Rogue One-Spoiler Alert Thread is not a Safe Space

[MaroonNation]

Saw it tonight. Pretty good movie. About 25 minutes too long. Introduced to 4 different planets in first 15 minutes then 2 hours till epic battle scene. Was good to see a Haden Christionson-less Vader and the special effects to bring back General Tarken and a young Princess Lea were pretty convincing too. You don't get the opening scroll. Just the opening "Once Upon a Time in a Galaxy Far Far Away" screen then bam!

 

[skydawg1]

Saw it tonight. Pretty good movie. About 25 minutes too long. Introduced to 4 different planets in first 15 minutes then 2 hours till epic battle scene. Was good to see a Haden Christionson-less Vader and the special effects to bring back General Tarken and a young Princess Lea were pretty convincing too. You don't get the opening scroll. Just the opening "Once Upon a Time in a Galaxy Far Away" screen then bam!

Try "Spoiler Alert" next time. Ha! Had no idea "Grandma Tarken" (my 3 year old self) was in this flic. Cool beans, though!

 

[MaroonNation]

I didn't spoil anything.

 

[LawDawg97]

He didn't know about Tarkin and may not have known

I didn't spoil anything.

about another character. Not everyone knows about that so maybe edit your post to take it out. Rest of the review is fine

 

[civildawg88]

I didn't like it except for the last 20 minutes. The score was really bad and the characters are so forgettable. I like TFA more. The last couple of battle scenes salvage the movie

 

[MaroonNation]

They left no doubt that there will not be a follow-up to this movie. It did also bring back my favorite two childhood toys: the Y-Wing fighter and the Imperial walker. Everyone had the TIE or X-Wing but I had the bombing capability.

 

[Maroonbulldog]

They left no doubt that there will not be a follow-up to this movie.

The follow up movie is called SWANH. Lol


I really loved it. It was different, & I liked most all of the characters. Tons of Easter eggs to spot. I would suggest original post editing to remove the specific characters you mentioned for those who stumbled on to the thread.

The closing scene was pretty bad *** and showed what a SOB someone truly is.

 

[MSUDC11]

It requires some patience. The third act is phenomenal. The first two thirds of the movie seem to take forever though.

The CGI-ness of certain characters (if you see the movie you'll know who I'm referring to) was kind of jarring at first. It grew on me though. It's awesome that we have the special effects technology to do what they did. Just needs a little refining and I think it will be an awesome tool to use in future films.

Character development was not great, but you can only do so much in a one-off movie where most characters don't appear in any other Star Wars films.

Overall I did like it, and it's certainly a must see. They definitely emphasize the war part of Star WARS. Different feel than any other SW film, and that is good and bad at times.

Better than the prequels, but I didn't think it was as strong as The Force Awakens or any of the original trilogy.

 

[drail14me]

He said "Spoiler Alert" in the title so you've been forewarned. Spoilers below.







Overall, I liked it. Started slow but ended great. I did have some problems with it.

1. I didn't like the lack of an opening crawl. That took away from the feeling of Star Wars. Didn't like how they just jumped in with the sound!
2. The soundtrack was horrible. There were moments where it sounded of Star Wars but otherwise, it felt distracting. Should have heard a lot more Imperial March.
3. Didn't like Forrest Whittaker's character Saw and the way he just gave up on Jeddah. Didn't even try to escape? Same with Jyn at the end. Just hug on the beach and die? WTF? At least TRY to escape!
4. Vader looked fat! Something was off with his costume and mannerism and James Earl Jones's voice sounded old and tired. Also, just two scenes wasn't enough. He should have been more involved. His last scene was epic though, just too short!
5. Too many forced "Easter Eggs" especially R2 and C3PO in the Yavin hanger. If we were going to see them, they should have been in the last scene with Leia.
6. And Leia, why was she on board that capitol ship in the battle? She should have been in route from Alderaan to Tattooine and had the plans transmitted to her and not handed to her as they escaped that Capitol ship. Now her excuse of a diplomatic mission from Alderaan holds no water.

 

[msudawg1200]

They left no doubt that there will not be a follow-up to this movie. It did also bring back my favorite two childhood toys: the Y-Wing fighter and the Imperial walker. Everyone had the TIE or X-Wing but I had the bombing capability.

i also had the Y-Wing fighter.

 

[MaroonNation]

Original Kenner one from 82 in pristine condition going for $642 on eBay. Just a quick glance has me $1200 in the hole on stuff that I blew up as a kid. I am pretty sure my brother and I would be labeled and terrorists now because we had an obsession with making pipe bombs out of PVC plastic and smokeless gun powder. Many an imagined rescue mission to Hoth and Alderaan ended in a fireball.

 

[preacher_dawg]

Anyone want to come Georgia to babysit a 4 year old and 16 month old twins so my wife and I can go?