Ok, here goes....
Did their story need to be told, of course not it didn't and it also could've been told a million different ways.
But whatever, it's a new SW movie, i'm there, the OT era can't be alone forever.
I went into this spoiler free and this time it helped tremendously, seeing some scenes and cameos materialize absolutely floored me.
I was angry watching TFA opening night but I have since come to peace with it.
This movie created no anger in me, instead I watched a very Star Wars looking and feeling movie and that brought me great joy I have not felt since 1983.
If anything, the aliens and space battles in this really makes TFA pale in comparison.
This movie deserves the crawl, not TFA.
This is how I wanted to feel last year!
Ok, i'm going to jump all over the place here.
The first (slow) hour was its weakest, but not horrible either and the 3rd act more than made up for it.
Some non existent character building and some characters that were not even required.
Donnie Yen kicked ass but was his character really needed, funny line given to him though and his delivery of it was perfect.
Yeah the rebellion voting not to attack just to attack anyways later on felt forced just to create tension but you know what, whatever, it worked in the sense that it allowed for a great calvary fist pounding arrival excitement.
Unfortunately I didn't not think that the soundtrack was all that good.
Krennic was good, he looks amazing but I see some are saying he was a pushover bullied by Tarkin lol.
So here's the thing, maybe that's how it should be. I'm sure Disney had major discussions on if Krennic should be more evil and powerful than Tarkin or if he should be a pushover and I think they made the right decision keeping Tarkin the alpha Nazi. Even when Tarkin was giving praise to Krennic you just knew he was up to no good lol.
Krennic being taken out by a weapon that he said look beautiful while destroying a planet was truly proper justice done right.
Good job on Disney going dark with these character arcs, made Leia's hope comment all the more poignant.
Btw Tarking looked like Tarkin this time lol. Sorry Lucas your attempt failed.
Vader, while quirky in an way, was an absolute beast in that last scene, an absolute beast.
The WARS part was strong in this movie, brilliant for going there.
They all had to die, we all knew that going in but honestly it was still powerful seeing Jyn and her group being taken out, especially by a weapon her father created, killed his daughter..yikes..powerful stuff.
The aliens were absolutely fantastic in this, felt much more SW than TFA did. Great looking aliens and lots of them. Evazan's cameo had my jaw on the ground.
Gold leader's cameo floored me.
Leia's cameo absolutely knocked me out, mind = blown.
The X-Wing's were slowed down which is much more bad ass than their fast counter parts in TFA.
Yes I know some will hate seeing women in the squadron but what are you going to do, I didn't let it bother me.
Great call back to ROTJ with the Star Destroyer nose diving causing destruction.
Jesus H Christ seeing the rebel fleet coming in out of hyper drive just melted me lol.
I almost gave up on the non existent 3D until the 3rd act came in and made it very worthwhile, just gorgeous and I don't want to ever watch that 3rd act in non 3D!
Death Star was freaking gorgeous and menacing.
Vader's planet rocked!
Great heroic moments in this.
Planet destructions very well handled.
Rebellion was well handled, dirty and morally grey at times.
So in a way this is like ROTJ but does it have more or less weak parts than ROTJ is the question.
I need more viewings before I decide where it stands to ROTJ.
For me ROTJ > TFA.
This movie could've easily been a disaster, an absolute disaster.
Instead...I got a very good SW movie tonight and even with it being better than TFA, Disney has now earned my full trust.
As more comes to mind I will post, for now just understand that the 3rd act is going to blow you away!
