Brian Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Nerds. Can't wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Rogue One review: this is the first Star Wars movie to acknowledge the whole franchise is about war Mind. Blown. Had no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Review so far are not at A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back or Force Awakens level but they are very good so far. So those who freaked out about the reshoots signalling the film would be bad can rest easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Get to watch the movie Wednesday night for work (projectionist). A rep from Disney is going to audit me watching the movie, so it should be an awkward time. I'm excited. I'm seeing it on Friday morning at 1:30 and then my partner and I are seeing it on Monday for my birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Another hilarious review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Dec 13, 2016 -> 11:47 AM) Rogue One review: this is the first Star Wars movie to acknowledge the whole franchise is about war Mind. Blown. Had no idea. No way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 QUOTE (Ezio Auditore @ Dec 13, 2016 -> 11:47 AM) Rogue One review: this is the first Star Wars movie to acknowledge the whole franchise is about war Mind. Blown. Had no idea. I liked that review. Terrible title. But what I get from it is this movie gets away from things like entire planets being blown to bits as a shallow plot device and instead to the brutality that would spawn such a longstanding resistance. This is a war movie. The others are adventure movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 13, 2016 -> 02:19 PM) I liked that review. Terrible title. But what I get from it is this movie gets away from things like entire planets being blown to bits as a shallow plot device and instead to the brutality that would spawn such a longstanding resistance. This is a war movie. The others are adventure movies. Yeah, I agree, it was actually a good review. But the title is just begging to be mocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 On the other hand, dark and gritty sounds fun but it really is weird to have a star wars film that my nieces and nephews can't see even though we have bought them lego sets for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorStSox Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 13, 2016 -> 01:26 PM) On the other hand, dark and gritty sounds fun but it really is weird to have a star wars film that my nieces and nephews can't see even though we have bought them lego sets for it. It's no different than Deadpool or Logan. Although it's not that extreme. It's PG 13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) Rouge One is pretty good, one of my favorite Star Wars films. After watching and thinking about it, it really makes a ANH a better movie and the actions in that film more important. A lot of stuff from the cartoons, books, and comics are mentioned. I had to watch it twice but I couldn't point of any of the reshot scenes. And the CGI characters were really done well. Some scenes dragged on and some dialogue fell flat. The movie is slow to start but it really picks up after the mid way point. ESB TFA ANH R1 ROTS ROTJ PM AOTC Edited December 15, 2016 by Joshua Strong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 13, 2016 -> 01:26 PM) On the other hand, dark and gritty sounds fun but it really is weird to have a star wars film that my nieces and nephews can't see even though we have bought them lego sets for it. It's not that dark or gritty, I would take my kid to see it but you should check it out first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I love the reviewers that are panning the story/screenplay of the movie. It is about a space war. I want cool characters and some good sci fi crap. When did the first three movies become the Godfather in regard to a story telling trilogy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 I really enjoyed Rogue One. It took a bit to get going but the third act is fantastic, particularly the last 5 minutes.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Rogue One definitely started slow but goddamn the third act was amazing. I need a prequel trilogy for Donnie Yen's character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ Dec 15, 2016 -> 06:04 AM) It's not that dark or gritty, I would take my kid to see it but you should check it out first. I agree. It definitely has a war feel to it and its more gritty than the other Star Wars films but there is nothing worse in this than seeing beloved characters get killed off or ROTS. I saw it with my cousin's kids who are 10 and 12 yesterday and they both loved it. I'm sure there might be some kids where a couple scenes might be too intense but I think that will be the exception to the rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con te Giolito Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 (edited) I came in really expecting the worst, especially after TFA set it sights so low. I was totally wrong. Its at least the best one since Empire Strikes Back. Everything with it works, it connects very well to A New Hope and man...we've been waiting for it since Return of the Jedi and finally Disney went and gave it to us. Finally gives Star Wars a valid reason to have the pedestal atop the American pop culture world that its been enjoying despite nothing but average (Return of the Jedi), mediocre (The Force Awakens) and downright awful (prequels) output for the last 30 years. That said, the ending is possibly the worst in cinematic history. Seriously, it so bad I think they did it on purpose to get people buzzing about it. Edited December 16, 2016 by Con te Giolito Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 QUOTE (Con te Giolito @ Dec 16, 2016 -> 03:23 PM) I came in really expecting the worst, especially after TFA set it sights so low. I was totally wrong. Its at least the best one since Empire Strikes Back. Everything with it works, it connects very well to A New Hope and man...we've been waiting for it since Return of the Jedi and finally Disney went and gave it to us. Finally gives Star Wars a valid reason to have the pedestal atop the American pop culture world that its been enjoying despite nothing but average (Return of the Jedi), mediocre (The Force Awakens) and downright awful (prequels) output for the last 30 years. That said, the ending is possibly the worst in cinematic history. Seriously, it so bad I think they did it on purpose to get people buzzing about it. I've only heard people raving about the ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con te Giolito Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 The ending of the story is great. The last 3rd of the movie is great. But at the very end, right before the credits, they do something incomprehensible. You'll know when you see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 QUOTE (Con te Giolito @ Dec 16, 2016 -> 03:49 PM) The ending of the story is great. The last 3rd of the movie is great. But at the very end, right before the credits, they do something incomprehensible. You'll know when you see it. CGI Leia? I didn't think it was THAT bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con te Giolito Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 CGI Leia? I didn't think it was THAT bad. It wasn't as bad as the Grand Moff Tarkin monstrosities, but she still looked kind of like a nightmare. Its worse because they did to Leia too. I really dont find these CGI renderings necessary, just cast a strong doppleganger and let Hollywood makeup people do the rest. It doesn't have to be perfect people will get it, a ghastly computer drawn Leia is actaully scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 QUOTE (Con te Giolito @ Dec 16, 2016 -> 03:57 PM) It wasn't as bad as the Grand Moff Tarkin monstrosities, but she still looked kind of like a nightmare. Its worse because they did to Leia too. I really dont find these CGI renderings necessary, just cast a strong doppleganger and let Hollywood makeup people do the rest. It doesn't have to be perfect people will get it, a ghastly computer drawn Leia is actaully scary. Agreed on Tarkin, but I thought Leia was actually pretty well done, to the levels of RDJ in Civil War or Michael Douglas in Ant-Man. But yeah, Tarkin was way too much uncanny valley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 God dammit. You know how hard it is to wait two days to look at your spoilers. Dickface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 (edited) QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 16, 2016 -> 03:50 PM) CGI Leia? I didn't think it was THAT bad. Tarkin was CGI the entire movie. I'm not sure why people have a problem with it. I'm kind of surprised we aren't at a point where CGI is better, but who cares? The version that's remastered that my daughter will be watching in 10 years will likely be more realistic. The movie was amazing. Edited December 17, 2016 by Steve9347 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 I expected that movie to be really good. It was somehow 10x better. I am so pleased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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