Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *SPOILERS*

[xipotec]

The movie started to lose me as it progressed, but Tarkin and Vader pulled me back in.

This sums up how I felt.

Its a decent 7/10 as I said opening night. WAY too much fan service ....

Gareth: Remember these guys from ANH? How bout these guys? Remember this droid and this ship?

Meanwhile, we got several very dull and unneeded new characters . Saw was a waste of time and just another "know this guy?" by Gareth. They had a great opportunity with Carrion.....er Cassion.....his redemption fell flat....would have been more interesting if he failed Jyn or we got more a reason as to why he was a dedicated rebel beside " I lost someone also"

K2 had a few good lines, I just wish they did more with him, perhaps more hand to hand combat or a threat his programming would be glitchy.

Chir and Baze were a good start, there is just not enough time to develop their story in 2 hours. What I would have loved is a "fox hole" story about them.

Its really difficult to give it a higher rating when 2/3 of the film is slow and not very interesting.

I understand he wanted a slow burn and huge 3rd act, but I could almost predict when the "remember this" moments were inserted to keep us engaged.

Solid fun film for sure, definite re-watch and will end up on my Plex server, but I liked TFA more.....not much more, but more.

Here is a question from wifey, and a good one at that....

Are we meant to think ANY of these people are force sensitive or force users???????


My entire family thinks so.....



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[Khev]

Oh man that is super lolz.

Other movies ruined by their endings:

Raiders
Die Hard
Aliens
T2

Totally.

He also said that Rudy was great until he sacked the quarterback at the end.

 

[jye4ever]

I always thought the ending stand off at the cemetery in The Good the Bad and the Ugly held that movie back from greatness.

 

[Khev]

I always thought the ending stand off at the cemetery in The Good the Bad and the Ugly held that movie back from greatness.

lolz

Obviously people can feel however they want about whatever part of the movie but for me the Battle of Scarif is up there with Helm's Deep, RW Tanker chase, Heat shootout, etc., as this transcendent action sequence in an already good to great film. This is one of those "this will be a day long remembered" moments for sure.

I've noticed a few major articles (including Rolling Stone Magazine) singing the praises of LFL for actually *ending* a story on screen. Sure RO precedes ANH and features a proverbial passing of the torch to Leia but with regard to the main characters in the film we see the beginning and end of each and every one. At first I thought "well the Rogue One Team is never seen in the Rebellion so they kind of didn't have a choice" but they really did. They could have easily had RO kick start the "Chronicles of Jyn" and just said that during ANH the reason she wasn't on Yavin was because she was off running missions for Mon Mothma and Admiral Ackbar or the Echo Base commander (all of whom were also missing from Yavin during the DS Attack.) They had three years of adventures between ANH and ESB they could have milked. Bravo to LFL for giving us a real movie and not just another unfinished segue into further adventures.

 

[DiFabio]

the Battle of Scarif is up there with Helm's Deep, RW Tanker chase, Heat shootout, etc., as this transcendent action sequence in an already good to great film. This is one of those "this will be a day long remembered" moments for sure.

 

[jye4ever]

Yup, well said.

When those X-Wings nose dived towards the shield entrance I was on the edge of my seat feeling so alive and energetic, complete opposite of my depression during TFA opening night screening.

Khev, it dawned on me that ANH plan involved Luke sending his torpedo "into" the death star shaft (yeah I know sounds dirty) while RO plan required the rebels sending data out of the planet thru a similar small opening.

 

[Khev]

Don't you be disrespecting *****.

Yup, well said.

When those X-Wings nose dived towards the shield entrance I was on the edge of my seat feeling so alive and energetic, complete opposite of my depression during TFA opening night screening.

Khev, it dawned on me that ANH plan involved Luke sending his torpedo "into" the death star shaft (yeah I know sounds dirty) while RO plan required the rebels sending data out of the planet thru a similar small opening.

And both occurring within seconds of Tarkin smugly giving the order to fire. Of course he was hella cocky at the end of ANH, in his mind he was indestructible.

 

[DiFabio]

Captain Khev, this time you have gone too far!

 

[jye4ever]

lolololololol

 

[Khev]

When those X-Wings nose dived towards the shield entrance I was on the edge of my seat feeling so alive and energetic, complete opposite of my depression during TFA opening night screening.

Because I only watched Trailer #1 and #2 I didn't even know there was going to *be* a space battle, let alone one that jaw dropping. It then became this tidal wave of awesome moments; the diving bombing you mentioned, Red and Gold Leader making appearances, the fighters shooting out Destroyer shield towers, the Hammerhead Corvette, etc., etc., etc. It was too much.

And they weren't even satisfied just having the Hammerhead push the Destroyer through the generator ring, no, they had to push it into *another* Destroyer and then send BOTH into the rings. Wow, just wow.

All intercut with a full fledged AT-ACT beach battle and Mission Impossible heist inside the base with Krennic showing up just in time to watch Tarkin obliterate him. Seriously. Just don't even get me started. That's all not counting Darth Vader!

 

[Khev]

Captain Khev, this time you have gone too far!

Don't be c-blocking my Scarif love fest!

Even you should be able to see how that sequence would have hit all the right notes and more to a lifelong SW fan who's longed to see SW battles cross over into Terminator future war/Edge of Tomorrow territory.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Don't be c-blocking my Scarif love fest!

I memba that scene!! Kewl!!

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I memba that scene!! Kewl!!

I member

 

[jye4ever]

Because I only watched Trailer #1 and #2 I didn't even know there was going to *be* a space battle, let alone one that jaw dropping. It then became this tidal wave of awesome moments; the diving bombing you mentioned, Red and Gold Leader making appearances, the fighters shooting out Destroyer shield towers, the Hammerhead Corvette, etc., etc., etc. It was too much.

And they weren't even satisfied just having the Hammerhead push the Destroyer through the generator ring, no, they had to push it into *another* Destroyer and then send BOTH into the rings. Wow, just wow.

All intercut with a full fledged AT-ACT beach battle and Mission Impossible heist inside the base with Krennic showing up just in time to watch Tarkin obliterate him. Seriously. Just don't even get me started. That's all not counting Darth Vader!

Yeah seriously!

I went in spoiler free and only trailer 1/2 knowledge so when I saw those same things I exploded into happiness.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I only watched the first trailer

 

[jye4ever]

Wow, that's pretty impressive for this day and age lol.

Can you imagine going into E8 now not seeng one single photo, article or trailer.

Impossible, I know.

The funny part is that ALL the trailers for the PT kicked serious ass!

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Wow, that's pretty impressive for this day and age lol.

I was surprised myself

 

[Khev]

The great thing with Disney's initial SW trailers is that they are 90% scenes that won't appear in the movie.

"This is a Rebellion right? I rebel."

Nope!

 

[greygoose]

All intercut with a full fledged AT-ACT beach battle and Mission Impossible heist inside the base with Krennic showing up just in time to watch Tarkin obliterate him. Seriously. Just don't even get me started. That's all not counting Darth Vader!

Such a great ending.

 

[jye4ever]

The great thing with Disney's initial SW trailers is that they are 90% scenes that won't appear in the movie.

"This is a Rebellion right? I rebel."

Nope!

lol yup

I like their approach.

Look at the Civil War trailer, Spiderman was cgi out of the tarmac lineup.

Had that been WB it would've showed the Giant Man scene lol.