That Was Surprisingly Good or: A Rogue One Thread of My Very Own
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shroudoftheimmortal — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 06:37 PM)
I can't say I enjoyed the first two acts morebut if they weren't as solid as they were, I certainly wouldn't have enjoyed the third act as much as I did. It would have been about as exciting as the opening of Attack of the Clones, while cool to look at when it was released, I didn't really give a fck.
The protagonist couldn't be untarnished heroes
considering their fate
. I liked all of them though. I couldn't find any major faults with the film and was so thoroughly entertained that the minor ones didn't detract
beyond that guy's idiot wife in the first segment
.
But good points. I just saw it this morning and haven't stopped thinking about it much. The fact that it actually adds to the overall SW story is pretty great. I honestly didn't think they were going to be able to pull something like this off so well. I hope this bodes well for Episode VIII because Episode VII wasunderwhelming, but still left me hopeful for it's sequels.
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OurGloriousLeader — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 06:19 PM)
Rogue One is easily my favorite non-OT SW film but I haven't settled on a place for it beyond that
For me it goes:
Empire Strikes Back
A New Hope
Rouge One
Force Awakens
Jedi
We won't acknowledge the prequels.
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shroudoftheimmortal — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 07:12 PM)
For me (tentatively regarding Rogue One):
A New Hope
Empire/Jedi
Rogue One
The Force Awakens
Revenge of the Sith
Jedi's first and third act a far superior to Empire and Empire doesn't really have an ending. Sure the second act of Jedi may be the weakest of the OT, but I still love it.
And I honestly remember enjoying Revenge of the Sith OKbut I'm sure it was based on the lowered expectations left by the previous two prequels. I still haven't bothered to rewatch it since seeing it in the theater though
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Pambo_Calrissian — 9 years ago(December 20, 2016 08:00 AM)
I like the bit where Vader first turned.
Even though it is the entire point of the prequels and Lucas had alomst entirely pointlessly used about 540 minutes of movie up to the scene, he made it all happen during a quick catch up meeting with Palpatine, during which they kill Samuel L Jackson, burn off the baddies face to make him look evil and then agree to kill some Younglings (which are called that so we don't feel sorry for them) before officially taking over the universe in a court room scene.
As a kid who loved the action, fantasy and story telling of Star Wars, that was
exactly
how I'd imagined Vader's fall from grace.
I think people crying after a well-crafted, well-paced story, where we both fear and empathise with the main character, need to turn down their expectations and start seeing the prequels for the masterpieces that they are.99% Complete: [||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ]
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OurGloriousLeader — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 03:16 AM)
Honestly, that was the dumbest moment for me. That he would he turn to the dark side based on spurious concerns for Padme was almost workable, that he'd force choke her cos he's a bit emo and cause it all is retarded.
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