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Rogue One Reviews & Impressions (Spoiler Tags Required)

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I like StarWars. Loved the first trilogy and liked the second one. But I didn't like VII at all.
I can give you the reasons but at the end movies are art and art is diferent for everyone.

Fair I guess. Just seems... extreme to me? At the very least it's a competent movie and story with good acting and production. But hell, your opinion is yours.
 
Just watched it, to be honest I was expecting an average movie that would be entertaining for star wars fans,
what I got was a great movie which I could easily go as far as considering it as one of my favorites of the series, definitely a big step up from TFA.

The sound and visuals were great, the CGI was among some of the best i've seen
Not including the Moff Tarkin CGI
,
the action scenes were exhilarating
That final beach battle and darth vader destroying the rebels
and the characters were very likeable.
This had more of a mature feel to it than other Star Wars films and it worked perfectly, the story was great and could easily have gotten away with being a mainline entry in my opinion.
The only thing I feel it was missing was Jedi's, an obi-wan appearance would've been nice.

Overall great film, greatly exceeded expectations.
 

Onyar

Member
Fair I guess. Just seems... extreme to me? At the very least it's a competent movie and story with good acting and production. But hell, your opinion is yours.
Sorry but Im not agree, for example I think the acting was not good and the story was just a remake for the older one. I know not sharing the same opinion sucks but there it is.
 
Sorry but Im not agree, for example I think the acting was not good and the story was just a remake for the older one. I know not sharing the same opinion sucks but there it is.

Thought that the acting was great for SW and there's a lot more to the story than the elements that were ala ANH.
 

Raptor

Member
I mean

It actually doesn't seem to me that you like Star Wars in general

Why people say this?

I absolutly love SW a lot, I even have a tattoo, I grew up watching this movies so many times and I still think that movie is indeed uber trash like that poster said.

Is like saying that a LOTR fan doesnt even liked LOTR movies because he thinks Hobbit movies are trash it makes no sense to me.

I also dont know why EP7 si treated like this at all, I dont remember people saying "well it seems you dont like starwars in general" when they hated EP3 or EP2 etc.
 

MMarston

Was getting caught part of your plan?
For those of you amused by Giacchino's pun-laden cue titles, he released the original titles before Disney presumably ordered him to cut it out. Here they are, spoiler-tagged (just in case although there's nothing notably spoiley).

A Krennic Condition
Jyn and Scare It
Jyncarcerated
Going to See Saw
That New Death Star Smell
Jedha Call Saw
When Ambush Comes to Shove
Erso Facto
Go Do, That Eadu, That You Do, So Well
Have a Choke and a Smile
Erso in Vain
Takes One to Rogue One
World's Worst Vacation Destination
Scarif Tactics
Bazed and Confused
Switch Hunt
Transmission Impossible
Live and Let Jedi
I love all of them but I can see why Disney told him to cut it out because this is like a whole new level of punny.
 

gatti-man

Member
Is called EP7, is a direct sequel, instead of a sequel we got a remake of EP4.

Im not going to make a list of things about it Im just going to link a google search:

https://lmgtfy.com/?q=episode+7+is+a+episode+4+remake?

You can call it ridiculous all you want and defend it all you want, and making a thesis how is not a remake and how it was the only way it could work, etc, the movie was a safe ass pandering to nostalgic fans, Im just calling it how I see it.

And this one even has more of the same homages and padering I read somewhere? are this people capable of making something original?

It can be all these things and still a good movie, which it is.
 

Linkark07

Banned
Just came from watching this. What can I say? I loved it. Basically my second favorite Star Wars film after The Empire Strikes Back. The space battle was awesome and the droid was great.

The beginning was quite a mess though but after that, it was a superb experience. Would watch it again without a doubt.
 
i thought the first act was completely incoherent, but loved the second half of this movie. awesome, relentless action — it felt like an original trilogy battle sequence stretched out to three times the length.

also surprised that a ton of stuff from the trailers didn't make it in! was wondering how some of those corny lines were going to work in context and it turned out they just... didn't exist.

my biggest complaint by far is
CGI tarkin
. what the hell were they thinking?! awful.
 
For those of you amused by Giacchino's pun-laden cue titles, he released the original titles before Disney presumably ordered him to cut it out. Here they are, spoiler-tagged (just in case although there's nothing notably spoiley).

A Krennic Condition
Jyn and Scare It
Jyncarcerated
Going to See Saw
That New Death Star Smell
Jedha Call Saw
When Ambush Comes to Shove
Erso Facto
Go Do, That Eadu, That You Do, So Well
Have a Choke and a Smile
Erso in Vain
Takes One to Rogue One
World's Worst Vacation Destination
Scarif Tactics
Bazed and Confused
Switch Hunt
Transmission Impossible
Live and Let Jedi
This is fucking hilarious
 
I can't find it :(


Are you in the US?

Nope in the UK.

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Sanctuary

Member
The overall balance of quality installments vs shitty installments in the franchise is restored back to positive, with 4-3 in favor.

You're missing one.

Not joking. I have never been this entertained by a Star Wars movie. The first movie in the series that I've ever felt tension. And I liked all of the characters.

How old were you when you saw A New Hope for the first time?
 

TrueBlue

Member
Rogue One is a pretty risky SW movie I feel. That it has a number of references doesn't stop it from feeling pretty unique within the confines of the series.
 
I grew up with the OT aswell, my favorite SW movie is RoTS and I think TFA is one of the more embarrassing cash ins I have ever seen in my life, so much pandering I wanted to walk out the theater, is not about they didnt take any chances, is about how diabolical and evil that people is in making the same movie twice and you know what? the audience fucking ate it all up.

Jeezz.

I had a similar experience recently as well. I went to a high school reunion and it was just such a blatant nostalgia grab. All of my old friends were there. I was like, what this fuck is this shit?

They plastered the name of my high school everywhere - talk about embarrassing - and just kept pounding us over the head with this sentimental bullshit.

And in the back of mind I was thinking, maybe this isn't a complete travesty, maybe I can express a reasonable amount of dissatisfaction that might be more commensurate with the experience, but, hell no, I absolutely had to let everyone know that this was one of the worst experiences of my life. And fuck all of those people who seemed to enjoy it.
 

Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
I had a similar experience recently as well. I went to a high school reunion and it was just such a blatant nostalgia grab. All of my old friends were there. I was like, what this fuck is this shit?

They plastered the name of my high school everywhere - talk about embarrassing - and just kept pounding us over the head with this sentimental bullshit.

And in the back of mind I was thinking, maybe this isn't a complete travesty, maybe I can express a reasonable amount of dissatisfaction that might be more commensurate with the experience, but, hell no, I absolutely had to let everyone know that this was one of the worst experiences of my life. And fuck all of those people who seemed to enjoy it.

Dark
 
Rogue One is easily in my top 3 SW movies. Just a matter of ordering, which will be easier on subsequent viewings.

The old prequels feel like they were another lifetime away. I'm so glad I never saw them again after seeing them in the theater. 5 legit movies in the franchise and counting.
 
I feel more mixed on this than I did with Force Awakens. I felt like there wasn't enough time to get to know the characters, basically, and the pacing kind of lost me at times. The core story is solid but I left thinking this would have been really cool as a TV miniseries rather than a 2-hour film.

Maybe I just need to let it all sink in? I saw this completely blind and feel like my enjoyment was hampered by trying to figure out what was going on. But then that could be on the movie as well. Hmm.

Also, the CGI
Moff Tarkin
was just plain creepy. Took me out of it every time he was on screen.
 

sphagnum

Banned
For those of you amused by Giacchino's pun-laden cue titles, he released the original titles before Disney presumably ordered him to cut it out. Here they are, spoiler-tagged (just in case although there's nothing notably spoiley).

A Krennic Condition
Jyn and Scare It
Jyncarcerated
Going to See Saw
That New Death Star Smell
Jedha Call Saw
When Ambush Comes to Shove
Erso Facto
Go Do, That Eadu, That You Do, So Well
Have a Choke and a Smile
Erso in Vain
Takes One to Rogue One
World's Worst Vacation Destination
Scarif Tactics
Bazed and Confused
Switch Hunt
Transmission Impossible
Live and Let Jedi

Wow, a Better Call Saul reference.
 

Copper

Member
I really liked it.

The action scenes were done well. The beginning felt like it could have been explained better. Humor was good not forced.

It got better as the movie went on I felt.
 

Snaku

Banned
I feel more mixed on this than I did with Force Awakens. I felt like there wasn't enough time to get to know the characters, basically, and the pacing kind of lost me at times. The core story is solid but I left thinking this would have been really cool as a TV miniseries rather than a 2-hour film.

Makes sense, it was originally pitched as a plot for the live action tv series that was being planned but Lucas shot the idea down. It probably would have worked really well as a mini series.
 
I had a similar experience recently as well. I went to a high school reunion and it was just such a blatant nostalgia grab. All of my old friends were there. I was like, what this fuck is this shit?

They plastered the name of my high school everywhere - talk about embarrassing - and just kept pounding us over the head with this sentimental bullshit.

And in the back of mind I was thinking, maybe this isn't a complete travesty, maybe I can express a reasonable amount of dissatisfaction that might be more commensurate with the experience, but, hell no, I absolutely had to let everyone know that this was one of the worst experiences of my life. And fuck all of those people who seemed to enjoy it.

Ehl oh ehl
 
Liked it more than TFA, and I enjoyed TFA a lot.
Really solid addition to the Star Wars universe.
Kind of a slow burn, sometimes jerky pacing, but all together a really good film.
 

Drey1082

Member
I enjoyed TFA a lot more. R1 felt like star wars without the myth, but the myth was not replaced with anything interesting.
I was looking forward to the spin off movies a lot because I hoped we would get small, smart and intruguing stories set in the star wars universe. R1 was not that, it was still trying to be an epic story and didn't feel smart or special, it only lacked the myth.

That's my first impression and I hope I'll feel it a bit more on a rewatch, maybe I was just tired and not in the right mood. I think I'd even place it below ROTS at the moment.

I agree with this. Maybe on new viewing my opinion will change but I think the lack of force specifically kinda makes it meh. It's a fun action film but kinda average.
 

Raptor

Member
I had a similar experience recently as well. I went to a high school reunion and it was just such a blatant nostalgia grab. All of my old friends were there. I was like, what this fuck is this shit?

They plastered the name of my high school everywhere - talk about embarrassing - and just kept pounding us over the head with this sentimental bullshit.

And in the back of mind I was thinking, maybe this isn't a complete travesty, maybe I can express a reasonable amount of dissatisfaction that might be more commensurate with the experience, but, hell no, I absolutely had to let everyone know that this was one of the worst experiences of my life. And fuck all of those people who seemed to enjoy it.

You are right.

I hope all movies from now on are a repeat of past things you know? That works on so many levels and oh the feels dem nostalgic feels.
 

spelen

Member
I grew up with the OT aswell, my favorite SW movie is RoTS and I think TFA is one of the more embarrassing cash ins I have ever seen in my life, so much pandering I wanted to walk out the theater, is not about they didnt take any chances, is about how diabolical and evil that people is in making the same movie twice and you know what? the audience fucking ate it all up.

Jeezz.
I completely disagree I think it was smart for them to make the sequel of a movie which came out 30 years ago more of a call back rather than what most studios would've done which is a full reboot of the whole thing.in fact, many of the viewers had likely never seen a new hope so why not reintroduce the world to a host of young ones while building upon it ever so slightly. now that the heavy lifting is done we should rightfully expect the sequel to be groundbreaking and if it is not THEN we really should be complaining IMO.
 
Now that I had time to think of this movie, I say that while I like it I still like it a lot, I believe it's not as good as TFA.
For me a Star Wars movie lives and dies by its characters and I felt RO's were a step down from TFA's. I am a bit of a sucker for the pluckier characters of TFA.
I did like a Cassian though, seeing a Rebel agent that can get his hands dirty for the rebellion was refreshing.
I get why fans like RO so much though. It had some things TFA lacked like more unique planets and ships.
It has all the good things about the old expanded universe stories while being more competent than a lot of them.
The real question now is where I rank it compared to ROTJ which will be much more difficult since I also like ROTJ despite the bum rap it gets these days.
 

Raptor

Member
I completely disagree I think it was smart for them to make the sequel of a movie which came out 30 years ago more of a call back rather than what most studios would've done which is a full reboot of the whole thing.in fact, many of the viewers had likely never seen a new hope so why not reintroduce the world to a host of young ones while building upon it ever so slightly. now that the heavy lifting is done we should rightfully expect the sequel to be groundbreaking and if it is not THEN we really should be complaining IMO.

Callback?

I dont agree on your first point but i agree on the second.

I have high hopes for EP8.
 
Now that I had time to think of this movie, I say that while I like it I still like it a lot, I believe it's not as good as TFA.
For me a Star Wars movie lives and dies by its characters and I felt RO's were a step down from TFA's. I am a bit of a sucker for the pluckier characters of TFA.
I did like a Cassian though, seeing a Rebel agent that can get his hands dirty for the rebellion was refreshing.
I get why fans like RO so much though. It had some things TFA lacked like more unique planets and ships.
It has all the good things about the old expanded universe stories while being more competent than a lot of them.
The real question now is where I rank it compared to ROTJ which will be much more difficult since I also like ROTJ despite the bum rap it gets these days.
It's pretty clearly better than ROTJ. You might need to go watch it again; nostalga is a helluva drug. RO is clearly top 3. Just a matter of where you put it now.
 

MMarston

Was getting caught part of your plan?
I grew up with the OT aswell, my favorite SW movie is RoTS and I think TFA is one of the more embarrassing cash ins I have ever seen in my life, so much pandering I wanted to walk out the theater, is not about they didnt take any chances, is about how diabolical and evil that people is in making the same movie twice and you know what? the audience fucking ate it all up.

Jeezz.

it's time to get off the computer
 
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