Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Pre-order

[Fnord Prefect]

Originally Posted by Spiderwalk

I watched Rogue One yesterday, and to be perfectly honest I was bored for most of it's duration. The characters and plot were mediocre at best, and despite it looking very pretty, I didn't find it engaging on any level. It did pick up a bit in the last act, and the space battle was quite spectacular, but like so many films that have come before spectacle doesn't always equate to a good movie.

The other thing that really bothered me was the

[Show spoiler]CGI Tarkin and Leia. Tarkin was almost passable, but his voice wasn't remotely like Peter Cushing's, and Leia was totally ridiculous - what the hell were they thinking!.

Despite it's flaws, The Force Awakens is a much better film IMO.

From friends who've seen it I've only been hearing bad things about this movie with words and phrases such as a bit dull, poor pacing, too derivative, no sense of jeopody (

[Show spoiler]90%+ of viewers already presumed everybody dies as they're not in episode 4

), uninteresting characters and yet another (this time boring rather than annoying) nominally female lead who without changing the script could easily have been played by a male actor. A couple of folk also banded about overtly PC casting, which by JJ Abrams own admission happened on the Force Awakens, but I won't comment on this having not yet seen the movie.

After the Force Awakens all this pretty much confirms my suspicions about the Disney Star Wars universe and I've really no interest in seeing this movie, at least until someone uploads a blu-ray rip to my fave bit torrent site.

Some people claim the prequels shit all over the Star Wars legacy but at least they had imagination, some originality and while on the whole bad movies they were Lucas' babies and Lucas' vision. The Disney Star Wars movies are simply cash cows, but who saw that coming, eh?