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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |OT| They rebel - SPOILERS
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Probably left shortly after their little cameo. Still a dumb inclusion though.
The funniest shit happened at my theater.
At the end of the movie there was this family a row behind me, and the kid, in a pissed off voice, was like "dad, why did they kill everyone?!" And it hit me that fucking kids are going to go see this LOL. I dunno, I came out of the theater a little depressed, still, I enjoyed myself.
WadiumArcadium
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You mean like a...special edition?
I'd like it if they fixed that title card and named Mustafar like they did with all the other planets.
CloudyTuba
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Good thing things like spaceships exist to come and go freely.
They easily could have chosen to leave like, any time that day before the laser hit probably hours later.
Realistically this is the only change that has even the slightest possibility for the home release, but I still find it unlikely.
I was very careful in to not saying those words
heeeeheheheheheheheheee.... This is going to be some kid's first Star Wars movie too.
bananafactory
Banned
I preferred the look of TFA, even though I think things like framing/composition are better in Rogue One.
Everything here has a washed out palette which I understand is intentional but TFA had some gorgeous scenes, especially the final battle between Rey/Kylo
WadiumArcadium
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I'd have preferred the logo to that title card.
It took four years to make.
It almost certainly is.
brandonh83
Banned
Yep. TFA's felt natural/mostly earned IMO. This movie ran to great lengths, even diminishing the quality of the film to include them.
Into the Light
Banned
The negativity is amazing.
So, oddly Felicity Jones (Jyn) has sequel options listed in her contract...
Maybe then they're hoping to use her in Han Solo or something? Or maybe it's just them playing it safe?
Considering there were reshoots and there are some notable inconsistencies between the trailer and the final film, I wonder if she was meant to make it out alive originally?
Maybe then they're hoping to use her in Han Solo or something? Or maybe it's just them playing it safe?
Considering there were reshoots and there are some notable inconsistencies between the trailer and the final film, I wonder if she was meant to make it out alive originally?
brandonh83
Banned
We're a vocal minority
impressions and reviews are mostly good. I disagreed with the negativity big time with TFA, but I really just could not get into this one at all.Maybe they'll just use her to make a new Dark Forces game.
Cassian should've just been Kyle Katarn
Lys Skygge
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I thought the cinematography looked pretty great. My only criticism is that they seemed to rely too much on shooting at a wide aperture. I felt like most of the scenery and sets were hidden in a shower of bokeh and blur. I love shots with a narrow DoF as much as the next person, but I also feel that shots with deeper focus can provide more information.
The cinematography kinda reminded me of Les Miserables; lots of portrait-esque shots.
The cinematography kinda reminded me of Les Miserables; lots of portrait-esque shots.
We're a vocal minority
I don't see many people being negative. Maybe nitpicking on CGI creeps.
I mean...I didn't love the film, but I'd be stupid and/or lying if I didn't say it's one of the better Star Wars films.
Probably playing it safe. Didn't she come out and say also that she's happy there won't be a sequel? Or something to that effect.
Speaking of reshoots and such, I was kind of surprised at some of the shots from trailers not being in it. I guess they heard the reaction about that whole "this is a rebellion right? I rebel" thing too.
Lifejumper
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Need to say it again. But Darth Vaders castle and butler are awesome additions to SW lore.
I would have had an erection over four hours if there was a Katarn twist.
Yet that scene was pretty pointless...
BigJonsson
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Lol young Luke Skywalker movie.....
Something about this movie felt off to me. The characters were ushered around from location to location without really giving them a chance to breathe, or explain their own motivations. Sure, we could *infer* motivations, but nothing was really shown.
- Jyn goes from "fuck y'all fuck Sol fuck everyone" to "rebellions are built on hope!" nearly instantly
- The pilot's mind recovered real fast, huh?
- Donnie Yen + bro just kind of did things. They were given no real motivations or reasoning.
- Cassian (sp?) was shown to be ruthless in the beginning of the film, and while it was acknowledged a bit later during his verbal sparring with Jyn, he became generic good guy pretty fast.
- Double "dying words in my arms" scenes, really?
- The ending made no sense if you consider some of the lines in the beginning of ANH. Y'all *literally* saw that blockade runner split off from a rebellion capital ship in the midst of a massive battle. Darth Vader was RIGHT THERE. And Leia is trying to sell this as a diplomatic mission to Alderaan?
- Maybe it's because I work with computer graphics a lot, or whatever, but I could not STAND Tarkin. It was a joke. I couldn't take any scene seriously with him in it. Why even include him? You had enough bullshit fan service all throughout the film anyway.
- Vader's one liner UGHHHHHH.
- Apparently blue milk is a galaxy-wide beverage.
I dunno, it still had some great scenes, but...I'm not sure why people are reacting well to this film. It was largely a mess. TFA felt far more cohesive and had characters I actually cared about.
- Jyn goes from "fuck y'all fuck Sol fuck everyone" to "rebellions are built on hope!" nearly instantly
- The pilot's mind recovered real fast, huh?
- Donnie Yen + bro just kind of did things. They were given no real motivations or reasoning.
- Cassian (sp?) was shown to be ruthless in the beginning of the film, and while it was acknowledged a bit later during his verbal sparring with Jyn, he became generic good guy pretty fast.
- Double "dying words in my arms" scenes, really?
- The ending made no sense if you consider some of the lines in the beginning of ANH. Y'all *literally* saw that blockade runner split off from a rebellion capital ship in the midst of a massive battle. Darth Vader was RIGHT THERE. And Leia is trying to sell this as a diplomatic mission to Alderaan?
- Maybe it's because I work with computer graphics a lot, or whatever, but I could not STAND Tarkin. It was a joke. I couldn't take any scene seriously with him in it. Why even include him? You had enough bullshit fan service all throughout the film anyway.
- Vader's one liner UGHHHHHH.
- Apparently blue milk is a galaxy-wide beverage.
I dunno, it still had some great scenes, but...I'm not sure why people are reacting well to this film. It was largely a mess. TFA felt far more cohesive and had characters I actually cared about.
ZackieChan
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I think it's telling that all the CGI experts here seem to be pointing out a different thing that was "wrong" about Tarkin.
Where was that located anyway? I don't recall seeing a location but maybe I didn't notice it.
I thought that thing was kinda dumb, actually. It felt like a generic evil overlord castle in and RPG. I mean hell it had a lava waterfall...lavafall?
Lifejumper
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Mustafar thats the awesome thing about it.
You weren't interested in Director what's his name reporting Tarkin to the Imperial HR department?
Oh. Oh. Ok that improves my impression of it a lot.
Still a bit silly but that's pretty neat.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
It seems like it was possible she got out alive in the original versions of the movie, looking at all the trailer stuff. She definitely got out of that tower w/ Cassian & K2 alive.
But at some point filmmakers musta decided fuck the sequel, the film works better if they all die. So now they're all dead.
ClosingADoor
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Two hours of Luke being bored on Tatooine while Ben watches creepily from a distance.
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Yeah. I didn't really understand many of the characters.
Also the giant lava castle was... ridiculous.
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