Hot Take on Rogue One

"With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username" (with-a-g) 12/27/2016 at 17:41 • Filed to: Hot Take, star wars, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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There is literally nothing wrong with Rogue One. Nothing .

Maxima Speed > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/27/2016 at 17:43

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Agreed

HammerheadFistpunch > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/27/2016 at 17:44

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The first 20 minutes.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/27/2016 at 17:46

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The two worst things:

1) Tarkin’s CGI. And you know what? I get it. Central, powerful character in what would be his last appearance in the franchise. No need to recast. Sure it was a bit goofy, but they were pushing the boundaries of what was possible.

2) Vader’s cheesy dialogue, which I really didn’t think was that bad. Wasn’t great, but it was fine.

If that’s all we’ve got bitch about? Jesus.

Matsayz > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/27/2016 at 17:47

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Seeing it tonight at 7!!!! Don’t spoil it!

MrDakka > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/27/2016 at 17:48

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It is a proper Star Wars war movie, made even better since there are no Apple iStormtroopers running around.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > HammerheadFistpunch 12/27/2016 at 17:50

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First 20 minutes was way more tolerable the second time around.

HammerheadFistpunch > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 12/27/2016 at 17:52

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Yeah, I’ll have to see it again. The first time was brutal.

HammerheadFistpunch > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 12/27/2016 at 17:53

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Yeah, his dialog was a little goofy. A little more Anikan broodvader than the darth we know and love.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/27/2016 at 17:55

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Except for aspects of the plot being campy and stupid.

But I still say it was enjoyable to watch.

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 12/27/2016 at 18:02

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I maintain that both of those points are noteworthy for exactly the reasons you gave, and still they do not constitute being something wrong with the movie.

Kanaric > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/27/2016 at 18:11

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There is just more inconsistency. Like Leia saying she remembered her mother being sad. I remember a line of dialogue in the original film about all these bothans (spelling?) that died for those plans. Unless those regular all humans are bothans it’s another side line that wasn’t properly respected.

Minor complaint though other than another film where a 5'3" person beating up 6 foot tall people trained in war and in full body armor. However that’s common Hollywood nonsense, Tom Cruise has far worse scenes in that regard whose the #1 actor i’m unable to suspend disbelief on.

These are minor problems, very minor. Didn’t damage the film to me and only a comic book guy type would be asshurt about it.

EL_ULY > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/27/2016 at 18:23

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I thought the main character was Leia the whole time

Clemsie McKenzie > Kanaric 12/27/2016 at 18:28

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The Bothans died stealing the plans of the second Death Star, though! So we’re all good for continuity.

Bryan doesn't drive a 1M > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/27/2016 at 18:41

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There are nits to pick, but it exceeded all expectations. I’ve seen it twice now and it was even better the second time. Very few movies can hold their intensity in the third act all the way until the credits roll like that.

Kanaric > Clemsie McKenzie 12/27/2016 at 18:44

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ah, good lmao

wafflesnfalafel > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/27/2016 at 18:49

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SPOILERS, (obviously.) It was much better than I was expecting. I actually like the very quick first bit, just enough to set the stage and established a quick pace. Tarkin was written well, but I agree, the CGI was distracting in a couple places. K2 is under rated - loved him; he is not just a c3po knock off. The film also did a good job of rehabilitating Vader - he is no longer the whiny child from the prequels. Vader’s short piece with Krennic was smart, foreshadowing his downfall and the bit at the end was the proper amount of badass scary. The one thing that I’m not sure if I like is that Galen ultimately was not able to keep Jyn safe as he had promised - worse it was his own work that did her in. It’s just really incredibly sad. After this and Godzilla, I’m really liking that Gareth Edwards guy.

BobintheMtns > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/27/2016 at 18:52

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Yeah- it was pretty good, till the last 20 minutes when they decided to gratuitously kill off EVERYONE...........

Wes Hutchings > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/27/2016 at 19:06

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Pull on rubber Vader mask.

Lens color too light.

Proportions all wrong since it is not a multi piece design.

Texture is in no way, shape or form like the black piano lacquer of the original.

Body language is completely different from the rest of the series Vader representation.

Rebels that kill people at the drop of a hat.

Inconsistent back story for many of the characters.

The fact that this is Disneys second attempt at making a Star Wars movie and they are still trying to put elements of Star Wars together, without any clear attempt at a cohesive whole, because they lack an understanding of the mythology of Star Wars and its themes.

Carrie Fisher will now appear in every movie Disney can manage to put her in for all time and there’s nothing that’ll stop that.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/27/2016 at 19:17

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It was really good but a whole lot more depressing than I expected.

Sneaky Pete > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 12/27/2016 at 19:50

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Conpletely agree. I thought it bounced around too much the first time through, second was fine. Same with Tarkin...first time I was so distracted by the fact that he was on screen...I was too fixated on seeing the CGI aspect. The second time through, it was far less noticable because the shock of him being back was over.

I have a couple small gripes - 1) I wish Saw Gerrera was in the movie longer, what a cool character and Forest Whittaker is awesome. 2) not sure why Jyn and Cassian had time to get all the way down to the beach to watch their impending doom but not search for a ship to try to escape. That’s about it. Great movie.

Sneaky Pete > wafflesnfalafel 12/27/2016 at 19:53

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Vader’s 2nd scene gave me chills both times I saw it. I’d love to watch a “Vader hunting and murdering all the Jedi, save Obi-Wan and Yoda” movie. It’d be savage! He could even enlist the assistance of a few fan favorite bounty hunters.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/27/2016 at 20:12

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There are two tiny things wrong with Rogue One: too much jumping between planets early on (with captions?!) and one or two of Forest Whitaker’s scenes came off a little odd.

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/28/2016 at 00:04

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I liked Rogue One a lot, but it had its problems. The first act had really janky pacing, the characters were super flat, and CGI Tarkin & Leia were a little weird if well-done.

But I liked the more diverse settings, the third act on Scarif was excellent, and Darth Vader was the most awesome he’s ever been.

arl > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 12/28/2016 at 08:21

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It was very good. Best Star Wars movie since the originals. It was a bit jumpy in the first 20 mins, but seeing it a second time around, it fit well together.

I really thought Donny Yen’s character was going to escape and meet up with a Jedi, or find a lightsaber, etc. Damn if they didn’t kill everyone.....

I thought the Tarkin scenes (while obviously CGI) were extremely well done.

And the final Vader scenes were terrific!

I could nit pick on a few things, but I won’t. It was a relief to have another great Star Wars film.