You're a miserable bastard who doesn't enjoy anything. We get it.

I don't think I really disagree with Shuffle on any of his criticisms, the only difference seems to be that even recognizing those faults, I came out of it thinking "great popcorn movie and very worthwhile chapter in the SW saga that fits in nicely" and he came out thinking "movie is not very good". I guess I just have low standards?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQdDRrcAOjA

tho

I just saw Rogue One thought it was good, imo better than The Force Awakens, The Phantom Menace and The Return of the Jedi.

@dinopoker

The return of the Jedi is such a terrible movie. The story is just lol; Luke could have received the light sabre from R2D2 at any time in Jabba's palace but Lucas just had to show them SFX that at the time were ground breaking but have aged as well as a VHS player. The greatest force in the universe loses to a bunch of teddy bears in a forest, and lol at the security at the forest base in the first place.

I liked the prequels due to the light sabre duels and the stories regarding the force and the progressions of certain characters around the force, but at the same time I can understand why some of the old guard who grew up with Star Wars in the 80s disliked them.



What is the source of this picture?

Yeah I shared the same thought. Seemed too Call of Duty like.

+1

Like lots of sci-fi/adventure/superhero/whatever movie type stuff, this is the kind of thing you can't overthink or you're gonna wind up hating everything. The whole Han "rescue", if you think about it for 3 minutes, is most poorly-planned cluster**** imaginable, but it makes for a fun sequence if you just go with it.

That's taken at the end of Ep3. What's funny is that's supposedly 15-20 years before Rogue One, it took them that long to build the 1st Death Star, but only 3 years for the 2nd one (maybe would've been longer but it was at least operational by then).

looks pretty far along in that picture

death star is a pretty silly idea

Saw it last night, enjoyed it very much. I don't care all that much about the CGI Tarkin although one thing that bugged me about it is didn't appear that "his" eyes were tracking properly when he was addressing other characters.

It wasn't this bad:


but it was definitely noticeable.

count me among those that was definitely worried at the beginning with all the named locations. I was wondering if I was going to have to keep all those locations straight.

If you hated the last 4 Star Wars movies released so much, then why did you even bother with Rogue 1?
Seems like a good way to waste 3 hours of your life

I think its pretty clear that no Star Wars movie is going to be in the running for Best Picture.

Would love to hear argument from someone who thinks it should be

Didn't know there were any of those people.

Yeah I agree. When I was younger, ROTJ was my favourite Star Wars. Mainly because the SFX were amazing. But after watching it again a decade and a half after it was released, the SFX cannot carry the film, unlike A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back which in comparison have held up well after the test of time.

Bear with me but is The Empire Strikes Back the only film when the villains win at the end?

You go into every film you see apparently expecting it to be citizen kane and raging when it's not.. and then go continue to see such films. you're either a moron, trying too hard to be contrarian, or want to be miserable. My guess is all three.

By every objective measure this is a decent movie. Is it perfect? No. There are flaws. But it is a good, enjoyable, original star wars film. I don't think you can expect much more from the franchise.

It's the middle episode of a trilogy. The "villains" technically win in Clones and Sith as well but they are really just parts of a bigger story.

The only movie that I remember the villain winning in the end is Body Heat.

I liked the movie. I went in with no expectations. I knew it about Princess Leia (Hope Carrie Fisher gets better!) getting the plans for the Death Star. Other than that, I had no idea what to expect. I saw it in 3-D.

I'm surprised at the hate for Tarkin. I'm guessing he looked more realistic in 3-D? I honestly thought it was just old footage from ANH and that they enhanced it. I knew the actor died 20 years ago. Never even occurred to me he was CGI until after the movie and I read up on it.

I loved 2 things about the movie. First, Vader at the end. Holy ****. Like, I knew he wouldn't get the plans but Goddamn, it was terrifying. That scene alone was worth price of admission. The other part I liked was the damage from the Death Star. It was really cool to see in 3-D. I know it's stupid but a pet peeve of mine has been that the Death Star could just wipe out a planet. There's really no destruction to show when a planet blows up. It just blows up. You don't get to see the look of terror on people's faces as they realize they are going to die.

But yea, that Vader scene was A+.

Now that CGI Cushing is a thing, someone should do the same with Christopher Lee and crank out a new Hammer Dracula movie. Maybe make an undead movie with literally all dead actors on live bodies!

Thought it was much better than TFA.

At this point I've made peace with the type of movie we are going to get from Disney.

Also The Empire really needs to develop an early warning air defense. Like for realz.

Yeah people need to reign in their expectations. At this point, we are not going to get films like ANH and ESB - I mean I guess it's possible they could make an Obi Wan trilogy in the mould of Nolan's Batman, but even then, I think people have had their fill of anything pre-BoY.

However, even if an episode did measure up to the first two films, some fans would still hold their noses before going into the cinema, so Disney may as well just make the biggest grossing popcorn fodder then can - If you're going to compare SW to anything, it should really be compared to Marvel universe, or DCU, or F&F franchise.

In that respect, the R1 stands up really well.

I liked Rogue One. I thought the CGI Tarkin would be way worse based on the hand wringing from people in this thread and elsewhere.

Going to see Rogue One in 2 hours. I didn't know they showed movies before noon but I guess they do.

That's taken at the end of Ep3. What's funny is that's supposedly 15-20 years before Rogue One.

So this is the only thing that really bugs me about Rogue One. At the time of this picture, Galen has supposedly already defected, been found, wife killed, daughter missing, and returned back to the Empire right.

It seems nitty to me, but the timeline just seems a bit off to me.

Meeting the Dr and Walrus was fine by me. From what I remember those 2 just went around looking for fights and to kill people. Actually wanted a Biggs and Wedge in the story more, IMHO Wedge is best pilot in the Galaxy. Second time around I missed the Mothma Organa conversation again, but wanted more of them.

Literally would not have known Tarkin's face was CGI if people had not made such a big deal about it. Overall enjoyed it. Absolute favorite part was after when I was walking out with my dad and he said completely seriously, "Well, I guess they will have to make one now where they blow it up," talking about the Death Star.

LOL olds. You gotta love them.

I like to think your dad is trolling you.

If someone's mom said it, on the other hand, my assumption would be that she's totally serious.