I saw it last night, I really, really loved this movie. I still think TESB is the best SW film, but its a tough fight between TFA/ANH/RO for second place for me, all three great SW movies IMHO. Id probably just barely place RO in fourth place, with TFA in second and ANH a super close third, but all three would be really, really tight in ranking for me, followed by RotJ, and then a far, far, FAR distant who-cares-what-order-they-are-in prequel crap.
The first half of Rogue One was good and engaging but a tad on the slow side, but after seeing the fantastic second half finale I understand why it was so, the first half is just the huge set up for the epic climax. Dear Lord the last hour of this movie was everything I was hoping it would be, honestly it was better than I expected. That is without a doubt my favorite battle scene from any Star Wars movie, absolutely no doubt. It was the attention to little details that really made it work for me, like how they capital ships in orbit were watching the ground action from up in orbit, that was freakin awesome. I really liked Krennics character too, actually I liked all of the characters in RO. Sure some were a bit weak and could have used more development but all were effective and likable IMHO, especially K2S0, even though he was a droid I felt he was the best character in the film.
And Tarkin, holy hell he was a major character really, and even though I knew he was a CG character I still thought it was a super impressive piece of work. An awful lot of people in the lobby afterwards were convinced that it was either Peter Cushings son playing him or an actor in a really good makeup job, people seriously couldnt tell he was full on CGI. I could kind of tell, but I have to wonder if I had not known going in that he was CGI would I have realized it too?
And that final scene with Vader, fuck yeah, that was exactly what I wanted from Vader for this film. Exactly.
Yep, I loved it. Ill be seeing it again for sure this weekend.
