CGI Peter Cushing grew on me and I ended up really liking it. Jyn though...yeah. She is terrible. All the characters in this are. I think I like Rogue One least of all the Star Wars movies. At least in the prequels I enjoy what's happening on screen when we have Obi-Wan. He is fun to watch. I had 0 vested interest in Rogue One good guys. I wish I could put my finger on why....They had a great cast in this film. And it sucks because everything plot-wise I really like in Rogue One.
We know it's Mustafar from the art book. They should have had 'Mustafar' appear like with the other planets.
So I see a lot of people saying this in response/criticism to the Vader lightsaber scene, and it's simply not true.
His movement was simply a combination of:
and
Not even close to prequels flippy bullshit. All his movements meant something.
Vader was toying with old man Obi Wan in ANH. That speed isn't representative of him. Vader in RO was no faster or flashy than he was in ESB or ROTJ.
_/¯I'm guessing their communications are purposely garbled so enemies can't hear them talk when in action. Not sure if it's been confirmed.
That first scene with Vader really bothered me, and it was something about his costume. Specifically his helmet didn't look right. Looked too long at the neck. Someone else here pointed out, and I think they're right, that his helmet is tucked under the shirt/cloth/whatever in most iterations we've seen Vader, so that might've been what stuck out.
This bugs me too. I can make up reasons why she was there, but they'd all be bad. Otherwise a great final act, minus maybe one or two other minor gripes. I think I would've liked it if the ship that received the plans is about to be blown to hell, and in their last seconds they transmit the plans to Leia's ship wherever it might be. Then ba-boom. Their ship goes down in flames. The empire is left wondering if they got there in time, but Vader knows better. He realizes the plans got out. He follows the transmission, tracks down Leia, and we begin A New Hope.
To be fair, he did just get out of the bath...
Ah, interesting. Guessing this is in the visual guide? My copy hasn't arrived yet.
That's probably why he was in such a bad mood too. Nobody interrupts Lord Vader's bath time.
Wait. Which movie are we talking about? Alien, Aliens, or Alien 3? It's been too long, so I can't remember which had the cat. That was Aliens 3, right?
I agree. They take a couple of lines from the movie and turn them into a powerful film that echoes the message of the first film.
At first I thought my issue was with the line, but the more I think about it I genuinely think it is the framing of it all. It starts great---Vader just keeps his back to Krennic, and we hear the effect. Immediately realize what is going on. Pretty badass. But it takes a little long for Vader to get to his line, so there is this buildup of tension in the scene. No one has said anything. And then we cut back to Vader the final time. The camera closes in on him too close for my liking, as if it is going "and here comes the whammy!" Then he delivers the line and it felt goofy to me. If the camera hung back at a distance where it was when the choking began, I think I would've really loved it. Re-watching the Apology Accepted, Captain Needa line, I love the way the camera works that scene. The emphasis isn't on the line itself, but on the action of what Vader's done. He starts his line while we're still watching Needa gasping for air at Vader's feet. I'm willing to concede and say the line might not be as bad as I've been making it, but I think something was wrong. That's just my take on the whole thing though.
Agreed. I was going to be really twiked if the cast found a way to survive, considering the plot of what we were going into. Really happy with how it turned out in that regard.
