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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |OT| They rebel - SPOILERS

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panama chief said:
Saw the movie. Fucking great. Went looking for anything k-2so related and ordered this: ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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I have this one, it's a pretty good looking figure. I think the Lego figures don't work that well for human characters, but for Grievous or droids it's excellent.
 
Just saw it and I really did not enjoy that movie. When Vader said
'Careful not to 'choke' on your aspirations' I had my head in my hands
. Felt a lot of the start jumped around to different settings every two seconds. Also, were character scenes cut out? When
Donnie Yen's buddy puts his hand on Jin's shoulder and says 'Good luck little sister', or something like that, all I thought was when did they ever bond?
What I will say is that Diego Luna's character was quite good. Acting was good, Forest Whitaker was a little weird. Looked pretty nice at points.

I also did not know any characters names other than Jin, Galen and any character that was already in a Star Wars movie, but I suppose that doesn't really matter.

I wish I could see in it what everyone else does, but I'm really disappointed in what this movie turned out to be.
 
guek said:
Man, the movie ended strong but the first two acts were ROUGH
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they're better on repeat viewing.
not an excuse, because the movie should work for you within the first viewing, but the first two acts really jump around quite a lot.

(not entirely in order of appearance)

* Erso planet
* whatever planet Cassian shoots his informant on
* imperial labour camp planet
* star destroyer overlooking the completion of the death star
* jedha (saw's base)
* yavin IV
* jedha (jedha city)
* the death star
* jedha (saw's base again)
* Planet Eadu
* Mustafar (Darth Vader's castle)

You're constantly jumping back and forth between so many new / or different but similar looking locations within one half of the movie.
So during the second time around, when you've got your bearings, your mind has an easier time paying to the attention of what's happening within the scene, without having to figure out 'where are we again? and why?' for a few moments
 
Fliesen said:
You're constantly jumping back and forth between so many new / or different but similar looking locations within one half of the movie.
So during the second time around, when you've got your bearings, your mind has an easier time paying to the attention of what's happening within the scene, without having to figure out 'where are we again? and why?' for a few moments
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I actually love the first half. It's like they are trying to acclimate the old fans towards the new look.
 
StrawberryJam said:
Just saw it and I really did not enjoy that movie. When Vader said
'Careful not to 'choke' on your aspirations' I had my head in my hands
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"I have altered the deal. Pray I don't alter it further."
"Apology accepted, Captain Needa."
"I find your lack of faith disturbing."
"We would be honored if you would join us."

Seriously how is that any worse do you people hate puns that much I swear people think Vader was always brooding and scary in the OT but the dude had jokes through them all.
 
Haloid1177 said:
"I have altered the deal. Pray I don't alter it further."
"Apology accepted, Captain Needa."
"I find your lack of faith disturbing."
"We would be honored if you would join us."

Seriously how is that any worse do you people hate puns that much I swear people think Vader was always brooding and scary in the OT but the dude had jokes through them all.
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Damn, those lines are still good just reading them. A Rogue One's zinger I've promptly tried to erase from memory. It's pretty bad.
 
Liked it. Vader was great, kicked some ass. I hope we get more of that in Ep8, just general Jedi badassery. It had a slow, surprisingly frantic start, but once it started to pick up it was fine. A good popcorn movie. Shined during the battle. Didn't think they'd kill everyone. Went in with moderate expectations, came out satisfied.
 
Haloid1177 said:
"I have altered the deal. Pray I don't alter it further."
"Apology accepted, Captain Needa."
"I find your lack of faith disturbing."
"We would be honored if you would join us."

Seriously how is that any worse do you people hate puns that much I swear people think Vader was always brooding and scary in the OT but the dude had jokes through them all.
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It's worse than those lines.

But I didn't hate it like some seem to, either.
 
Great movie. Thought it had pacing issues and most characters were kinda forgettable. Except for Jin, I can't remember the name of any of the new characters.

I fought the fights/battles to look and was overall better than TFA
 
FeD.nL said:
Uhm, the Leia Hologram in ANH specifically has her say "my mission to bring you to Alderaan has failed". So no retcon there.

Just in case:
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Oh damn you're right. Ok I revoke my Star Wars fandom.


(For three minutes)

I want to watch new hope so bad right now. Whether one agrees with how it was done or not, one hast admit how you feel about the OT movies post- Rogue One is how we SHOULD'VE felt post-prequel.

Prequels should have enhanced our experience of the originals. We should have gone "Oh THAT'S how it went down!", not "oh. That's how it went down?"
 
Seems like my impressions are in-line with a lot of people's.

Started clunky but finished very strong.

I was actually feeling weirdly anxious at the beginning because I was imagining the younger people in the audience not enjoying it.
 
sonicmj1 said:
I wish I knew where you were coming from with this, because it felt to me like the Force led him all the way from the moment we first met him to his final moments. His Force perception is never remotely in doubt. Those instincts cause him to call out to Jyn, draw him into a close-range fight with six blaster-armed Stormtroopers (which he wins), and lead him to blow up a TIE fighter in such a way that it crashes into a turret. His final walk to the switch was only different from those things in the sense that he knew he wouldn't be walking back.
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It started for me when he was 'praying' while captive. It had a tinge of desperation to it, magnified by Baze's reaction. I thought here is a character feels the Force but can't really use it outside of extra-sensory perception.

The Force has always required submission. When Chirrut chooses to walk out into the open to flip the switch, the tone of his mantra changes. He has accepted his death, his oneness with the Force and has submitted to its will.

Obviously, that's my read on it. I don't think yours is incorrect. But I like mine better :-)
 
SoldierOfLight said:
Just got back from my 5 pm viewing. Wow what an amazing film.

I enjoyed force awakens and yet have been leaning on the dislike for it over time.

This star was movie was just so perfect. It had so much potential to be cheesy and kiddie like others but it didn't. Examples being, no cutsie silly alien creature.
No cheesy force magically happening to push the master switch.
No forced movie cliche of the protagonist kissing.
The list goes on.

My wife cried hard when Donnie dies.

Diego Luna was amazing. I've seen several of his movies, choosing him was not a bad call at all.
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This almost literally happened, dude.
 
Haloid1177 said:
"I have altered the deal. Pray I don't alter it further."
"Apology accepted, Captain Needa."
"I find your lack of faith disturbing."
"We would be honored if you would join us."

Seriously how is that any worse do you people hate puns that much I swear people think Vader was always brooding and scary in the OT but the dude had jokes through them all.
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None of those were puns though.
 
honestly didn't know grand moff tarkin was cgi but i wondered who the actor was because he looked so goddamn similar to peter cushing who i knew passed away. turns out he's cgi, well, shit.
 
First two acts felt very forced and railroaded, like they were just going through the motions to introduce these people and set them up for what needed to happen next. Third act made the whole thing worth the price of admission, but they could have done a much better job getting there.

It seems like "short hyperspace times" is definitely canon now, given how travel times were portrayed in this movie. I guess i can live with that.

How did they create Princess Leia? Careful work of archive footage and impose it over the real Carrie Fisher's face, or was she (at least when the face is shown) a pure special effect and not even really there when the scene was shot?
 
I loved it, and I watch those trailers over a dozen times , easily. I love how the main team died, it seemed appropriate for this story but I was worried there would be sequels


Ending was straight savage. Surprised they took it that far.

Was that a reference towards Ahsoka? I wish she showed up.
 
I think that Vader scene is probably the best combination of PT and OT I've seen. So much happened in such a small span of time, but Vader didn't need to flip or anything. Speed with grace, precision, terror and the alien qualities that Vader had in the Ot. Worth the price of admission.
 
Lotto said:
honestly didn't know grand moff tarkin was cgi but i wondered who the actor was because he looked so goddamn similar to peter cushing who i knew passed away. turns out he's cgi, well, shit.
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Yeah, that shit fooled me. It wasnt till after when my father brought up the fact he passed and he must have been CG. I was like holy fuck. On the flip, Leia was uncanny valley.
 
Bornstellar said:
. The most offensive post of the movie. The lines they gave Vader were simply awful.
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Fuck no, people loved that line in the theater.

Since when did puns become awful? Since when did we become so allergic to the idea that Darth Vader could make them?

Emperor Palpatine is one of the goofiest characters in Star Wars, yet we're still able to take him seriously when we need to. What gives? It's not like that's the last scene Darth Vader goes out on in the film, he still gets his due 10x fold. I don't see the problem for a line of dialogue that ultimately landed and did it's job.
 
Prologue said:
I loved it, and I watch those trailers over a dozen times , easily. I love how the main team died, it seemed appropriate for this story but I was worried there would be sequels


Ending was straight savage. Surprised they took it that far.

Was that a reference towards Ahsoka? I wish she showed up.
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What was the maybe Ahsoka reference?
I was listening out for Fulcrum.
 
Prologue said:
I loved it, and I watch those trailers over a dozen times , easily. I love how the main team died, it seemed appropriate for this story but I was worried there would be sequels


Ending was straight savage. Surprised they took it that far.

Was that a reference towards Ahsoka? I wish she showed up.
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No he was talking about Leia.
 
Bornstellar said:
. The most offensive post of the movie. The lines they gave Vader were simply awful.
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I'd like to think Vader had been planning this dad joke for several months or years and waited for the opportune time to choke someone to say it.

I didn't mind the line that much though but I didn't think it was great
 
Prologue said:
I loved it, and I watch those trailers over a dozen times , easily. I love how the main team died, it seemed appropriate for this story but I was worried there would be sequels


Ending was straight savage. Surprised they took it that far.

Was that a reference towards Ahsoka? I wish she showed up.
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Jedi reference was about them picking Kenobi and trusting Leia to retrieve him.
 
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