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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 23:59:39 GMT
I liked it.
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Post by kingkoopa on May 17, 2017 1:29:24 GMT
It suffered from vague characters (with the exception of Ben Mendelsohn's white-caped villain, who's terrific). I spent half the movie thinking that was Ed Helms. I could definitely see that! Now that you mention it, Ed Helms is one of those Jim Carrey/Robin Williams/Steve Carrell-types I'd really like to see in a dramatic role. Seems like he's got plenty of chops for it. Mendelsohn is one those character actor chameleons that turns up in so much, though you don't always recognize him. He was the highlight of "Rogue One" for me.
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Post by poelzig on May 17, 2017 5:18:01 GMT
I wasn't excited enough about the plot to see it in the theater. I have an awesome Element box loaded with Kodi which is a movie fans dream device as long as you have no problem with bending the rules. I'm straight up OG so I have no qualms with tweaking the rules. I am still a bit snobbish about film quality even when I'm streaming though so I rarely watch the bootleg quality stuff and wait for the dvd versions. Hmmm would that still be considered bootleg?
Anyway here's some thoughts and questions about the movie.
What is up with Felicity Jones teeth? The front two are insanely distracting. It's like they are not just buck but they are also huge. Are they some type of really bad implants? Does she have fewer teeth than most people or are the others tiny to compensate for those gigantic cue ball sized teeth? I mean damn they are weird looking.
I did like the overall downbeatness and general lack of cute goofy wisecracking characters. The skinny robot was sort of an exception. Is it a rule that all robots in Star Wars universe have to be effete, or snarky or designed with a plush toy in mind? At least he wasn't straight up comic relief.
Speaking of the lack of comedy, is Rogue the most depressing Star Wars movie ever? It looked like the most swarthy one as well. Even the Stormtroopers were dusky. Is definitely seemed like the most diverse. There was even a gay couple (maybe) ant they were the best 2 characters even if they were just straight dudes. A Zatoichi Jedi is cool as hell. Kind of a waste though.
The diversity does kind of raise a question though. Is it good or bad that the SW movie that seemed to consciously have a cast lacking in the usual Hollywood fair haired blue eyed pretty people also killed everyone off? Or does it not matter?
The highlight of the movie for me was probably Darth Vader going all hallway Oldboy but even more lethal. It's been a while since we got to see Vader be a bad ass. Overall the action scenes were good. Nice and violent and dark.
Even though it was superfluous I liked Rogue. I might like it better if I watch it again. Then again I might like it less.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 17, 2017 22:32:08 GMT
Essentially a big budget fan film, stacked with distracting cameos and directed by the biggest tease in Hollywood. Like Godzilla, his Vader was awesome...when he was there. Setting a movie concurrently with A New Hope and then focusing on some generic Evil British Guy who has a business rivalry with CG Tarkin just makes little sense to me.
Like others, I thought it'd be more of a heist movie, which would have been interesting. They're all war movies (Star WARS), so this wasn't anything that different for me.
But these are all gripes I could have gotten over if I cared more about the protagonists. The droid was amusing, and Donnie Yen is always enjoyable, but the rest were bland and uninteresting. Say what you want about The Force Awakens, but they really went all out on making you like the characters.
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