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For the those
that don’t want spoilers – Either this movie is a spectacular 4 star or something could be
missing.
For those that
don’t care about spoilers read on.
I guess I will
start with the fact this movie was spoilt by me as a result of the cinema I was
in plus a few other real life issues.
First 5 minutes
of this film frustrated me where it felt like it was jumping between segments
and time periods but once that is over and finished. I feel this was perhaps a very special movie.
I’m going to start off with the
negatives a bit too quick:
They all die,
Princess Leia smiling after all those deaths, Vader dropping himself to our
level and physically getting involved.
Unlike A New Hope which at the end saw Vader get in to a tie fighter
there was no reason as to why he did.
“Several fighters have broken off from the main group – come with
me”. This line was missing.
A few more
touches from A New Hope “I have the death sentence” remember that line? He
appears.
Killing off Saw
far too quickly, he was a very interesting character and he had such little
screen time. In fact I felt we could
have had a bit more of Chirrut as well perhaps even Bail Organa. Not to mention how Jyn’s mother decided to
commit basic suicide………..
Did I mention
they all die? I hated that. I thought perhaps some would survive to go
along with all the Bothan’s that died to bring us the next Death Star plans. I’m not a fan any more of the whole “let
everyone die” not from the likes of X-Men 3 and certainly not from Star Wars.
Now the positives
Governor Tarkin
is back and I have to say what an impressive showing he was. No fear, total control and had class. Certainly explains why the Emperor gave
control of the Death Star to him.
This movie
makes you think more about A New Hope especially in regards to the politics of
the Galaxy. There are a few mentions
here regarding the secrecy of the Death Star – after all during ANH Vader
didn’t want the Senate to know they had boarded the ship chasing after the
plans. This film also makes you think
about why Vader didn’t know the Emperors plans to dissolve the Senate. Vader is after all recovering in that tank we
all get to see in the trailer.
The movie is
impressive on real sets, special effects and characters while still providing a
very good story line where let’s face it – we know what it’s about.
K-2SO what a
character. Not only is the humour funny
as a Star Wars fan but even non fans will laugh at his jokes. They real snap witty ones. You can’t help but fall in love with the
characters of Baze and Chirrut, that perhaps you would like to of heard more on
why these two are together. Although I’m
still unsure about Cassian especially how they introduced him.
The special
effects deserve a total pat on the back, not only does the entire movie feel
real but it feels much more like a WW2 movie seeing good people die fighting
for freedom.
Other than that
missing one line for Vader, this movie has raised questions that could they
very well do a standalone film for him?
If they want to – they really need to do it soon. James Earl Jones is not getting any younger. And let’s face it there is much to explore
with him – potentially they can give us a standalone direct after Episode 3
where he is hunting Jedi.
The end battle
sequences were very impressive and realistic but it’s how it was all happening
which was brilliantly done. Although Jyn
could have done a bit more for us.. she is a character I would love to have
seen more of including most of the major cast.
It was such a shame that they will not be doing a sequel for them. I think for me that is the biggest disappointment. Knowing that those characters are done with –
although we’ve already seen one making a Star Wars Rebels return this to me is
not the same. I personally think they
dropped the ball on this one and because of that I can’t give this movie a 5/5
or better than Empire Strikes Back.
This movie has
a short few complaints and for a Star Wars movie that’s quite impressive. Considering these movies are going to be
heavily scrutinised as well.
The character
depth wasn’t perfect in this film but what do we get with a Star Wars movie
that doesn’t rely on a trilogy to present us story and characters. This was an independent movie that tied in to
the franchise and they did it well. That
little niggle will always hurt me where they all died because I really do want
more. BUT as I said this was about a
single movie not a trilogy. When you
look at real feedback on negativity for this movie you see just little tweaks
here and there. Considering the scope of
fans this movie has and how easy it is to just whine and complain all day – it again
did a very good job.
This movie
deserves an incredible 10/10 for effort from practical effects to actress/actor
choices, characters and how well it blends in to the Star Wars franchise. You will always see a New Hope from a
different point of view. The movie itself
though deserves 7/10 perhaps an 8/10 which is no easy feat for Star Wars. If you are new to the franchise this movie
might seem just like another good Sci Fi movie but for a fan this movie will
feel the franchise is in safe hands.
Fan Theories – How wrong were they
So that tank,
with the dark cloak person kneeling was in fact a nobody. Jyn was in fact just some random daughter of
a scientist with no real ties to the Jedi.
All those fan
theories that we had seen were wrong – as always. Why? Because they never look for the most
simplest explanations.
Disney/Lucas Films
Let’s face it
with the majority of people they were not happy over this. People were sick of Lucas doing Star Wars
films to disappoint us and it was even worse when he sold it to Disney.
I was never one
of the critics even with their Force Awakens question marks – one of which I
personally feel was more JJ’s fault because he gave us a movie that we should
have had instead of Phantom Menace. I
remember once watching JJ talk about the original Star Trek when he was
releasing the 1st remake. He
said Star Wars was like a rock song while Star Trek orchestra, this mademe
think that he prefers a movie to be non-stop moving. You’re moving so quick that sometimes you
forget about plot lines and story. He
showed this in that Star Trek remake (more so in the 2nd Darkness)
and this was again demonstrated in Force Awakens. For the average viewer the movie was great an
fantastic but for the fan, the attention to detail to the plot and locations
(something Lucas was I have to say really good at) was seriously missed. JJ and everyone though gave great attention
to the parts Lucas doesn’t like practical effects and actress/actors. I think Rogue One was built around the
original trilogy, taking in to considerations of Force Awakens and the
prequels. All those movies helped to
shape this one. The small mistakes made
in Rogue One I think didn’t appear previously (like killing everyone off,
jumping quickly from one location to another in a short time) but it just goes
to show how important it is to get it all right. And once more I feel Rogue One did very well.
All of this has
shown one thing that Star Wars was never just about Lucas, it was about a group
of people working together and giving us a broad of things that made Star Wars
special. George believed it was the
different worlds, others thought it was the space scenes, others the story and
characters. It’s all of it. I really do think Lucas should have been an
advisor for Force Awakens so they wouldn’t of gave us that “similar”
feeling. Just like the prequels the
movie needed slight alterations (okay Attack of the Clones needed much more
than tweaks). If George had other people
who were more in power around when he was making the prequels we would have 8
fantastic Star Wars movies. At the
moment I will say this – we have 4 fantastic movies with another 2 with a few
question marks. The 4 being EP4, 5, 6
and Rogue One. The 2 being EP3 and 7. Rogue One feels like Star Wars.
Still I really
do feel Star Wars is in the right hands.
I still question if the Han Solo movie will be as enjoyable compared to
Rogue one or even Force Awakens. I’m not
a fan of the whole scavengers/scoundrel/smuggler story lines not in games and
certainly not in Force Awakens. It may
actually be the one movie I don’t go to see in the cinema. To be fair I will probably go and see it…. It’s Star Wars. It must be seen on the big screen.
One thing Rogue
one has done though it’s made me feel more confident in Disney and has really
wet my appetite for more Star Wars stories.
And let’s face it that was the aim – to make us want more. It’s just such a huge shame that those
fantastic characters won’t come back.
That we won’t get more of them.
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