re: The OFFICIAL Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ***SPOILERS*** Thread

Posted by Merck

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 9:29 am to lsupride87

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No it wasnt

Yes it was. I don't care if you liked the film or not, playing on your phone in the middle of a movie is absolutely rude. Do you think those little videos before the previews warning everyone to turn off their phones doesn't apply to you?

Posted by FairhopeTider

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 10:04 am to Feral

After thinking on it a for a few days, I still really like Rogue One and a major reason why is that it was a complete story with a start and finish. No bullshite storylines with unanswered questions trying to setup a sequel. (Even though it does setup ANH). I can waste my time analyzing the movie itself instead of contemplating how they will flesh things out. That's not very common in Star Wars movies and it's a good change of pace. We got to see just how vulnerable and ragtag the rebellion was which makes the OT all the better. I think A New Hope becomes a much better movie now. It was also nice to see more of the Empire and their control of the galaxy.

Again, I thought the CGI was perfectly done and I didn't feel like I was watching a cartoon which is what the prequels felt like. Tarkin and Leia were perfectly done and any criticism over that CGI is silly. It's not like they looked like a character from the Goldeneye N64 game.

The Force Awakens has become Skyfall to me. A good movie that has the feel and tone of the older franchise, but in the end it's overhyped and is a ripoff of another story. I like TFA and will take 2 more of them, but it certainly benefitted from having to jump the low bar that the prequels set.

This post was edited on 12/28/16 at 10:05 am

Posted by Mad_Mardigan

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 10:18 am to FairhopeTider

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Again, I thought the CGI was perfectly done and I didn't feel like I was watching a cartoon which is what the prequels felt like. Tarkin and Leia were perfectly done and any criticism over that CGI is silly. It's not like they looked like a character from the Goldeneye N64 game.

Agree. I don't understand the criticism. I thought it was great considering how much screen time they gave Tarkin.

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The Force Awakens has become Skyfall to me. A good movie that has the feel and tone of the older franchise, but in the end it's overhyped and is a ripoff of another story.

I'm with you to an extent. I think Abrams had to bring the franchise back to it's roots. It was a great launching point for this generation of films and established the characters perfectly moving forward IMO. I'm really excited about episode VIII and where they can go with the story.

Posted by JumpingTheShark

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 10:19 am to lsupride87

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No it wasnt

You are an insufferable poster on this site. Congrats on your trolling points.

Posted by FairhopeTider

Fairhope, Alabama

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22770 posts

Posted on 12/28/16 at 10:41 am to Mad_Mardigan

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I'm with you to an extent. I think Abrams had to bring the franchise back to it's roots. It was a great launching point for this generation of films and established the characters perfectly moving forward IMO. I'm really excited about episode VIII and where they can go with the story.

We are on the same page. It's a useful movie and I do like it. It's just not as great as we all thought it was a year ago. In the end, it's purpose was to set things up going forward. It's tough to compare it to Casino Royale or Batman Begins, but those were two movies that were "new entries" that followed previous movies that were considered jokes, they established new storylines, paid homage to "source material," but were also compelling stories on their own. Again, it's tough to make that comparison because the SW franchise is so much different and TFA had to appeal to a much broader audience but that's kind of what I'm going at here.

This post was edited on 12/28/16 at 10:42 am

Posted by Frac the world

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 11:21 am to FairhopeTider

My only gripe with the current Star Wars storylines is that Rogue One makes it the 3rd movie where the final act involves a small team disabling a shield while a massive space battle goes on overhead. The other two being ROTJ and TFA. I'm also tired of plots involving the Death Star/a planet destroying weapon such as starkiller base. The possibilities are endless for stories, they don't have to involve a weapon the size of a star. Maybe that's why Empire holds up as the best film, much more personal in the final act. Anyways, I loved Rogue One for the fact that the name Skywalker wasn't uttered once, among other reasons. Every film doesn't have to involve the same characters we've seen over and over which is why I'm excited for the future, hopefully Luke goes out in a blaze of glory in Ep. VIII.

Posted by Antonio Moss

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 11:27 am to FairhopeTider

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I think A New Hope becomes a much better movie now.

Overall, this probably the biggest compliment you can give Rogue One. Somehow it made a film made forty years before and universally loved into a better, heavier.

Posted by RLDSC FAN

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 2:24 pm to Antonio Moss

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Gitesh Pandya
@GiteshPandya

#RogueOne broke $600M global TUE w/ $42.2M. $22.5M dom, $19.7M intl. Totals now $340.6M dom, $615.9M worldwide. Shd pass $700M THU.

Posted by lsupride87

Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 2:26 pm to Merck

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Yes it was. I don't care if you liked the film or not, playing on your phone in the middle of a movie is absolutely rude. Do you think those little videos before the previews warning everyone to turn off their phones doesn't apply to you?

When the movie is at 940am over a week after it has come out, and there is 15 people total in the entire theater, and nobody is within 20 rows of you, it is not rude and it does not harm anyones viewing experience.

Stop melting

Posted by lsupride87

Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 2:30 pm to JumpingTheShark

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You are an insufferable poster on this site

Dude, I didnt like the film. I didnt shite on it at all. You are insufferable that anyone who has a different opinion than you you freak out.

I mentioned that I played on my phone because it is the truth on just how out of the story I was. And it did not harm anyones viewing experience. It was a near empty theater.

Now, would you like to have actual discussion without melting? I never got into the characters at all. I also never got into the story. Being so close in time line to ANH, the story seemed unimportant to me.

I am sorry you feel differently. I dont think it was a shite movie, but it didnt do anything for me personally. I respect peoples opinion who did enjoy it

Posted by Mad_Mardigan

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 2:34 pm to lsupride87

Why didn't you just leave?

Do you enjoy the other Star Wars movies? At worst it's better than the prequels, other than the last 20 minutes of EpIII. At best I would put it right behind Empire.

Posted by lsupride87

Member since Dec 2007

111519 posts

Posted on 12/28/16 at 2:37 pm to Mad_Mardigan

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Do you enjoy the other Star Wars movies?

Yes

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At worst it's better than the prequels

For me personally, I enjoyed the prequels more. I am not saying the prequels are better films, but they were more enjoyable to me. This was just to close to ANH that I never was interested in what the story was telling me. Does that make sense?

I know it seems kinds convoluted

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Why didn't you just leave?

Because I was still half watching. And I knew the Vader scene at the end was coming, and I am a mindless idiot who simply loves some Vader

Posted by Mad_Mardigan

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 2:42 pm to lsupride87

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For me personally, I enjoyed the prequels more

Posted by Mad_Mardigan

Baton Rouge

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 2:47 pm to lsupride87

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I am not saying the prequels are better films, but they were more enjoyable to me.

Well, they aren't, but what about them makes them more enjoyable to you? Honest question. Were you younger when they came out?

Posted by lsupride87

Member since Dec 2007

111519 posts

Posted on 12/28/16 at 2:51 pm to Mad_Mardigan

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Well, they aren't, but what about them makes them more enjoyable to you?

It was a completely new story that kept me intrigued. This movie was just too close to ANH for me. I never bought in to it. I understand though why people who are bigger fans of the Star Wars universe would enjoy Rogue One more

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Were you younger when they came out?

Was I younger in 1999 than I was in 2016? Yes. I am not Benjamin Button if that was your guess.

This post was edited on 12/28/16 at 2:52 pm

Posted by Mad_Mardigan

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 2:53 pm to lsupride87

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I am not Benjamin Button if that was your guess.

Damn, thought I had you figured out. There goes my theory.

Posted by lsupride87

Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 2:55 pm to Mad_Mardigan

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Damn, thought I had you figured out. There goes my theory.

Posted by Merck

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Member since Nov 2009

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Posted on 12/28/16 at 3:33 pm to lsupride87

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by lsupride87

Nobody's melting just telling you it was fricking rude. Doesn't matter what time of day it was, you were in a theater, you weren't alone, you were on your phone. You're a rude piece of shite, accept it.