Star Wars: Rogue One

thomasross20

Bothans? Wrong Deathstar?

ennspek

Aha. Makes more sense now.

Bygone_Tones

pintspiller said:

The "predictability" is an attraction. And required. Star Wars is written for ten-year-olds. If I was to have seen each episode on subsequent Saturday's (like the Buster Crabbe serials they were inspired by) at age ten, would have blown my fucking mind.

As is, though, to my inner 10yo, they blown my fucking mind.

 fwiw I watched it with a 10yr old last night and distinctly heard him say "this is rubbish" to his dad after about 30 minutes. Then he drifted in and out of sleep for most of the film, and woke up about 15 mins before the end. He doesnt really understand the plot from all the previous films though.

I enjoyed it, 8/10 maybe. I still think they try too hard with the grand finale battle scenes though, adding way too many random space ships flying around firing lasers for visual effect, but not actually doing anything significant. Less is more.

TimmyO

Axe_meister said:

ennspek said:

What's bugging me is where are all the dying Bothans?

As has been said wrong Deathstar.

? I don't understand the wrong death star thing - what am I missing? 

WezV

TimmyO said:

Axe_meister said:

ennspek said:

What's bugging me is where are all the dying Bothans?

As has been said wrong Deathstar.

? I don't understand the wrong death star thing - what am I missing? 

You know that new improved fully functional death star they built after the first one was blown up.  

quarky

Loved it. I enjoyed TFA, but this even better. Loved the robot "I am taking the prisoners, to be imprisoned, in prison", and the
whole vibe of the film. The ending was fantastic.

Solid 9/10 on the entertainment scale I think.

thomasross20

WezV said:

TimmyO said:

Axe_meister said:

ennspek said:

What's bugging me is where are all the dying Bothans?

As has been said wrong Deathstar.

? I don't understand the wrong death star thing - what am I missing? 

You know that new improved fully functional death star they built after the first one was blown up.  

Aaaah!

goldtop

thomasross20 said:

WezV said:

TimmyO said:

Axe_meister said:

ennspek said:

What's bugging me is where are all the dying Bothans?

As has been said wrong Deathstar.

? I don't understand the wrong death star thing - what am I missing? 

You know that new improved fully functional death star they built after the first one was blown up.  

Aaaah!

Yup - time for something new on the dark side.

While not wanting to start the whole ST-vsSW thing, it's the #1 area where Star Trek completely wins (Q, Borg, etc)

bigjon

Enjoyed it. Son perceptively commented, why does the villain ask 'Who are you' in the final confrontation? To him, she's just an irritating rebel soldier.

guitargeek62

bigjon said:

Enjoyed it. Son perceptively commented, why does the villain ask 'Who are you' in the final confrontation? To him, she's just an irritating rebel soldier.

Galen reacted to her in earlier in the film, and she probably looked pretty bloody familiar given that she grew up around him! Obviously time had changed things, but not enough to make her completely unrecognisable; that plus the fact that she'd cropped up in two places and ruined his plans must have made him question it.

Either way, it seemed perfectly plausible for him to say that out of frustration if nothing else?

DesVegas

Saw it this afternoon. My friends didn't care for it too much but I thought it was ok. Don't think I'll watch it again but I'm glad I saw it today. Thought G.M.T looked very bad but P.L looked quite good.

Limehouse_Blues

Just saw it and thought it was decent. Better than Force Awakens. Amazing how cgi brought Peter Cushing back to life.

TimmyO

DesVegas said:

Saw it this afternoon. My friends didn't care for it too much but I thought it was ok. Don't think I'll watch it again but I'm glad I saw it today. Thought G.M.T looked very bad but P.L looked quite good.

Odd - I thought the opposite

quarky

Spoiler filled article about the end of the film from Den of Geek. Worth a read to re-live some of it.

http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/star-wars-rogue-one/46054/star-wars-rogue-one-in-praise-of-its-final-third

DiscoStu

Just back from it.
Fan-bloody-tastic.
Yes it takes too long to get going but once it does it goes and it goes and it goes! That's the X-Wing scenes I've been waiting most of my life to see. The battle scenes on the ground were amazing too, felt like a war film for once!
The CGI? Noticeable but you have to give them credit for what they've pulled off, for me it's the static eyebrows that give it away. I've managed to avoid most of the hype so some of it came as a genuine surprise to me.
Bad-ass Vader was a joy! His design looks different, is it the neck cowl?
Quality ending too, I'm glad/impressed that they re-wrote it.

The force is strong with this one.

guitarfishbay

I just didn't find myself caring about the leading male character, and not much about the female (contrasted to I really enjoyed Fin and Rey).  The robot was great though.  Actually I liked pretty much all the other characters.  Maybe I was hoping for more humour from the leads...

The story itself was decent (including a great ending) and the large action sequences at the end were really fantastic.  Worth a watch just for the last sequences.

Kind of mixed for me.  Definitely worth a watch though.  Wish I'd seen it in 2d but was outvoted so IMAX 3D it was.  Sometimes I find that less immersive, so maybe I'd like it more in 2D

Axe_meister

Saw it in 2D at our local picturehouse cinema (great place with sofas, gourmet burgers and wine.
I really liked it. Star Wars without the force. And it worked.

TimmyO

DiscoStu said:

Quality ending too, I'm glad/impressed that they re-wrote it.

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DiscoStu

@TimmyO major rescripting and reshooting as the ending was originally very different... Look at the trailers, a lot of those scenes such as Jyn facing a TIE fighter on the gangway aren't in the final cut. You'll also see Jyn and Cassian escaping along the beach with the Death Star plans...

TimmyO

DiscoStu said:

@TimmyO major rescripting and reshooting as the ending was originally very different... Look at the trailers, a lot of those scenes such as Jyn facing a TIE fighter on the gangway aren't in the final cut. You'll also see Jyn and Cassian escaping along the beach with the Death Star plans...

Ah right yes - silly me, I read an article about that!