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Rogue One Reviews & Impressions (Spoiler Tags Required)
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Future PhaZe
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I think there might be a leak about reys costume in the film lol
I'm actually really surprised this isn't running with an EP8 teaser in front of it, even just something simple like a title graphic and "Coming December 2017"
brandonh83
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They're playing it right, I think. They want this movie to be able to breathe and exist on its own for now. But it won't last. VIII is out in just 12 months, so they'll start talking very shortly after this comes out.
I haven't been spoiled, but I'm really not a fan of how these threads were handled. I don't see why it had to be different from other movies.
Non-spoiler OT, spoiler thread. *shrug*
Just stuff about costumes and set-pics everyone's seen at this point.
Apart from, it's locked up tight.
Trigonometrize.
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I didn't mention Lee in regards to you liking Dooku in the prequels, I mentioned him in regards to new interpretations of the character you're looking forward to in his absence. His elegance and presence are surely part of the guy's performance, no?
And gray area that his character was in? At best, he was a villain that was being cheecky with Obi-Wan when he offered for him to join him. There's no gray area when the alternative to joining the guy working with the sepratists and who has a red lightsaber is going out to fight the bug monsters.
WadiumArcadium
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Laura Dern has pink hair.
brandonh83
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There will be no live-action interpretations in his absence so I'm not looking forward to anything in that regard. I was mulling over how great it would have been to see the character much younger played by a younger Christopher Lee. He passed, so that's not happening. I was just saying it would've been cool.
Regarding the gray area, I didn't think he was fully evil or something. There are times in the prequels where he feels conflicted over things, like when he's talking to Kenobi when they have him incarcerated on Geonosis, the way he looks when Jango Fett is beheaded, etc. Again, gray area, in that he's not completely evil but has turned his back on the "good" side. And on top of that I would even argue that where the point of the prequels was to show how corrupt and ego-centric, dogmatic the Jedi were, I can understand why Dooku defected. Qui-Gon was very rebellious as well.
bananafactory
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Average score is still impressing me more than the %
Holding that 7.5
Holding that 7.5
The AV Club review for the film seems to suggest that the reshoots were probably done to make the main hero more "relatable" and likable.
Apparently she jumps back and forth between being
type character.
If this is true, this is the first instance of Disney meddling being a bad thing for Star Wars.
Apparently she jumps back and forth between being
an unhappy loner and an "inspirational" leader
If this is true, this is the first instance of Disney meddling being a bad thing for Star Wars.
If it were any other film, the final sequence would have been a post credit zinger.
Here, it's just right at the end, before the credits start.
Fancyarcher
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Sounds like a really solid SW spin-off film! Although considering the amazing tweets from last week, I can see why people would be a bit disappointed (people do need to keep their expectations in check anytime tweets are like "it's amazing though).
Dash_Riprock
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So reading the reviews,
if people hated TFA for "playing it safe" looks like they're gonna hate this one too.
I saw some shit about Luke in a poncho. And a couple of production photos in a city with space-horses. If Rian Johnson's twitter is anything to go by, production has gone smoothly and they're well into post. Which is a little crazy, because it's still a year out.
That's it. Lucasfilm have kept a much better lid on VIII than VII.
George Oscar Bluth II
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No disgruntled crew who were out of jobs because of Harrison Ford's injury and the resultant break in filming leaking stuff probably helped keep everything secret. I think most of the TFA leaks came from stuff like that.
Dash_Riprock
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There just isn't as much hype for it among the general public yet. TFA was the continuation we thought we'd never get after 40 years. VIII is just another sequel.
brandonh83
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Even better than the ROTJ space battle??? Insanity!!!
BrokenFiction
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Into the Light
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Link? This is all I wanted out of the entire film, even if it completely sucked. Those space battles look fucking phenomenal.
BrokenFiction
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Chaw's review up above.
Holy god damn is that birthmoviesdeath review spoiler-y. I enjoyed it but if you want to preserve any shred of mystery, steer clear.
But that's not the point. TFA was leaky. As in, we were looking at concept art and reading story beats in 2014 that, lo and behold, it'salltrue.gif.
Remember the hand in space? Remember Kira?
This thirty second production video got 13 million views. There is hype.
But that's not the point. TFA was leaky. As in, we were looking at concept art and reading story beats in 2014 that, lo and behold, it'salltrue.gif.
Remember the hand in space? Remember Kira?
Sounds legit.
MiamiWesker
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Same, the lightsaber fights in the prequels are fantastic and everyone that hates on them can stick to boring ass obi wan vs Vader in ANH.
WadiumArcadium
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Surprising he didn't get a mention. The reception to him seems pretty positive overall.
As much as it's almost guaranteed to not be as successful as EP7 for the reasons you've listed above, that's not the reason why things aren't leaking. They just fucked up big time with the way EP7 production was handled in regard to information surrounding the film.
The movie is a year out. Of course people aren't talking about it as much. When it's close people are going to lose their shit.
Especially considering people expect bigger things out of EP8 because of some of their disappointments with EP7.
Freewheelin'
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If they waste Mendelsohn I will riot
BronsonLee
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I would like to pre-emptively give this movie a 4/5
Into the Light
Banned
Ill follow it up with a pre-emptive 5/5.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
This ain't a Marvel movie, so you can chill
Lan Dong Mik
And why would I want them?
Yeah I'd be pretty fucking surprised if I'm underwhelmed by Mendelsohn in this. Dude has had me sold ever since I saw him in The Place Beyond the Pines. Amazing actor.
BronsonLee
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This ain't a Marvel movie, so you can chill
*looks at TFA*
I saw a trailer on Facebook and it was pretty verging on spoiler territory.
It's here if you want it: https://www.facebook.com/StarWars.UK/videos/1332863933425658/
It's here if you want it: https://www.facebook.com/StarWars.UK/videos/1332863933425658/
But people remember Kylo Ren though.
That's extremely well-written, wow.
VII was the re-launch of the franchise and introduction to a new generation. Its also the direct sequel to the biggest movie trilogy of all time. I don't think there was any way they were going to be able to keep it all under wraps due to having that kind of scrutiny.
In a way though, because of everything that VII was, and had to be, it greatly takes the pressure off the subsequent films and hopefully things can be more manageable.
Freewheelin'
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Extraordinarily good in Mississippi Grind
brandonh83
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Ohhhh no
BronsonLee
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*bursts through wall Kool-Aid Man style* ohhhhh ya
WadiumArcadium
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