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

[VintijDroidGutzz]

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

Ben Mendolsohn is great! Check Killing Them Softly, The Place Beyond the Pines, Slow West, Mississippi Grind and Animal Kingdom, he's great in every single one of those movies. However I expect him to suck and ham it up for this new Star Wars movie.

He's a pretty established Aussie actor, we've been seeing him in film & on TV for decades - well before Hollypoop.

Doesn't mean I'm a fan necessarily.

 

[pturtle]

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

He can't do an worse than that Gleeson dude in TFA, his screaming speech on that podium in TFA was painful to watch.

If the rumors about the reshoots are true and this ends up like F4 and SS, then he might give us one of the worst performances in Star Wars sans Jar Jar

 

[karamazov80]

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I thought dude in tfa was pretty great. And that is an actor with some serious range.

 

[SNIKT1950]

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I know everyone says he is great, I actually don't know him at all, so hope to be pleasantly surprised, but every pic I've seen him in he has that OTT bad guy grimace on.
No likey.

Start the Mendelsohn refresher course with ANIMAL KINGDOM (2010). Then, after that's blown your mind, watch THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (2012). From there you enter STARRED UP (for which they robbed him of an Oscar Nomination in 2013). You follow that with LOST RIVER (2014). Then you watch MISSISSIPPI GRIND (2015). Last but not least, you arrive at Netflix's BLOODLINE (2015). Once you finish the last episode - you'll be on the Mendelsohn bandwagon for life.

The most fascinating thing is that out of all the titles above he's almost never the lead actor. The guy just steals movies. He's that supporting actor that you can't get enough of and would love to see leading the film (BLOODLINE & MISSISSIPPI GRIND finally put him front and center).

He's gonna eat ROGUE ONE. Sorry, Felicity Jones & Forest Whitaker. You're up against a force of nature.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

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

You're all wrong.

You have to start with "The Year My Voice Broke."

 

[YoNoSe]

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

I'm going to start my Mendelsohn refresher course with Rogue One.

 

[RIDDICK]

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TFA was as subtle as "Godzilla vs Hedorah".

 

[karamazov80]

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Says the superfan of Batman and Robin. . .not that I'm disagreeing with you.

 

[ZaCHw117]

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If the rumors about the reshoots are true and this ends up like F4 and SS, then he might give us one of the worst performances in Star Wars sans Jar Jar

every movie has reshoots. we just know about them now because of the World Wide Web.

I thought dude in tfa was pretty great. And that is an actor with some serious range.

yeah he is great, his brotherly banter towards kylo is fun too.

 

[SNIKT1950]

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

You're all wrong.

You have to start with "The Year My Voice Broke."

I bought THE BIG STEAL and loved him in it. His pre-fame/strictly Australian career is solid, but the parts and performances are just stellar starting with ANIMAL KINGDOM.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

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There was a weird exchange between Difabs and another member the other day that seemed uncharacteristically mean. So much so that I thought I was misinterpreting it.

He wasn't banned for his joking rant reply to me which I found funny. He was banned for his insensitive and harsh exchange with another member that violated the CoC.

 

[RIDDICK]

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

He violated the CoC.

Well, at least he went out on a high note.
I mean, who wouldn't want to rustle Dave's jimmy?!

Says the superfan of Batman and Robin.

It's a guilty pleasure, dammit!
But yeah, it's just funny how TFA is mostly loved while B&R is mostly hated.

 

[jye4ever]

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If Riddick enjoys B&R as a gp movie then that cat has good taste!

 

[EVILFACE]

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He was the best thing in TFA. So over the top. In every scene. And couldn't care less about Junior Wannabe Vader and his make believe powers.

 

[pturtle]

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

Start the Mendelsohn refresher course with ANIMAL KINGDOM (2010). Then, after that's blown your mind, watch THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (2012). From there you enter STARRED UP (for which they robbed him of an Oscar Nomination in 2013). You follow that with LOST RIVER (2014). Then you watch MISSISSIPPI GRIND (2015). Last but not least, you arrive at Netflix's BLOODLINE (2015). Once you finish the last episode - you'll be on the Mendelsohn bandwagon for life.

The most fascinating thing is that out of all the titles above he's almost never the lead actor. The guy just steals movies. He's that supporting actor that you can't get enough of and would love to see leading the film (BLOODLINE & MISSISSIPPI GRIND finally put him front and center).

He's gonna eat ROGUE ONE. Sorry, Felicity Jones & Forest Whitaker. You're up against a force of nature.

I forgot about Starred Up, yea, he was great in that too. Bloodline he's great in but I'm just not a fan of the show at all so I didn't want to recommend it


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[pturtle]

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

every movie has reshoots. we just know about them now because of the World Wide Web.



yeah he is great, his brotherly banter towards kylo is fun too.

I was talking about specific kind of reshoots though, the kind that drastically turns one movie into something else

He's a pretty established Aussie actor, we've been seeing him in film & on TV for decades - well before Hollypoop.

Doesn't mean I'm a fan necessarily.

I haven't seen much of his Aussie stuff outside of Animal Kingdom. I know he's been in the game since he was a teenager though.


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[RavenEye]

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Honestly this character would have been better sadistically smiling.

 

[Spartan Rex]

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[spindrift]

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This film supposedly got 40% of it reshot- now that is amazing in itself

 

[jye4ever]

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That almost makes it a Rogue 1.5.