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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 6:14:38 GMT
Two of the most recent 'Star Wars' films! Which film do you think did better in each of these categories and why?: -Visuals/CGI (and other production values) -Characters (including acting) -Story -Directing (J.J. Abrams vs. Gareth Edwards) -Action scenes -Cinematography (Dan Mindel vs. Greig Fraser)
Also, which film do you think is better overall and why?
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Feb 26, 2017 6:40:40 GMT
No offense, but you should limit your poll posts to maybe a couple a day...
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Feb 26, 2017 6:44:16 GMT
The Force Awakens for everything and I'm not even that big a fan of it.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Feb 26, 2017 6:51:24 GMT
-Visuals/CGI (and other production values) -TFA for the lack of CGI Tarkin and Leia alone -Characters (including acting) -TFA, no contest (the characters were Rogue One's chief problem) -Story -Rogue One (TFA is indeed basically a retelling of ANH) -Directing (J.J. Abrams vs. Gareth Edwards) -Abrams -Action scenes -Rogue One -Cinematography (Dan Mindel vs. Greig Fraser) -they looked basically the same
Overall: TFA. Like I said, I didn't care for the characters in Rogue One much, which is critical especially for that kind of movie. While TFA didn't break a lot of new ground, it was carried by Rey and Finn and had a villain who (if nothing else) was self-aware.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 16:01:59 GMT
Characters- Rogue One
Story- Rogue One
Directing- Force Awakens
Action scenes- Rogue One
Cinematography- Rogue One
Overall- Rogue One
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Feb 26, 2017 17:57:20 GMT
Visuals/CGI (and other production values) - The Force Awakens pretty easily. Rogue One at times looked like a generic action film not that far removed from The Hunger Games in production quality.
Characters (including acting) - The Force Awakens by far. I can only remember maybe 2 or 3 characters from Rogue One enough to describe them to someone else.
Story - The Force Awakens was more interesting on a narrative level than Opening Crawl: The Movie.
Directing (J.J. Abrams vs. Gareth Edwards) - J.J. Abrams knows how to block the frame, maneuver the camera around his characters and setting, and how to pace his films. Gareth Edwards has had three films and I've yet to see him accomplish any of that in an impression fashion.
Action scenes - The Force Awakens partially because I was more invested in the action and also because of the superior direction.
Cinematography (Dan Mindel vs. Greig Fraser) - Rogue One had a moment in the beginning where a mother hands her scared daughter a necklace and for some reason that took 5 shots, all of which were unstable close-ups. Yeah, I'm gonna go with the fluid camera work and framing of The Force Awakens.
Overall - The Force Awakens, by far.
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Post by Steve17 on Feb 26, 2017 22:10:31 GMT
Force Awakens
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Feb 26, 2017 22:34:48 GMT
Rogue One had a moment in the beginning where a mother hands her scared daughter a necklace and for some reason that took 5 shots, all of which were unstable close-ups. And how useful was that necklace? They make a great big deal about how important it is, yet the movie carries on like it didnt happen. -Visuals/CGI - The Force Awakens by pure virtue of not having anything as bad as the Mo-Cap Tarkin. That, and I wish Rogue One didn't tooheavily on CGI. -Characters: I greatly enjoyed the characters of Rogue One, but the ones in Force Awakens made so much more of an impact. Oh, and how the hell does Forest Whitaker manage to be over the top cartoonish and lifelessly boring at once? -Story: Rogue One may be going for its own thing, but Force Awakens (as much as it took from A New Hope) kept more consistent, and put its own spin on those elements. -Directing: This is the best quality of both films. Gotta go with Abrams, though. Manages to bring the same sense of fun and heart that made the original trilogy great, made it easily accessible to newcomers and die-hards, and the use of in-camera special effects over CGI didn't hurt neither. -Action scenes: As fun as Rogue One's action is, if it weren't for the last half hour, it wouldn't be a contest. Force Awakens hit me more on a suspense level, due to always being able to care for the characters. -Cinematography: The fluidity of Force Awakens (and the lack of shaky-cam) makes me pick that. However, I don't think any shot in that movie was as amazing as Vader's hallway scene. Overall: Force Awakens. Rogue One was genuinely fun, gritty, and endearing (if uneven), and took a few big risks that paid off (and it's a much better movie than his awful last blockbuster). But Force Awakens had the unenviable task of laying groundwork for a bigger future, and pulled it off and then some, restoring the good name and spirit of the originals while also giving it new life.
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Post by Miles Morales on Feb 27, 2017 10:54:21 GMT
-Visuals/CGI (and other production values) - The Force Awakens
-Characters (including acting) - TFA
-Story - TFA
-Directing (J.J. Abrams vs. Gareth Edwards) - Abrams
-Action scenes - Rogue One
-Cinematography (Dan Mindel vs. Greig Fraser) - Mindel
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