Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *SPOILERS*
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Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED*
No spoilers allowed?
I will never see this movie. Come on...somebody please spoil the hell out of it in one handy post with ALL spoilers from the whole thing.
Please.
No spoilers allowed?
I will never see this movie. Come on...somebody please spoil the hell out of it in one handy post with ALL spoilers from the whole thing.
Please.
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Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED*
that movie was not intended for practical 3D...
psychedelics... lsd or even magic mushroomz is enough
that movie was not intended for practical 3D...
psychedelics... lsd or even magic mushroomz is enough
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Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED*
Well reviews are still warm but more mixed. This one worries me..
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/r...is-it-time-to-abandon-the-star-wars-franchise
"Lobotomized and depersonalized, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” the latest entry in the film franchise, is a pure and perfect product that makes last year’s flavor, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” feel like an exemplar of hands-on humanistic warmth and dramatic intimacy. Sure, J. J. Abrams’s movie offered merely effectively packaged simulacra of such values—but at least he tried. The director of “Rogue One,” Gareth Edwards, has stepped into a mythopoetic stew so half-baked and overcooked, a morass of pre-instantly overanalyzed implications of such shuddering impact to the series’ fundamentalists, that he lumbers through, seemingly stunned or constrained or cautious to the vanishing point of passivity, and lets neither the characters nor the formidable cast of actors nor even the special effects, of which he has previously proved himself to be a master, come anywhere close to life."
Well reviews are still warm but more mixed. This one worries me..
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/r...is-it-time-to-abandon-the-star-wars-franchise
"Lobotomized and depersonalized, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” the latest entry in the film franchise, is a pure and perfect product that makes last year’s flavor, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” feel like an exemplar of hands-on humanistic warmth and dramatic intimacy. Sure, J. J. Abrams’s movie offered merely effectively packaged simulacra of such values—but at least he tried. The director of “Rogue One,” Gareth Edwards, has stepped into a mythopoetic stew so half-baked and overcooked, a morass of pre-instantly overanalyzed implications of such shuddering impact to the series’ fundamentalists, that he lumbers through, seemingly stunned or constrained or cautious to the vanishing point of passivity, and lets neither the characters nor the formidable cast of actors nor even the special effects, of which he has previously proved himself to be a master, come anywhere close to life."
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED*
I was not dissapointed by this movie.
I really enjoyed it.
Some real spoilers(seriously, don't read).
That guy is way off.
I was not dissapointed by this movie.
I really enjoyed it.
Some real spoilers(seriously, don't read).
Movie starts a bit slowly, a bit to many cuts between planets IMO but it's in a way necessary to set up everything. It gains momentum and escalates. The scenes is the rain on Edau look amazing.the final battle in both space and on Scarif is intense and the movie was a fun ride, the last 1.5 hours flew by after a bit slow start.
It definately has the star wars feeling. I didn't really think about the aliens and other things in the background, they just feel natural and it definately feels like it's taking place in the SW Universe.
Acting is great, Felicity steals the show for me, great job. Cassian and the other teammembers do a good job to. Not 100% sold on K-2SO, a bit to much comedy for me but it works in a way.
Krennic is great, a good performance and you get a real feel for his ambition and ruthlessness.
Tarkin is a welcome addition, IMO the CGI is almost uncanny valley and the voice isn't 100 % but the whole package still works for me. A couple of other characters from ANH that are CGI like Red Leader and Leia also look convincing.
Vader (yes that codpiece is huge!
) feels menacing, even though they didn't quite nail Prowse body language. James Earl Jones sounds good as always. And he kicks ass in the last few minutes, you don't want to be a ordinary trooper facing Vader. Not much screen time but memorable.
The special effects are good, the 3D is good but not overwhelming. Soundtrack is good. Lots of very nice camera work, some beautiful scenes in this movie.
The first time the Death Star fires (on a city on Jedha)! OMG you can feel that destructive power and it's only a weak blast.
And kudos to Disney for killing off everyone, not going the "they were around all along you just didn't see them in the OT" way.
I enjoyed this much more then TFA, and I like TFA.
It definately has the star wars feeling. I didn't really think about the aliens and other things in the background, they just feel natural and it definately feels like it's taking place in the SW Universe.
Acting is great, Felicity steals the show for me, great job. Cassian and the other teammembers do a good job to. Not 100% sold on K-2SO, a bit to much comedy for me but it works in a way.
Krennic is great, a good performance and you get a real feel for his ambition and ruthlessness.
Tarkin is a welcome addition, IMO the CGI is almost uncanny valley and the voice isn't 100 % but the whole package still works for me. A couple of other characters from ANH that are CGI like Red Leader and Leia also look convincing.
Vader (yes that codpiece is huge!
) feels menacing, even though they didn't quite nail Prowse body language. James Earl Jones sounds good as always. And he kicks ass in the last few minutes, you don't want to be a ordinary trooper facing Vader. Not much screen time but memorable.The special effects are good, the 3D is good but not overwhelming. Soundtrack is good. Lots of very nice camera work, some beautiful scenes in this movie.
The first time the Death Star fires (on a city on Jedha)! OMG you can feel that destructive power and it's only a weak blast.
And kudos to Disney for killing off everyone, not going the "they were around all along you just didn't see them in the OT" way.
I enjoyed this much more then TFA, and I like TFA.
That guy is way off.
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED*
Without fail, writers who use a lot of alliteration usually do so to hide a lack of substance. Also reviewers who use words like mythopoetic. Also reviewers who use words.
Without fail, writers who use a lot of alliteration usually do so to hide a lack of substance. Also reviewers who use words like mythopoetic. Also reviewers who use words.
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jye4ever
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Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED*
Wow I see that it went up to 84%, Disney will get it to 90.
They better or I won't go see it.
Wow I see that it went up to 84%, Disney will get it to 90.
They better or I won't go see it.
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Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED*
Just saw it.
Just saw it.
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED*
I had a similar thought after reading that. I hope the rest of his review was more intelligible.
I had a similar thought after reading that. I hope the rest of his review was more intelligible.
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Anybody who has ever written or graded a BS college paper can recognize it when they see it.
Anybody who has ever written or graded a BS college paper can recognize it when they see it.
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Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED*
Annnnnnd?
Just saw it.
Annnnnnd?
The Clown Prince of Crime
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Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED*
84%? That's means it's as good as Batman Begins!
84%? That's means it's as good as Batman Begins!
Knightstalker
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Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED*
I just saw it as well, I thought it was fantastic.
I just saw it as well, I thought it was fantastic.
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED*
Just saw it...wow, it felt like I was watching one of the OT. They really nailed the old SW aesthetic, and didn't pull any punches with the story and characters. More of these 'in between' films would awesome if they can maintain this level of quality.
Just saw it...wow, it felt like I was watching one of the OT. They really nailed the old SW aesthetic, and didn't pull any punches with the story and characters. More of these 'in between' films would awesome if they can maintain this level of quality.
Knightstalker
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Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED*
Yeah they really brought it home with this one. After TFA, which I really didn't like, this Rogue One has restored a bit of faith.
Yeah they really brought it home with this one. After TFA, which I really didn't like, this Rogue One has restored a bit of faith.
Re: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *NO SPOILERS ALLOWED*
I liked TFA but Rogue One is alot better.
I liked TFA but Rogue One is alot better.
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