
Rogue One is.
The end.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I watched it over Christmas.
I didn't fall asleep, I didn't get very bored and I only rolled my eyes and muttered "oh for fuck's sake" under my breath 4 or 5 times.
By Star Wars standards I think that must put it somewhere near the top of the tree.
I enjoyed them not fighting for 152 minutes.
10/10 would watch again.
was there some unseen gravity well? lol
I really enjoyed the film..
it seemed to have some parallels with Empire Strikes Back..
Will now wait for the dvd to see how it happened. The anticipation is probably more fun than the film anyway.
Good bits:
Best lightsabre duel since Luke v Darth Vader and just topping Darth Maul.
Red/white mineral moon climax and Luke reappearance
Suicide hyperspace jump
Naff bits:
Casino mission, 45 wasted minutes
Flying Leia, should have just killed her then. She's irrelevant to the rest of the story from that point onwards anyway
Hmm bits:
Admiral v cocky pilot, just tell him what the f*cking plan is.
Wasted opportunity:
Captain Phasma
Nice surprises:
Chrystal cats, cool new creatures
Chewie v Porgs, made me LOL
Two yound leads (Rey & Fin) continue to develop
Wouldn't watch it again, until seeing the next one, to remind me what happened in the last story.
And Rogue 1 One is still the best movie in the whole series apart from Empire.
At least Mark Hamill did redeem it to an extent - I still think he was genuinely good, far better and less 'Hollywood guest star' than Carrie Fisher, or Harrison Ford in the last one.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein