Low personality, big feelings. That’s a thing right? Fab movie.
For a story in which we knew how it ended, and all the characters died, it was pretty good. Can we get K-2SOs core downloaded into another robot? On repeat viewing, post VIII, one can appreciate some of those bits of data with long term impact.
I liked this movie more than I remembered. Maybe it is because I am watching them in chronological order in preparation for The Last Jedi and coming off the prequels but I think this movie works well. Decent action with new exotic terrain is a lot of fun. The sacrifice made by all the characters was somewhat emotional, could of been more with a little more character development. I really liked Ben Mendelsohn's Krennic. He is just a middle management guy trying to get credit for his project. Mads is great as always. K-2SO's sassy dialogue made for some funny moments. And of course Vader's scene was awesome but it felt like they had to put some lightsabers in this movie.
Some things that didn't work for me were everything with Saw Gerrera. I just think Forest Whitaker over played him. The CGI faces aren't terrible but they aren't good. It's more of a distraction than anything. They should of just kept Tarkin in reflections only or recast. The music didn't feel right. It felt like it was trying too hard to be different. This is still Star Wars and music is a very important part of this franchise.
Vader moves much faster here and a mere week or so later he's grinds to a halt against Obi Wan on the Death Star! Lord Vader....what happened to you in the space of a week?
To be what we expect to be. Not greatest. With big franchise and big production in the right place.
I liked it, but it's sometimes so boring
A good storyline to fill the plot hole. However it didn't really live up to the expectations of a Star Wars movie.
A solid movie with crappy boring characters, good action and a Star Wars theme nothing more nothing less.
Good film, the ending was especially sentimental.
Really well done. A smaller Star Wars story with a human struggle and some tragedy. Filled with a roster of unlikables who earn some redemption with their just cause. Loved the ending, and liked how nicely and subtly it connects the two trilogies. Didn't like the addition of AT-ATs though, this movie cheapened them.
Way better than The Force Awakens! Can't wait for Rogue Two!
Really well done. I look forward to seeing the new one... wherever that is.
I kinda loved the movie, except for the extremely obvious "lets copy all aspects from the previous movies", with daddy-complex issues, daddy dies, heroes who dont want to be heroes, unimportant people who are suddenly in front of the surpreme council and make a statement to address everyone to re-light their hope. blablalbla. Still: loved the movie.
Aspect that I absolutely did not like was the blatently killing off of all the characters. wtf was up with that.
By Far The BEST SW MOVIE EVER!!!!!
This is an instant classic! So beautifully made!
I was prepared to be a little disappointed, and have the movie spoiled (since you kinda get part of the story, and the ending from the other movies), but I would almost say that I enjoyed this more than The Force Awakens! It was a fantastic side-storyline that wedged itself perfectly in between episodes 3 and 4, and from a different vantage point.
Fun Fact: this is the saddest film of 2016.. and of the whole Star Wars universe
Again, effects are too loud to watch in apartment, when you have volume high enough to comfortably understand dialogs. TV shows don't have this problem, old movies also don't have this problem, so it is not my setup.
I liked it, but I am a starwars fan
A Star Wars movie that's actually a war movie too.
Like all the best old war flicks, it's a little cheesy round the edges, but that didn't stop me having a blast.
TITLE - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Year - 2016
PEOPLE SCORE - 10
Acting - 2
Characters - 2
Casting - 2
Importance - 2
Chemistry - 2
WRITING SCORE - 8
Dialogue - 2
Balanced - 1
Story - 2
Originality - 1
Interesting - 2
BTS SCORE - 9
Visuals - 2
Directing - 1
Editing - 2
Advertisement - 2
Music - 2
NARRATIVE ARC SCORE - 9
Introduction - 2
Inciting Incident - 2
Obstacles - 2
Climax - 2
Falling Action - 1
ENTERTAINMENT SCORE - 10
Rewatchability - 2
Fun - 2
Impulse/Buy - 2
Impusle/Talk - 2
Sucks Audience IN - 2
TOTAL SPECIAL - 50
TOTAL - 96/100
People said enough here already about the movie itself, so I won't. Instead, I wanted to point out a couple of tiny funny moments though, can't even say it's a spoiler ones.
Firstly, they have freaking starships, highly intellectual robots, they can transmit data through the universe... and yet their holograms always have such a shitty quality! Always glitching and lagging, like it was recorded on 5 inch floppy disc. Amusing really..
And the second thing is how in the first couple of minutes of the movie (so not so much of a spoiler here) when an imperial ship landing - why the hell they landed like 5 miles outside of the destination point, and then just walked there by foot through the field? Did they feel like having a stroll and some fresh air after a long flight in a closed space or something?
Much better story, acting, effects, etc than The Force Awakens.
After being disappointed by The Force Awakens I wasn't expecting much from another Disney Star Wars movie. However, this one was awesome. Mads Mikkelsen was great and the badass Darth Vader scene was a total geekout.
Easily twice as good as the previous one, which I found just average by the way. Rogue one is intelligent, less drama, more Star Wars action and good characters. Excellent Star Wars movie. Maybe it helped that I went with little expectations. Looking forward to the next one.
Chirrut! K2! They're my new fave.
Just to change things up a bit. I thought Force Awakens was a far better movie than this one.
Rogue One is terrible for plot, pacing and dialog for the whole first 2/3 (right until they hit Scarif) and then suddenly it seems like an entirely different movie. I'd give the first 2/3 a 4/10 and the last 1/3 10/10. The first 2/3 were so bad it reminded me of Suicide Squad but with the names of planets splashed on the screen instead of DC anti-heroes. Fortunately the last 1/3 was so good that it almost made up for it.
It was obvious to me that they made large changes to the script, and the only part of the movie that didn't get cut up was the last 1/3.
Of all the things they tried, K2SO's humor, family/emotional pathos, nods to the force, absolutely nothing lands in this movie except for a couple of transports. (If you hated that joke, suffice to say those in the movie are worse; actually, were they even jokes?)
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Acting/characters- Pretty good overall. Cassian was by far the best part of the movie, K-2SO was great, Jyn was decent (not the best or worst main character, but I liked her well enough) and the rest played their part just fine. The one big gripe I have was that they may have put too many characters into this condensed story, there wasn't proper time to get to fully appreciate the pilot or the soldier who acts as the Monk's guardian but it wasn't terrible in terms of that.
Setting- All very pretty areas, but they really needed to chill out and stop switching scenery so fast. It's impossible to get the full atmospheric experience when you only see each area for around 20 minutes. They could have easily found a way to narrow the amount of planets they visited to 3 or so.
Story- pretty straightforward plot, felt natural the entire time, people made decisions that made sense and it fit well into the greater story (as it needed to considering it was made to fill a blank spot)
Sound- standard star wars, didn't do anything particularly impressive but it worked fine
Action/effects- The director of this movie clearly made sure that every single part of this movie had some sort of action to keep the blood pumping. This is maybe the most action packed Star Wars movie there is, the only one I can think that even comes close is Episode III. Because of this emphasis on action they clearly also made an effort to make it all look really good. Also there are a couple bits where they had a CGI version of Young Leia and Tarkin which I thought would be really "uncanny valley" looking and irritating to the eyes but surprisingly they seem to have surpassed it and made practically photorealistic reproductions of their faces. Really wild to watch, they still don't exactly move like human skin but it's damn close.
Random bits I want to mention- While Darth Vader's scenes were both really good I think it would've been much more powerful if he didn't have the first one where he talks to the commander and instead solely showed up as a surprise whilst boarding the rebel ships and tearing apart their soldiers
-Forest Whitaker did an absolutely awful job in this movie. I don't know what the fuck he was smoking while filming but I DON'T want some, he looked like an idiot. I wanted to separate this from the acting because it was an outlying part of it, but it needed to be mentioned.
-It's shallow, really shallow. Star Wars isn't known for depth and has outright been criticized when experimenting with it in the prequels and this movie take little to no risk. It's a very safe movie that everyone will enjoy but it never even reached for greatness.
-The ending is really good, by far the riskiest part of the whole shebang. It knows it is a self contained story and utilizes it's final 30 or so minutes to make the most out of the time it has.
The creators of Star Wars has found a way to keep us all wanting more. I finished watching Rogue One and I was ready to watch it again or just simply watch every movie again. I am that excited.
At first I wasn't really sure about it all. Seeing that everybody told me it's a whole different story from the "normal" Star Wars movies (I highly disagree there because it literally fits perfect between film 3 and 4) and I didn't know how to feel about Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso (I know, it's bitching about something not worth bitching about, but I did it anyway). I think getting the right actor for the role is so imported. It could make or break a movie. I had my doubts about Felicity but I'm taking them all back because she was so so good. Her looks fitted in perfectly. Although I do feel like once she started talking the amount of "cool" dropped a bit, perhaps because her accent is so perfect, but I don't know. I felt like it just didn't really fit once she started talking. (I'm sorry)
I always like it when I watch a real cool movie with tons of actors I don't know. I didn't really know Diego Luna, Donnie Yen, Wen Jiang or Ben Mendelsohn before Rogue One. I'm sure not to forget them now because they were all great. I liked Mads Mikkelsen as well because he is one of my favorite actors and he is amazing, that's all. (Also, small shoutout to Forest Whitaker for being cool). I enjoyed the camera work as well. It was all beautifully filmed and in the beginning there were a lot of shot containing the environment and not only the actors. That gives a lot of breathing space and I think is a great way to build up the movie towards the action filled parts.
Rogue One did a great job at telling its story, with beautiful camerawork and great actors. It got me all hyped up about the Star Wars universe again and I can't wait to see more.
At first I thought this movie was going to be all about "original trilogy", but this movie actually explains some plot from the original movies for the fans who only watch the movies. I love the reference about hope and the final scene with Darth Vadar and Princess Leia as the beginning of A New Hope.This is not like a remake of any Star Wars movie, this is more than that. It tells the story of all rebellions and their sacrifices which is really really touching to me. This movie did an excellent job to have the old material(C-3PO, R2-D2 and so on) and the new ones. Anyone can understand this movie.
And Darth Vadar scene is incredible.
The Vader scene was freaking amazing <3
Fast, action movie with secondary plot without deeper thoughts from the main saga. But it is Star Wars film so as for now - must see! :)
Not as brilliant as "The force awakens", bit still great and so much better than a lot of people feared when only a year has passed since the last Star Wars movie was out.
I think the newly introduced characters are not as great as the ones from the original films (but since a lot of them died during the film, they may be thought they shouldn't create characters that the audience loves and therefore is severely disappointed when the die, but still much better than ones featuring in "of the rack" action flicks.
The scenery was great and I thought the beautiful planet of Scarif a nice touch and good contrast to the mostly grim planets depicted in star wars movies! What I missed was a great new type of star ship, but that's not that crucial.
Plot-wise it fits perfectly between Episode III and IV and features (as always) a lot of action! I really enjoyed it and look very much forward to the next Star Wars movie: keep up the good work, Disney!!!
Started off quite slow, but got really good after she got the message from her father.
Of the entire series, I'd say its a solid 3rd quality and entertainment wise which was a wonderful surprise.
If only all the other Star Wars movies were as good as this one. For me this even beats the original 4-6 trilogy.
While all other movies try to mix a bit of everything (drama, fairy-tales, humor, action, politics etc), this one is dedicated to those who prefer a more darker and realistic approach. The plot is full of really brave decisions and gives you almost no hints on how the movie will progress. The characters are really interesting and likable.
Unlinke 1-3, all technology and CGI fits in perfectly with 4-7.
If you loved games like X-Wing, Tie-Fighter etc. you must watch this. If not, go watch it anyway.
for me a clear 10/10
Who know that Jimmy Smits would be the best thing to come out of the prequels.
As a star wars fan am pleased. Totally delivered on the dark nature of the story and the tie into the rest of the Star Wars Universe got me 'geekying out' like a ten year old. Need to do this again!!
Tremendously better than "the force awakens"
Its not that i didn't enjoy it i like it but not that much. K-2S0 was the best thing of the movie with some genius comic relief. The characters where good develop, the dialog could be better and the use of the word "force" could be less. I enjoy the ending with the dying of the main characters and not a simple cliche rescue, the CGI of princess leia gave a good tone
Rogue One!!! Excelente película!!!
I wasn't sure what I'd think going in. Already knew how it would end...spoiler alert they get the plans. However everything about this movie was awesome. I wanted to stand up and cheer for the heroes of the movie, the action scenes were incredible, the cinematography was amazing and the scene near the end with Vader was awesome. I'd give it a million likes if I could. Going back after Christmas to see it again with my daughters. They aren't big Star Wars fans but I know they'll love it. Besides can't help but show them another movie with a kick ass female in it.
Not as amazing as everyone said. Lack of character development to really care about Jyn and his friends. Some appeareances truly anecdotic (Forest Withaker is an example) and the rest of it is outstanding, special effects and all that.
I liked, as they carry the film, the cameos, tributes, although the end is already known by episode 4, you see how they do
A great story without the "whining-ness" that is the Skywalker-gene (prequel Anakin, current Kylo Ren). It was weird seeing a Jedi not using force push or a lightsaber. Now for some spoilers: Darth Vader was brutal, Leia has an appearance, Darksaber is mentioned, and all the main characters -- even the droid -- sacrifice themselves for the cause. It did feel weird not a seeing an intro scroll at the beginning, like every other SW movie, but it was nice seeing completely new characters, not related to the original movie's characters, with their own background and desires. Suffice to say, it dragged somewhat, but you won't be disappointed by the ending.
OMG OMG god damn amazing!!!!!!....Gareth Edwards is a incredible director and took Star Wars too the top again, this film was just amazing
Walked in with high expectations and this movie hit it dead on. Though the beginning was a little sporadic the rest of the movie lived up to what it was meant to be "a Star Wars story". Worth the watch.
Rogue One is a welcome addition to the Star Wars universe with a perfect balance of classic characters and new ones. Rogue One did essentially everything I wanted it to do. Gareth Edwards and the whole cast need a round of applause. It also remains a pretty ballsy move by Disney as this movie may not be as universally appealing as the other films in the franchise.
The Empire is making a thing called the Death Star that can blow up planets. Boom, I hit you with a spoiler there. If you don't want other spoilers, stop reading and go watch it.
So this is what I wanted last year. Here is a very distinct, original story. Of course, we know where it is going, but the way we get there isn't just one of the movies redone. This is a big deal, and hopefully it will continue this way with the majority of the future films in this franchise.
Starting off, I really like the entire cast. Big roles to small roles, all were very entertaining. The only downside in my book was seeing Mads Mikkelsen get too little screen time. I wish he had made it to the final battle to kill people. And eat them? Out of character, but I'd have been fine with it.
There were, however, two people in this that really made me happy. First, our new droid K-2SO is so entertaining. I don't always love comedy relief in movies like this, but he wasn't there just to be a joke. His character actually had an arc. I genuinely felt sad when he got gunned down in the end, more so than any other character who died (like, everyone).
Second, I love Tarkin. Not just in this, but in everything. He is such an awesome character; the general who can even chastise Vader. I like that he is a calm and level headed evil Hitler guy. Peter Cushing just stepped into that role and owned scenes in A New Hope. So, I'm very happy seeing him post death in this one. Enough to not care about the CGI face. Can I tell it isn't real? Obviously. Does it bother me? Not in the slightest. This is how we resurrect great actors. You hear me Peter O'Toole? I want a Lawrence of America spinoff.
Action scenes in this are a lot of fun. We are going back to cool ground and airfare fights at the same time. That opening ISIS fight is pretty cool, but the big deal is obviously the finale. They use each team character pretty well, and they kill them each in a fun way. The X-Wings also get us back in that classic "Red Something checking in" vibe. Yet, the way the fight has to go down is certainly different. Zooming into the blue shield thingy around the planet is a fun way to explode people.
Unfortunately, the film is not without flaws. I almost think the main things I have issues with are due to the studio reshoots though. They do way too many "call backs" to other films. Do C3PO and R2-D2 really need to make an appearance? Or, specifically, do they need a full shot of them? They could just walk past or something, and do the same job without looking so hokey. There are a few more of these, some more apparent than others, and I think it just keeps the movie from being more of a quality film.
Of all of those though, The one thing that stands out to me is Vader. I get it, they put him in to bring in the cash. As a business move, makes sense. But can you imagine not expecting him in it at all? Then right at the end of the film you see his saber pop out of that smoke while he boards the ship to flow into A New Hope? Instead we hear old man James Earl Jones voice him for a weird convo that doesn't need to happen at all in the middle of the movie.
Finally, I do need to point out that the soundtrack to this is pretty damn fantastic. Giacchinno matches the Star Wars style perfectly, but makes it a bit distinct at the same time. I've already listened through the soundtrack 3 times in the past 2 days, and I'm enjoying it more and more. This is clearly his test to take over the main films when John Williams stops. He's already filled the shoes on Jurassic Park, so I genuinely think he's the child of John Williams.
All in all, this is one of the best films in the franchise. Here is my ranking list below:
Current Star Wars Rankings:
The Empire Strikes Back 5
Star Wars 5
Rogue One 4.5
Return of the Jedi 4
Revenge of the Sith 3
Force Awakens 3
Attack of the Clones 1.5
The Phantom Menace 1
By far the best prequel of a film franchise i've ever seen... has prequels go.. the force is strong in this one... that really does live up to the 4th, 5th, 6th... to the sound tracks, to the effects, the picture, the one liners, and the cast.. unbelievable... it's great to be alive!
It was epic, I left with that buzz of excitement that only Star Wars can offer.
It fits in very well with the rest of the film's and really enhances the full story. Just wanted to get back and watch A New Hope as soon as I got home.
My only concern is that because it was good it will just open the flood gates, and for the next 10 years we'll get an overload of "additional" film's. I don't want it to become what Marvel has, who seem to just be churning out film's, some are good some are bad, they're just playing the odds.
Lucasfilm should focus on good solid film's only, as a fan I am willing to wait a few years between to really get the best films.
The end with Vader, just absolutely epic, brings back that unmistakable feeling I had as a child watching the originals, he is so damn badass. For the whole thing I was trying to work out where this film fits, I knew it fell between "Revenge" and "Hope" but I do like that it is near immediately before "Hope", really makes a New Hope more dramatic
***1/2: Spoiler: A gloomy and probably unnecessary StarWars story it is. However the film is so well acted and well done that it's definitely not bad.
While there's some pretty bad ass Vader appearances. Which
makes us forget the disappointing last time we saw Vader on the big screen in 2005. He gets way cooler lines than "Where's Padme ?" and "Noooooo!" ”
I also liked how they used to bring back dead actors from the original or to make certain actors from the original look younger. They should make a First Order film leading into Force Awakens and use that effect.
My complaint is something that hit me after the film. This a big spoiler: Just that after anyone part of the Rogue One team does their part of the mission, then they're expendable like right after. Time for them to die. Which happens one by one after each character has done what they were supposed to. I didn't expect any survivors from the start but the way it was done was some-what lazy.
For me, paint by numbers. From the beginning it was obvious how it ends. Boring.
This movie was perfect from beginning to end! Never thought i would see all those places and people on the big screen again!!
I wasn't prepared for goosebumps on top of my goosebumps. Felt like i was 7 again.... JUST OUTSTANDING!
Everyone is talking about the final third act of Rogue One. Few minor quibbles aside, the third act is simply incredible, easily worthy of top 3 Star Wars films.
The first half is a bit more problematic. Aside from Jyn Erso and Diego Luna, the character development is almost non existent. Most of the secondary characters are reduced to stereotypes. For me, the most disappointing is Donnie Yen, who could've been one of the coolest force sensitive characters. Instead Chirrut Imwe gets the Darth Maul treatment, uttering corny lines while looking as cool as he can. For me, only Alan Tudyk's K-2SO managed to rise with dry delivery.
Limited character development and pacing on the first half aside, the film does an impressive job setting up the atmosphere and introducing new worlds and new species of aliens. That is not to say the film doesn't pay a fair share of homage to the original trilogy, most rendered very convincingly in CGI. Some gave me goosebumps. But Rogue One is restrained and does not go overboard in "trying to fit in" like The Force Awakens. It carves its own style and solidifying "A Star Wars Story" as a franchise worthy of standing on its own legs, rather than playing a second fiddle.
The opening shot is almost shocking and when the title pops up, it screams confidence. Michael Giacchino's score blends in just the right amount of John Williams and his own signature style. And everything from the costume, set design, and dog fights look and feel convincing.
All in all, I am very impressed with Rogue One, much more so than The Force Awakens which I also enjoyed. I left the theater feeling extremely satisfied. I strongly suspect Rogue One will age well, unlike the prequels.
I had a good feeling about this...since they announced the movie plot. I just thought it could have been a great part of the star wars mithology to look into, and the first time ever since 1978 a (risky) chance to openly sideline the main movies storyline. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem (regardless its up and downs) with the Skywalker's saga, but at this point even without taking into account the expandend universe Star Wars built a vivid and structured universe with so many things untold to add or other things simply hinted but ready to be developed.
So...i liked this movie alot for the aforementioned reasons since it was just a concept, and now more than ever as finished movie being to me somehow the first "new" Star Wars movie since Episode IV. As we all know Lucas had an original story and couldn't squeeze it into a single movie (and a single budget in those days) so it delivered its vision in three parts. But it was just a single story but with such a powerful vision that once the movies ended the universe around them kept living and growing on itself in popular culture.
Since a was a kid playing with my Star Wars toys I had my own stories happening in the Star Wars universe Beyond the movie events, my x-wings were always diving into some attack well after the Battle of Yavin, stormtroopers and rebels where caught in endless fights in some hidden base under my bed or securing secret data in strategic lookouts over my desk.
That's where Rogue One is (finally) happening. It's a zooming in and out over a huge landscape of the saga, somehow far from where much greater powers and characters are at work, the get right to that tiny spot that you knew was there but never took the time to appreciate all the difference it made.
Edwards manage to accomplish many not so easy goals all at once, first Rogue One boldly moves away from the storytelling tone of all its predecessors but still cleverly keeping its roots alive inheriting part of the mood of the Empire Strikes Back, not by chance generally considered the darker movie in the classic trilogy.
From there he builds up a strong, well paced war movie in a far, far away galaxy thanks to a set of solid characters and especially in the first half a stellar screenplay and editing that interwine various plots and happenings. If there is something I could criticize of the movie is that actually the final part loose a bit its keen focus on characters to leave more space to the action. On the other hand a price every aviation or space opera fans will gladly pay to see what will likely remain for some time the greatest space fighter scene ever. The Rebel Alliance attack on Scarif is simply aviation dogfights porn.
And it's amazing thinking that what we are witnessing it's kind of the tiny story compared to the overall Star Wars saga happenings we already know; but again Edwards hits the target dosing the screen time of the most iconic characters, like some punchy chorus in a good song he knows where and how to make Darth Vader have its powerful entrance. Moff Tarkin, R2 and C3PO, Leia as Vader himself even in their small screen time are like towering elements on the background, bringing depth, scale and framing to an already vivid picture.
Last but not least Rogue One without getting into too deep waters remaining an entertainment product, strikes that difficult balance between been a war movie and a movie about war, where the first holds the powerful epic of the sacrifice for some higher belief with the unarguable cinematic power of war scenes, while the second weight is to the more jaded vision where circumstances makes us what we are, and once your innocence is lost there is no turning back or true redemption. Just dealing with what we have done and making our best to stay true to why we did it.
In Rogue One too, wars not make one great.
That would have been a great, though a bit too revealing tagline I guess...
Let me begin by saying that the movie definitely had pacing issues. It moves slow in the beginning and although it is quite interesting it takes a while to capture you. I'd even go as far and say that it takes more than half of the movie to do so. But once it does, boy, Rogue One grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go until the credits roll. The last half hour of the movie is EASILY and I don't say that lightly, the best Star Wars has ever been. It even manages to make A New Hope better because of the decisions that Gareth Edwards made in Rogue One. I don't know about you, but I can think of exactly ZERO movies that have made their original inspiration even better.
In many ways it follows the structure of a standard Star Wars film, and it kind of feels like it was made to sell tickets, but you know what? They figured out exactly how to play with the formula to make a satisfying movie. There were no glaring flaws (although I just came from watching, so maybe I'll think of something tomorrow). They tried with all their might to appeal to the fanboy and fangirl in all of us who can't help but be delighted by every easter egg to A New Hope, every connection and every character, and ultimately it made for a quite enjoyable film. Bottom line: it's not exactly Star Wars, it's trying to test how far a Star Wars spin-off can go in terms of separating itself from the films that came before it. It tries to be fresh and different, but not too much. Takeaway from this ramble: in terms of the franchise, Rogue One may not be the main course, but it's a joy to get to enjoy it on the side
What The Force Awakens should have been
This movies looks and feels like the original trilogy. Also, I can't help but compare it with last year's episode VII which I didn't like at all. Both movies have a female lead character and that is great. But while everyone is still wondering who is Rey and what is her link to the Jedi, Jyn Erso story is told in a more satisfying way. Cassian is everything Poe Dameron should have been. But what really makes this movie a great addition to the Star Wars franchise is that it is the first true prequel to A New Hope, this movie ends right where Episode IV begins and it allows us to a classic with an enriched background story, which is really great.
Is it odd that Dodgeball's Steve the Pirate is in this?
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Sooo...this was way better than feared.
I put out watching this one for a long time. Mainly because I feared it would not live up to the hype.
I was wrong...it's actually quite good...or rather...the last half or so is good. The first half was kind of meh. I know I have to explain that better, but it just felt too long...too drawn out. It wasn't bad, but not worthy of a Star Wars movie either.
The special effects and CGI was great except for a certain character that ruined the immersion something fierce.
The acting was good all around, except for a few very goofy lines delivered in a very weird way. Almost like the actor wasn't sure about what they were saying.
All-in-all...if Rogue One sets the standard for the "in-between" Star Wars movies...I'll never put out watching one of them again.