Star Wars: Rogue One
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- CygnusZero40
Kinda worried about this. I hope its great and have tickets booked for it, but some of the trailers make it look a little lame, and others it looks really good.
I dont like what Ive seen from Felicity Jones. She seems really wooden in all of the trailers, no emotion or anything.
- jesus, you make these two guys look happy
https://s-media-cach…Bluejam - Cygnus can't wait to hate. Getting preemptive already.monospaced
- Cygnus - get away from the net, from ign and the bs echo chamber.... and hopefully enjoy this shit like a little kid! That's what Star Wars is all about.inteliboy
- he has a point - acting seems bad - but has SW ever had non-wooden acting hafadein11
- jesus, you make these two guys look happy
- ApeRobot1
super hyped about it.
- yeah, same here.
one thing that has crossed my mind, from the trailers it looks like the battle on Scarif is more guns blazing ...Bluejam - ... than the death star battle (from NH) from a cinematic point of view which kinda doesn't make sense.Bluejam
- but then again, its fucking star warsBluejam
- cannot wait - looks like it is going to be everything EPVII wasn't.fadein11
- midnight showing booked againfadein11
- yeah, same here.
- inteliboy3
even if this new Star Wars film is not great, at least there's some damn cinematic craft going on here.
Sadly missing from film these days.... the raptor eye looking through the ferns, liquid terminator emerging from the fire, bullet time neo, Ripley holding a flamethrower etc etc
Try and name a single shot or moment from the many years of super hero films that are iconic in any way. It's all just a blur of uninspired bullshit, but it's all great because r.downey Jnr is cracking wise!
- eh, could it be rose colored glasses nostalgia?dorkKn1ght
- I have to agree, indy shooting the sword dude, Jack Nicholson axing the door, Jule's speech in pulp fiction, the ear scene in res. dogs, joker's delayed bomb_niko
- everything nowadays is let's see how much cgi crap we can throw on the screen at once. Confusing and utterly forgettable. I think George Lucas and his dumb_niko
- prequels ushered in this era. Give me rent boy disappearing into the toilet or any scene in any kubric film any day._niko
- No so much CGi's fault. Its more studio execs not giving a shit about stories. Now we have to cater for Chinas market. Things are getting dire.mugwart
- fadein113
Wow - 9/10.
Nerd heaven.
- robthelad1
yeyeyeye great reviews so far...
- autoflavour0
just watched..
ok..
entertaining definitely.
lots of stylistic departures from the originals.. small things that just felt like they were forced..spoilers following.. so dont read
first of all, no crawl.
i guess their argument is that this fits neatly between 3 and 4 .. so its not technically an episode.. also as you watch, you realise how neatly they join the 2 trilogies..but still.. CRAWL
the film title itself is weird outlined font, feels like a film student made it..
and then the even stranger star war's theme but not star wars theme.. it was jarring ..
the music in general kept hinting at the originals, but not in a homage kind of way, but a "we know people already like this, so we are going to just tweak it a bit".. even phantom menace, for all its flaws and shit, had a strong soundtrack.. themes you would remember..
Sadly, Rogue one continues Force Awakens in that regard.. no ear worm themes..
another interesting addition were the constant titles of each planet they went to .. it felt like some weird documentary..
in fact there were quite a few parts to this film that left me feeling like this..
safe choices with enough variation to not be able to say its just an echo .
c3po and r2d2 didnt need a scene.. especially given its length
Generally the acting was pretty good.. some very clunky dialogue tho..
3D General Moff Tarkin and Princess Leia were convincing, but there was just no way to suspend the knowledge they were 3d.. not because they werent well rendered, but as you just know what Carrie Fisher and Peter Cushing look like now days.. (old and dead)
the dead eye syndrome still isnt resolved.
lots of shooting, lots of fighting.. felt a bit obvious..
and once again, a fucking story about a father and a child..
Interestingly I watched it 9:30pm Day of release here in Sydney and the cinema was about 2/3 empty.. more even..
which was definitely strange.It really didnt leave me a burning desire to return to see it again.. i just watched force awakens a few days ago, and while different, it felt at least it was painting within the lines.. Rogue one definitely felt like Disney was wanting to break off some of the expectations star wars fans will have of a stars wars film while not actually making enough move bold enough to feel it was necessary..
blah blah i know its just a film, and its always going to be held against an impossible standard and memory.. and it wasnt all bad.. it just didnt engage me as much as force awakens did..
now granted Force Awakens was just rehashing tropes that would trigger emotional response.. but every time Rogue one attempted that, it just felt forced or worse, expected ..visually some nice stuff, but also just felt a lot of generic explosions and paint by numbers stuff..
- just watched force awakens AGAIN a few days agoautoflavour
- "the dead eye syndrome still isnt resolved." +1pablo28
- really? It's like we watched 2 different films. I take it you liked force awakens? This was definitely for the fans who were disappointed by thatfadein11
- trajan, the movie font! yeah, no crawljaylarson
- autoflavour0
K-2SO had some of the best lines, and mostly the jokes hit..
- CygnusZero40
Seeing it sat night. Fairly excited but not jumping out of my shoes. Its getting good review though. I think im more excited about K2SO more than anything else. I love sarcastic asshole robots. There was one in that knights of the old republic game.
- he's worth the wait.fadein11
- The hk droid that called organics 'meatbags'terry_cloth
- yep thats himCygnusZero4
- mugwart0
Trying to skip over the spoilers - just want to know is it 7 year old friendly? Love to take my kid to see this
- It's supposed to be a bit gritty and intense as SW goes.ETM
- force awakens was definitely more child unfriendly.. that said, there is lots of storm troopers being shot and blown upautoflavour
- it depends on your 7 year old i guessautoflavour
- yep not v.kid friendlyfadein11
- A lot of talk about this with friends. It's Star Wars, right? I know it's PG-13, but I would hope that the parenting skills can guide a younger kid through.bezoar
- Kids can watch it with no worries, it's not The Exorcist - but not sure they would all enjoy it - it's a boy's film and quite grim at times.fadein11
- He's a great kid. Normally wouldn't hesitate but he's going through a lot this moment. ill try and check it out first!mugwart
- since19790
- At the Jedi Temple... killed the little Padawans.ETM
- "and he was a good friend."CygnusZero4
- The prequels never happened.face_melter
- What prequels?ETM
- The ones that the millennials likesince1979
- What millennials?ETM
- the millennium falcons of coursemonospaced
- Aluminium falconpango
- utopian1
Mixed reviews so far..some really bad, some okay and a few good.
- haters gonna hatemonospaced
- actually mostly good. 84% on rotten tomatoes.CygnusZero4
- yep mainly goodfadein11
- it's a superbly entertaining spectacle with no cringe moments. A great SW movie. Very well made. Last 20mins fantastic. Feels way bigger/epic than epVII andfadein11
- better production design - just feels very SW. I really liked the new stylistic touches. Need to watch again ASAP.fadein11
- Bullitt5
It was as good as it could be. The 3rd act was brilliant, how long did that battle clock for? atlas 30 mins. Reminded me a bit of the battle scene in 13 Assassins.
This was more of a Starwars movie than anything since Empire Strikes back, was impressed with the cgi on some of the original cast too
- yep I concur.fadein11
- and the CGI served the story throughout which is rare.fadein11
- agreed, I actually liked it.dorf
- Was greedo there?futurefood
- CygnusZero4-2
So only 2 people saw it here?
- strange so little buzz for this than Force Awakens. So, so much better - for a slightly older demographic anyway.fadein11
- it's barely Friday; a lot of people avoid opening weekend crowds; it's not an official "episode" eithermonospaced
- its a star wars movie. but yep get your point. I was there at midnight for 1st showing as I have been for last 5 movies.fadein11
- and finally some healing of the pain of last 18 years lolfadein11
- I can't wait to see it.monospaced
- prophetone5
It's amazing, great acting, great story, beautiful cinematography, great editing, a few laughs even, it's gritty and has tonnes of heart. And nothing cheesy or forced thank god.
- BabySnakes3
I enjoyed it so much more than Force Awakens. It was an awesome fun Star Wars movie. All the feels of seeing rebel characters again. A good balance of everything you could want from the Star Wars universe.
- It was a battle worth fighting for and more white knuckle exactly like the death star attack run... the force awakens battle felt like a far too easy victoryBullitt
- The first order got steam rolled lolBullitt
- ya, I knew the plans would make it out but I still felt all that suspense.BabySnakes
- since1979-9
i will see it soon and come back with my report lol
- dopepope1
I enjoyed it a great deal. Not a HUGE Star Wars fan, but I always go to see them in the movies. I liked it about as much as TFA, maybe even a bit more. I'm rooting for the director. I've enjoyed his first 2 films a lot, despite mixed reviews on both. It's gotta be difficult to break your teeth on such epic franchise films. But I feel he's doing great. I agree with whoever wrote there were no cringe moments. And K-whatever-SO was great.
- break your teeth?terry_cloth
- An expression meaning grinding thru, doing the grunt workdopepope
- so different than cutting ones teethterry_cloth
- I've always said breaking. I also say chicken without a beak. But I'm retarded.dopepope
- i donno, urban dictionary agrees with your definition, i'd never heard that one before, cutting is different i guessterry_cloth
- terry's not seeing it - it's blacklisted anti-Trump propaganda lol.fadein11
- such wit, what a champterry_cloth
- that's what your guys were saying - just relaying 'the news' pal.fadein11
- the fuck are you talking about, go awayterry_cloth
- this - https://goo.gl/3C0o1…fadein11
- Classic fadein, spouting shit you read on tabloidsterry_cloth
- ha - jesus it was a joke mate - I don't actually believe Trump supporters are boycotting SW (or not many of them).fadein11
- I'm sick of all the political shit, the election is over, you don't live in the US, do everyone a favor and move on with your lifeterry_cloth