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Star Wars Rogue One: A Review
Dec. 16th, 2016 10:03 amLast night, thanks to the good folks at Fourth World Comics, we saw Rogue One in 3-D IMAX(ish). The ‘ish’ is because the screen was a big screen but not really what I would consider an IMAX screen having seen the real deal several times. I will say that it is impressive in 3-D but nothing makes me say that you have to see it in 3-D for the full experience. The space battles were impressive and the over look was great but not quite there for me to want to spend the extra money to see it again in 3-D
I am honestly still thinking about how I feel about this film.
Peter dubbed it Star Wars 3-A and he is not too far off. This does slot in between Revenge of the Sith and New Hope to a rather fine point.
I do give the film credit for getting rid of a couple of serious plot holes in New Hope which was interesting to see how the writers ‘no prized’ their way through it. And I left wanting to see the original Star Wars film (1977) as I saw it back in 1977.
Some of the more impressive tricks that they pull out I can’t talk about without it being spoilers to the film. I will say that the Easter eggs come at you fast and furious and it is nice that they tie into the Disney XD Star Wars Rebels series very nicely.
The acting is first rate across the board. Felicity Jones does very well as Jyn Erso. Alan Tudek as K-2SO steals the show both with the lines he is given and the delivery of them. Caroline calls him Sassy 3PO and I think she is right. Donnie Yen is also a lot of fun. I am sorry that Wen Jiang really got stuck with a one note character because he is a good actor. Diego Luna sort of got stuck with another one-note character that they were desperately trying to make more of him than what the character was but it never quite clicked for me.
And I think that is my problem with the whole film. The script just never quite made to the party. It was a really good Star Wars novel and something I could see Del Rey publishing and being rather proud of it and what it accomplished. As a film script, it seemed like two different ideas of how to execute the main purpose of the piece got dumped into a blender and mixed together. There are several points in the film that I found myself pulled out of the film because I was trying to figure out which plot I was watching. The Forest Whitaker (Saw Gerrera) part was so different from the Mads Mickelson (Galen Erso) sections which were different from the Rebel Alliance portion of the show. It is like they had a laundry list of things that must be done before the end of the film and they patchworked their way to it.
Do I think it is worth seeing? That would be a big Yes. There is a lot in there to be amazed by and the story does fill in a lot of holes in the other films. The scenery is sumptuous. The effects are awesome and what they do with a couple of the characters is beyond amazing. This has a lot for the most rabid Star Wars fan and something for the casual Star Wars fan that will either make them gasp, smile, or both.
I am grateful for the opportunity to see this film.
I am honestly still thinking about how I feel about this film.
Peter dubbed it Star Wars 3-A and he is not too far off. This does slot in between Revenge of the Sith and New Hope to a rather fine point.
I do give the film credit for getting rid of a couple of serious plot holes in New Hope which was interesting to see how the writers ‘no prized’ their way through it. And I left wanting to see the original Star Wars film (1977) as I saw it back in 1977.
Some of the more impressive tricks that they pull out I can’t talk about without it being spoilers to the film. I will say that the Easter eggs come at you fast and furious and it is nice that they tie into the Disney XD Star Wars Rebels series very nicely.
The acting is first rate across the board. Felicity Jones does very well as Jyn Erso. Alan Tudek as K-2SO steals the show both with the lines he is given and the delivery of them. Caroline calls him Sassy 3PO and I think she is right. Donnie Yen is also a lot of fun. I am sorry that Wen Jiang really got stuck with a one note character because he is a good actor. Diego Luna sort of got stuck with another one-note character that they were desperately trying to make more of him than what the character was but it never quite clicked for me.
And I think that is my problem with the whole film. The script just never quite made to the party. It was a really good Star Wars novel and something I could see Del Rey publishing and being rather proud of it and what it accomplished. As a film script, it seemed like two different ideas of how to execute the main purpose of the piece got dumped into a blender and mixed together. There are several points in the film that I found myself pulled out of the film because I was trying to figure out which plot I was watching. The Forest Whitaker (Saw Gerrera) part was so different from the Mads Mickelson (Galen Erso) sections which were different from the Rebel Alliance portion of the show. It is like they had a laundry list of things that must be done before the end of the film and they patchworked their way to it.
Do I think it is worth seeing? That would be a big Yes. There is a lot in there to be amazed by and the story does fill in a lot of holes in the other films. The scenery is sumptuous. The effects are awesome and what they do with a couple of the characters is beyond amazing. This has a lot for the most rabid Star Wars fan and something for the casual Star Wars fan that will either make them gasp, smile, or both.
I am grateful for the opportunity to see this film.
