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I thought Rogue One was really good (spoilers) by blackwater 01/01/2017, 2:12pm PST
The film has a strong female lead, which is apparently obligatory in star wars movies these days. But unlike Rey, who was so impassive that people believed she was autistic, Jyn's motivations seem clear. Her father was kidnapped by the empire and her mother was shot by them in front of her eyes. The man who adopted her after that, Saw Gerrera, abandoned her because his men were starting to discover her connection to the empire. Of course she is going to be bitter. Characters with clear motivations: how refreshing! She also doesn't have inexplicable superpowers, is not "the best pilot in the galaxy", etc. etc.

Rogue One also introduced something that Star Wars has needed for a while: moral ambiguity. The rebellion is revealed to be kind of loose alliance of groups, some of which are kind of questionable. They don't all necessarily trust one another. Cassian gets an order from the Alliance to assassinate Jyn's father, which he disobeys.

I really liked the part with Saw Gerrera. When you first see his lair, it really does seem like a wretched hive of scum and villainy. This is the kind of place that loosely organized rebels would actually have. Han Solo or Lando Calrizzian would fit right in there.

The biggest flaw in the film is that it's excessively dark. I always saw the star wars movies as high camp in the tradition of Indiana Jones, Buckaroo Banzai, etc. We're not watching these movies to figure out whether Indy could have REALLY outrun the boulder. But the ending of Rogue One is kind of a downer, since more or less everyone dies.

It truly baffles me that anyone could like The Force Awakens more than this. Kylo Loren was an angsty teenage doofus with no screen presence at all. Rey was an emotionless Mary Sue. Even the plot of TFA was ripped directly from the original trilogy. Han Solo was the only remotely interesting character, and he was playing a wrinkly old caricature of himself.
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Rogue One, pretty good, I say. NT by Leaped Frog 12/17/2016, 1:36pm PST NEW
    Just got back from it. I found it a bit shit compared to Force Awakens by Eurotrash 12/19/2016, 12:08pm PST NEW
        The super fans are gonna love the rest of their lives by Star Wars, nothing but Staaar Warrs 12/20/2016, 12:32am PST NEW
        I thought Rogue One was really good (spoilers) by blackwater 01/01/2017, 2:12pm PST NEW
            The RLM take on it was correct IMO (spoilers continue) by Fullofkittens 01/01/2017, 7:16pm PST NEW
                Re: The RLM take on it was correct IMO (spoilers continue) by blackwater 01/20/2017, 2:48pm PST NEW
                    If people dislike Rogue One but think Force Awakens was awesome I have trouble NT by keeping a straight face 01/21/2017, 10:50am PST NEW
            You and I are like two guys who disagree on everything when it comes to movies! by Pirate DVD Review 01/01/2018, 7:17pm PST NEW
        just watched Force Awakens for the second time. People that say it sucks by Eurotrash 01/18/2017, 11:31pm PST NEW
    fuck all this new pandering shit anyway by Eurotrash 12/20/2016, 4:55am PST NEW
        Auralnauts will always be the canonical Star Wars to me, now by Blackwater 12/21/2016, 5:36pm PST NEW
    how does this boring, miserable piece of shit have 84% on rottentomatoes by Eurotrash 12/20/2016, 2:29pm PST NEW
    Finally saw it. Incredibly boring. NT by Entropy Stew 08/19/2017, 7:37pm PDT NEW
 
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