Rogue One - A Star Wars spoiler thread

[ruffneck23]

More for my own benefit so I can avoid it until Sunday , discuss away !!!

 

[Lazy Llama]

I'm not going to say anything for a few days.

 

[DotCommunist]

han shoots first

 

[treefrog]

Balbi apparently saw that ending a mile away, I didn't expect it to be quite so bleak genuinely surprised at some of the character deaths! Brilliant though, and I want to see the original director's cut that I imagine would be Peckinpah in space.

 

[Indeliblelink]

Well I enjoyed that, certainly better than Force Awakens. It seemed to be aimed at an older audience, less cutesy characters and jokes, lots of nods to the original trilogy. Not perfect though, some of the characters needed to be given more back story and the script was a bit clunky. Overall I think Gareth Edwards has done a decent job with it.
I saw it in 3-D but I don't think it added much, I'd see it in 2-D if I went again.

 

[Pseudopsycho]

Evening, just popping in with a big starwars shaped smile on my face.

 

[5t3IIa]

I enjoyed it

 

[5t3IIa]

member when Darth Vader was having a bath in his castle, then got out and said a schwarzeneggeresque pun?

 

[A380]

I think it and Empire will need to fight it out for the title 'best' now. Not sure if Christopher Lee's CGI was a slight over reach, but that's just a quibble. Fantastic.

 

[Indeliblelink]

I think you mean Peter Cushing not Christopher Lee

 

[Lazy Llama]

Just watched it for a second time, at a much smaller, non-IMAX cinema.

Quite different, easier to follow the action but not as spectacular.

Cushingbot looked better on the smaller screen, Carriebot looked worse .

At least two trailer shots are not in the finished film, which also happened with TFA, I think.

There's something wrong with new Vader's posture. Either he has no neck or the helmet is too big, just doesn't look right.

But so much to love - the X-wing fights, the back/forward references to ANH, the unrelenting pace, Krennic, the street at the trading post, the alien races, Two-Tubes, the white walking rug, the locations, the music, the deathtroopers and just the whole lot thrown together so beautifully.

ETA: Been reading that there are 12 shots in the trailers which didn't make the film. That seems a lot.

 

[Pseudopsycho]

I did like the voice work for cushingbot by Scorpy but I did find myself wondering if it would have been better to do practical make-up fx - after all he's no stranger to latex

I agree there was something off about Vader - until he went on the rampage at the end - I found myself wanting more corridors and blast doors.

Oh and Donnie Yen and his mate stole the show for me.

 

[Lazy Llama]

K-2SO, what a guy!
Some of the best lines in the movie.

 

[strung out]

What happened to all the women? Two out of seven main characters were women and neither had any agency or depth. I enjoyed lots about the film, but for a film that promised so much, it was lacking in its fair treatment of gender representation. The fact that Jyn - the hero - was essentially a product of daddy issues with both Galen and Saw, was a real disappointment.

 

[Pseudopsycho]

K-2SO, what a guy!
Some of the best lines in the movie.

The anti-Jarjar

 

[A380]

I think you mean Peter Cushing not Christopher Lee

Doh!

 

[Ranbay]

They steal the plans to the Death Star.... FACT

 

[Mumbles274]

Had to watch ANH yesterday (despecialized edition)

Might have to go to cinema again

 

[Mumbles274]

K-2SO, what a guy!
Some of the best lines in the movie.

Youll die a lonely cold death in space...


"I wont"

 

[emanymton]

There's something wrong with new Vader's posture. Either he has no neck or the helmet is too big, just doesn't look right.

Yeah, there was something really weird going on there.

Just got back from seeing it overall I really enjoyed it. Better than the force awakens, which I was never that crazy about anyway.

I liked that it showed the darker side of the rebellion. Also I never felt like it was copying the originals, despite all the call backs and references.

And of course the best sci-fi is about modern day issues. In this case of course the problem of finding a decent wi-fi connection.

 

[emanymton]

K-2SO, what a guy!
Some of the best lines in the movie.

The closest we will ever get to HK-47 on screen.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Well I enjoyed that, certainly better than Force Awakens. It seemed to be aimed at an older audience, less cutesy characters and jokes, lots of nods to the original trilogy. Not perfect though, some of the characters needed to be given more back story and the script was a bit clunky.

If they'd spent more time with the characters before the big showdown at the end it would've been improved. There were far too many nods to Empire Strikes Back. It would've worked better trying to inhabit more original scenarios and exploring both the lead characters.

Oh yeah and Felicity Jones wears too much makeup in the Rebel Alliance meeting, she'd just barely escaped death in the previous scene ?

 

[Ranbay]

Yeah, there was something really weird going on there.

Just got back from seeing it overall I really enjoyed it. Better than the force awakens, which I was never that crazy about anyway.

I liked that it showed the darker side of the rebellion. Also I never felt like it was copying the originals, despite all the call backs and references.

And of course the best sci-fi is about modern day issues. In this case of course the problem of finding a decent wi-fi connection.

Went with work mates and we all joked about the plans being hlated by IT for being over 20mb ..... lol etc etc

 

[ruffneck23]

That was wicked , want to go and see it again already

Just digesting over a pint with my mate

 

[Brainaddict]

It's okay. They're all beginning to blur into one at this point. I liked that the rebellion did bad things and everyone died at the end, but it was otherwise a pretty undistinguished effort in the franchise that shall never end. But then, I only went to see it because I needed something really brainless, and it worked well on that score

 

[Steel Icarus]

In hindsight I shouldn't have been surprised everyone karks it because obviously none of them turn up in New Hope, and they would have done.
Really enjoyed it, was on first impressions as good if not better than FA.

 

[yield]

Loved it. Best Star Wars film since Empire Strikes Back.

Gareth Edwards done well.

 

[Thora]

I took my 6 year old Star Wars fan to see The Force Awakens last Christmas - was a bit concerned about it being a 12a but actually it was fine, similar to A New Hope in terms of tone/scariness.

Took him to see Rogue One yesterday and very quickly realised I might have made a mistake! Not really a kids film.

I particularly liked the late 70s feel to it

 

[fucthest8]

In hindsight I shouldn't have been surprised everyone karks it because obviously none of them turn up in New Hope, and they would have done.
Really enjoyed it, was on first impressions as good if not better than FA.

I just assumed everyone would die, they had to. I was more worried that they wouldn't!

I thought the first 30 was lacking something, it just felt off somehow. Got its shit together after they killed off Forest Whittaker or however you spell it, last 30 was awesome.

CGI Leia was awful.

 

[Pingu]

well that was a bit good. K-250 a cross between C3PO and 790 (as someone else said closest we will get to HK47 in a general release film). Loving the nod to the other films and Vader going all medieval.