Star Wars Rogue One MASSIVE SPOILERS BY BERKUT

[Tamas]

IS AWESOME!

[Berkut]

I thought it was really well done. I was puzzled by some of the critical reviews mentioned in the other thread - someone said it was just vanilla same old Star Wars.

Which makes no sense. It doesn't have anything like the "Ahhh gee, isn't the universe great in the end?" feel of traditional Star Wars, where the good guys are all really good and the bad guys incompetent.

The good guys here are pretty damn grey, and suddenly stormtroopers figured out how to shoot, at least some of the time.

[celedhring]

Can't wait to run a double bill of this with ANH.

[Drakken]

And we get to have a glimpse why Rebels shit in their pants at the mere possibility that [spoiler]Darth Vader[/spoiler] might be around.

[MadImmortalMan]

Can't wait to run a double bill of this with ANH.

Yeah R1 ends about five minutes before ANH begins.

I thought it was better than Ep7, frankly.

[Neil]

Overall a fairly strong film.  I did roll my eyes at Vader cracking jokes.

[Eddie Teach]

Why? Vader's a notorious cutup. Remember that scene where he starts force choking that guy until Tarkin tells him to knock it off.

[Tonitrus]

Why? Vader's a notorious cutup. Remember that scene where he starts force choking that guy until Tarkin tells him to knock it off.

And, of course...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttPwA8hitoY

[The Brain]

Is this a Young Adult movie like the rest?

[Barrister]

How appropriate is this movie to take for younger kids (when compared to the other movies)?

[Habbaku]

How appropriate is this movie to take for younger kids (when compared to the other movies)?

It's probably the most tragically violent of the lot.  I don't think I'd recommend it for younger children.  There's one scene near the end, for instance, that is downright brutal.

[CountDeMoney]

How appropriate is this movie to take for younger kids (when compared to the other movies)?

It's probably the most tragically violent of the lot.  I don't think I'd recommend it for younger children.  There's one scene near the end, for instance, that is downright brutal.

My parents were considering taking my nieces to see it;  while I haven't seen it, I've gathered the gist of how it's the most un-Star Wars of all the Star Wars movies.  They're going to go see it first.

[Habbaku]

I jokingly called it Star Wars: Vietnam on Facebook.  I was only half-joking.

[CountDeMoney]

I jokingly called it Star Wars: Vietnam on Facebook.  I was only half-joking.

  That's fucked up.  Now I definitely need to see it.

[Delirium]

I actually liked it too, several degrees more than Force Awakens.

Okay, some things were a bit silly and the plot could have been tighter...too much talking and too much shooting I felt. More time could have been spent to displaying the great new environments: that asteroid trading complex and Jedah City were really underused, but they, and the opening scenes on that moor planet and of course the beach landing super fight looked really really good. Sometimes I longed for a director with a little more patience to take advantage of his sets and let them stand on their own for a while, rather than being blown up. And it wasn't really dark or touching either, the characters never take hold of you.

But the film looked damn good, was exciting and had just enough nostalgia to satisfy us old folks, so this one I want to see again, as opposed to Force Awakens.

4/5 for appearance, 2.5/5 for content.