demosthenes
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Why did you wait in line for 9 hours, jeez.
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |OT| They rebel - SPOILERS
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Why did you wait in line for 9 hours, jeez.
brandonh83
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Besides the Phasma scene, I'd say that a lot of scenes with Rey and Finn on the Falcon (them fixing the Falcon, the "I bypassed the compressor" scene, the "YOU KNOW LUKE SKYWALKER? :O" scene) and the Rathars.
Uhhh guess I just totally disagree, I thought they were good during all that. It's actually crazy how subjective this stuff can be. Like I can completely agree with the shitty prequel acting, but I thought TFA was mostly solid in that regard.
Razgriz-Specter
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Something Angry Joe pointed out in his review that was a little detail that that is both a good and bad thing.,
That the pilots weren't all that diverse other than the black X-wing pilot, female X-wing pilot and the female U-Wing pilot.
It really had that OT movie and 70's/80's vibe from them.
That being said I hope
gets a bigger role in VIII or IX
That the pilots weren't all that diverse other than the black X-wing pilot, female X-wing pilot and the female U-Wing pilot.
It really had that OT movie and 70's/80's vibe from them.
That being said I hope
gets a bigger role in VIII or IX
Marky Mark
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Everyone's talking about shitty CGI Leia and that other guy but I didn't even notice it was bad lol
Haloid1177
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There unbridled enthusiasm sold me on the characters, but they definitely took it too far at times. Moreso Ridley than Finn, but both have their cringeworthy moments. Wouldn't trade them though I feel they're gonna grow tremendously in VIII.
demosthenes
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I didn't think tarkin was bad at all. Leia wasn't as good though.
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I really liked the CGI faces.
God I loved the movie.
God I loved the movie.
CreepingFear
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My opening night Imax crowd went nuts for CGI Leia.
brandonh83
Banned
I think most actors take things too far or not far enough all the damn time across most films I see. And I see Star Wars as a larger than life story with equally larger than life characters. It's totally fine with me if they exaggerate performances as long as it's not TOO much or, worse, robotic. Like you had great scenes say with Rey fighting away Kylo's attempted mind-intrusion and while that should have been just terrible I thought they did great. Even if I could cite a few parts that weren't great, they did mostly very well, impressively so at the key moments and few performances are overall perfect.
This is why I can't take people seriously. Like the prequels have tons of CG and some was bad, but I can't say FOR ME that anything was as jarring as Leia or Tarkin. Again I can handle to some length bad aliens or whatever but showing me a CG human in a live space with real actors is just as bad if not worse. But they go crazy over a young CG Fisher? I don't get it.
I had the exact opposite impression, but maybe that's because Tarkin was on screen for much longer than Leia. Didn't bother me either way and all in all I'm still glad they did it.
Razgriz-Specter
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Other than maybe the ground crew member Jyn stole the uniform from(probably just a small dude)
I don't recall seeing any Imperial females.
Nope. Fantastic performance.
Hahaha. I agree with you so damned much.
BronsonLee
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Finn being a dumbass was the best part of TFA by far
AHM IN CHARGE *stands on tiptoes to yell at Phasma*
AHM IN CHARGE *stands on tiptoes to yell at Phasma*
Same. There was as much whooping and hollering there as Vader when we finally see him go off. There were a lot of satisfied fans that night.
bring it down
...and yeah, my opening 7pm showing throwdown went craaaaaazy at the end. So much applause.
brandonh83
Banned
If Lucas did the CG Tarkin or Leia things fanboys would be calling upon the fuckin firing squads.
Lifejumper
Member
I cant imagine liking any movie after waiting even 2 hours.
CloudyTuba
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My mother didnt even realize that Tarkin was CGI. I dont know if thats more a compliment for the movie or an indication of her eyesight but take it for what it's worth.
brandonh83
Banned
Okay so I got there early, waited a few hours. Some theater folk came out and said if we're in the 10:15 line that we could come back when the 7 went in. So I went across the street and chilled at Buffalo Wild Wings for a few hours, then got back in line a few more hours. So yeah, it wasn't a full 9 hour wait exactly, but it was still a very long time of standing out in the cold and listening to people talk about their SW knowledge like how they know what episode that ewoks appear in.
As a long time star wars fan this film reignited my love for star wars films. Episode 7 was severely disappointing and made me not want to go see this movie but I'm really glad I did. The whole tone felt so close the original films it was great. Even with no light sabers this film still carried itself and felt more like a war film set in the star wars universe.
bigboss370
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you're not the only one. characters did feel very weak outside a couple interactions and yeah there was some unnecessary disjointedness in the beginning.
i think the idea was to make it seem like these characters came together to form a tight knit team but it just wasn't executed well.
JoshuaJSlone
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The Force is not an invincibility star.
Eh, can't say I enjoyed Rogue One. Just felt cliche and going through the motions. Not saying it's necessarily bad. Just thought it was boring. It felt like a lot of scenes stacked on top of each other with no room to breathe. I liked the side characters, but they didn't get enough to make me love them. I had no emotions in any of the death scenes. A few more nitpicks that's escaping me atm, but was really disappointed all in all.
brandonh83
Banned
He said it A LOT though, at a point I was like okayyy I get it
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
You might as well write "Darth Vader is in this next scene" on the bottom XD
Razgriz-Specter
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It was a prayer chant.
victreeb3l
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Just saw it and I'm a little lukewarm about it. I didnt hate it but I thought it was a pretty average film. None of the characters were interesting or well developed. There were too many sad death scenes that we were supposed to care about that did nothing for me. I honestly hated K2 as well. I didnt find him charming, just kind of a dick. I found myself tuning out of the movie often as it was hard to stay engaged.
What the hell was Whitakers character supposed to be? I found him so cringe worthy. Riz' character was also some rambling guy which got annoying after a while. The Asian dudes were pretty cool but I'm struggling to remember anyone else that stood out positively.
I loved the special effects, especially the CG for some of the characters. Favorite bits of the movie were all the Vader stuff. Not sure if its a good thing if the only thing I really loved were like 2 minutes of fan service.
What the hell was Whitakers character supposed to be? I found him so cringe worthy. Riz' character was also some rambling guy which got annoying after a while. The Asian dudes were pretty cool but I'm struggling to remember anyone else that stood out positively.
I loved the special effects, especially the CG for some of the characters. Favorite bits of the movie were all the Vader stuff. Not sure if its a good thing if the only thing I really loved were like 2 minutes of fan service.
RadioactiveLobster
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So have been reading up on others opinions and thoughts on the movie and I am 100% convinced that some people went and accidentally saw the wrong movie.
I see people calling some of the small nods like "You may fire when ready." and the use of previously unseen ANH footage (for X-Wing Pilots) as cringe worthy.
I see people calling some of the small nods like "You may fire when ready." and the use of previously unseen ANH footage (for X-Wing Pilots) as cringe worthy.
Razgriz-Specter
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Well we also had a Clone Turbo Tank transporting Jyn early on as well.
No, Baze is Chirrut's protector and friend, that's all.
And yet, there are heaps of people who think it was a real actor. Me, I kept being drawn to the CG lips. Never thought I'd stare at Peter Cushing's lips, lol.
HawthorneKitty
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I expect a vid/gif of him having it during the walk and then it fading, plus game over jingle when the DVD/Blu-ray/w/e comes out now.
<3 Donnie Yen tho
brandonh83
Banned
But how
How is this possible
People complain about even DECENT CG but think this was good or passable for realism? Sheeeeit.
The Librarian
Banned
Besides the Phasma scene, I'd say that a lot of scenes with Rey and Finn on the Falcon (them fixing the Falcon, the "I bypassed the compressor
you're just fucking jealous that you can't bypass a compressor like Rey can
Lifejumper
Member
My brother isnt a huge sw fan and he didnt notice.
I had people in my audience going "His actor's still alive?" when Tarkin showed up.
Rey the best. REPRESENT.
PushTheButtonMax
Banned
Oh shit. I was watching a bootleg of the Vader-wrecking-shit scene on youtube and saw that he reached behind himself and sliced the guy he had force-slammed in to the ceiling. Totally missed that in the theater.
Feel the Swift
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Loved the movie. I think i liked Jyn even more than Rey. RIP 
Can't believe the outrage over Tarkin. I honestly couldn't tell it was CGI at first but then I realized he passed away. I even had tell my family it was all special effects. To call it "awful" is such an overreaction it's not even funny.
Can't believe the outrage over Tarkin. I honestly couldn't tell it was CGI at first but then I realized he passed away. I even had tell my family it was all special effects. To call it "awful" is such an overreaction it's not even funny.
I can see how it would bother you if you went into the movie without knowing they would be using his character or that the actor had passed. But otherwise you're kidding yourself. sorry.
brandonh83
Banned
Man. More power to them I guess.
Yeah Peter Cushing still looks old as fuck... 40 years later.
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