A disappointment for me was Vader when we first see him. How bad was the voice, was it one take or what. I know James is really old but it was terribly spoken like he needed to do another take but never did. The suit did indeed look off unfortunately. The end though, that was awesome.
LTTP: Rogue One
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DiipuSurotu
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The space battle was incredible.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
It's basically just that. There's only so much you can do.
I think it might have been mitigated a little if they'd processed his voice to be flatter/tinnier like it was in 77 (since they were going all-out on the accuracy) but maybe they did try that and it just made it worse? I dunno.
Vampirolol
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The more time passes, the more I dislike this movie. The characters, the story, the editing, everything was so boring.
Cinematography was the highlight here, and nothing else. Not even that incredilbe but serviceable (and sort of retconning) final scene.
Cinematography was the highlight here, and nothing else. Not even that incredilbe but serviceable (and sort of retconning) final scene.
Strangelove77
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I liked it a lot more than TFA.
And yeah, the effects aren't quite there yet. They're good, but theyre not as good as some of the de-aging effects in some of the Marvel movies.
And yeah, the effects aren't quite there yet. They're good, but theyre not as good as some of the de-aging effects in some of the Marvel movies.
Movie was better than TFA for me and I really liked TFA.
I need to see it in 4k.
As much as I'd like to see the movie in 4k HDR etc, Disney doesn't care about it.
I still think Tarkin looked fine, and Leia looked bad when I saw it months ago.
Where i live its still playing in theaters.
SoundPulse
Banned
I still think the Gold and Red Leader bits were a cool touch.
Moff
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it looked good, but there was just not tension to it, imo
at first they didn't even know what they were there for and then suddenly they had to destroy a shield because the heroes had to upload a pdf.
there is still nothing that comes close to the battle of endor
Metalingus5150
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How did Vader's cape flap in the wind when there is no wind in space!?!
Watched it again last night.
Saw's lack of screen time screams reshoots or last minute rewrites to me since he plays a major role in the movie, both as a mentor and protector to Jyn as well as a militant leader of the Rebellion. Despite Whitaker's hammy performance he had the potential to be the most interesting thing about the movie. They cast him as this morally ambiguous Darth Vader character fighting for the "good guys." He's on life support whiffing something from his breathing mask that makes him increasingly more paranoid. I liked the Mad Max-like setting on Jedha but he comes and goes so fast it was just weird. Saw was close to her is parents. Saw saved her. Saw trained her and raised her. The imperial pilot defects to find Saw. The empire is looking for Saw. The rebels want a meeting with Saw and use Jyn to get to him. Guy has like 3 scenes and dies. Wtf
Felicity Jones is a bland and uninteresting heroine and her character motivation is underdeveloped. She's sore at Saw for leaving her hanging? She's a criminal working at an imperial camp? She used to believe in the cause but doesn't anymore? There's an entire, critical part of her history as a character that is missing from her character arc to make her evolution interesting. The movie should have explored her life under Saw and her role with the rebellion rather than jumping around to four different planets/locations in span of 10 minutes in the early going. Instead we get a boring information dump from Mon Mothma on Yavin with awkward close ups and weird emotional over reactions from Jones. I must have had hype goggles on when I saw this in theaters because I dug it first time around.
2 Boogalis out of 5
Saw's lack of screen time screams reshoots or last minute rewrites to me since he plays a major role in the movie, both as a mentor and protector to Jyn as well as a militant leader of the Rebellion. Despite Whitaker's hammy performance he had the potential to be the most interesting thing about the movie. They cast him as this morally ambiguous Darth Vader character fighting for the "good guys." He's on life support whiffing something from his breathing mask that makes him increasingly more paranoid. I liked the Mad Max-like setting on Jedha but he comes and goes so fast it was just weird. Saw was close to her is parents. Saw saved her. Saw trained her and raised her. The imperial pilot defects to find Saw. The empire is looking for Saw. The rebels want a meeting with Saw and use Jyn to get to him. Guy has like 3 scenes and dies. Wtf
Felicity Jones is a bland and uninteresting heroine and her character motivation is underdeveloped. She's sore at Saw for leaving her hanging? She's a criminal working at an imperial camp? She used to believe in the cause but doesn't anymore? There's an entire, critical part of her history as a character that is missing from her character arc to make her evolution interesting. The movie should have explored her life under Saw and her role with the rebellion rather than jumping around to four different planets/locations in span of 10 minutes in the early going. Instead we get a boring information dump from Mon Mothma on Yavin with awkward close ups and weird emotional over reactions from Jones. I must have had hype goggles on when I saw this in theaters because I dug it first time around.
2 Boogalis out of 5
SoundPulse
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His ally is the force.
NaDannMaGoGo
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Damn straight.
Hearing the space battle was supposedly the best Star Wars has to offer here on GAF and other places was one of the major reasons I decided to watch it in theater after all, despite my distaste for the trailers.
Well, while it looked good enough the choreography had nothing on RotJ and I needn't even talk about tension when I cared for basically no one at that point.
Metalingus5150
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It's the best simply for having the best ship in Star Wars history.
Hammerhead corvette
sixteen-bit
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cj_iwakura
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For me, the highlight was good old fashioned intergalactic MON CALAMARI-LED CAPSHIP WARFARE.
This movie retroactively made me like TFA a little more.
This is boring, uninspired, badly acted, CGI while competent still not there yet to make me go "I didnt knew it was CGI and not prostethic/make up"
TFA maybe be unoriginal but is competently acted, nicely paced, etc.
All in all, JJ Abrahams >>>> Gareth Edwards
This is boring, uninspired, badly acted, CGI while competent still not there yet to make me go "I didnt knew it was CGI and not prostethic/make up"
TFA maybe be unoriginal but is competently acted, nicely paced, etc.
All in all, JJ Abrahams >>>> Gareth Edwards
HomerSimpson-Man
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2nd Death Star.
Bothans didn't steal the DS2 plans either.
There was no Death Star plans stolen for the second Death Star.
The Bothans got the information that Palptine would be on the DS2.
Wait for Rogue One 2.
M.W.
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Movie was better than TFA for me and I really liked TFA.
I need to see it in 4k.
Same here. Loved Rogue One.
Maxey
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Felicity Jones was bland in this movie and K2SO was the standout. The robot droid was the standout. Mads Mikkelson was better in his limited role than the rebel cast and overall it was kinda a "well we know where this is going but it's Star Wars...". TFA for all it's short comings moved the story forward even if it did so in a safe manner.
It's still in theatres here...
It's still in theatres here...
CreepingFear
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Fuck outta here with Rogue One being better than TFA. I felt more for Rey and Finn at the end of TFA. Rogue One failed at making you feel for the characters and their sacrifices.I was more sad for the fucking droid dying than any of the mains.
Edit: Still buying Rogue One on Blu Ray, but main trilogy is where it's at.
Edit: Still buying Rogue One on Blu Ray, but main trilogy is where it's at.
PatThePassive
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The ending was so sudden, characters just died and boom its over.
Also the forced romance was so forced qui gon jinn thought it was the chosen one.
There was no kiss but the strings were going when they locked eyes it was clearly a romance that they probably cut the kiss for a lot of the re shoots that were added when the first ending was not so well received so they added vader, if I remember correctly.
Also the forced romance was so forced qui gon jinn thought it was the chosen one.
There was no kiss but the strings were going when they locked eyes it was clearly a romance that they probably cut the kiss for a lot of the re shoots that were added when the first ending was not so well received so they added vader, if I remember correctly.
Lifejumper
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There was no romance. I liked R1 didnt love it.
Maxey
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Alan Tudyk killed it, yeah, but Donnie Yen's character was another high point for me.
Donnie Yen stole every scene he was in. I can't believe he almost turned down the role.
He had me until the part where he walks along the beach going "I am one with the force..." and I have no idea what movie they got those Forest Whitaker scenes from...
Alan Tudyk, you're right. I was about to mention him as well. He was great in his role as well. Really well created and well portrayed.
Metalingus5150
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That was one of the best moments!
No.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
Yo... OP, what is your standard for "great"?
Like, you can say it's a great movie but do you really think it's comparable to Citizen Kane, Lawrence of Arabia, True Lies, Terminator 1 & 2, etc..
Like, you can say it's a great movie but do you really think it's comparable to Citizen Kane, Lawrence of Arabia, True Lies, Terminator 1 & 2, etc..
Lifejumper
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Nvm.
All of these don't deserve to be in the same sentence with Lawrence of Arabia.
Citizen Kane tho
Maxey
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I could send you a PDF with a detailed breakdown of how my subjective opinion works, including graphs, equations and multiple timelines.
Or, you know, maybe you're overthinking what I said.
Maybe tomorrow I'll like the movie less once I've internalized more of what I saw.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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so fucking good!
I want a movie after return of the sith with this vader hunting jedi and shit.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
I think that would be helpful instead of saying, "great movie but CGI faces weren't good... still great though".
Like, I'm not sure what you expected; you dropped the great bomb and you thought that no one would ask why you believe it's great?
A lot of films have outdone it tenfold since it came out. Still a pretty revolutionary piece of work for the time though, I'll give it that.
But hey, at least I'm not the guy who said all the Marvel movies are better put together than Moonlight.
Bobby Roberts
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