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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 19, 2017 2:57:21 GMT
Holy fuck, Tarkin looks like Ego from Ratatouille. I don't even mean a human version of Anton Ego, I mean straight out of the Pixar studios Anton Ego.
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Post by stephen on Jun 19, 2017 2:58:44 GMT
Just you wait. Even creepier CGI is coming.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jun 19, 2017 2:59:26 GMT
The disappointment is palpable
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Jun 19, 2017 3:05:34 GMT
Just you wait. Even creepier CGI is coming. You leave Forrest Whitaker alone! |
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Post by stephen on Jun 19, 2017 3:06:46 GMT
Just you wait. Even creepier CGI is coming. You leave Forrest Whitaker alone! SAVE THE DREEEEEEEEAM. And I'm not talking about him. |
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Post by cheesecake on Jun 19, 2017 3:08:39 GMT
I can't bring myself to watch it, no excitement whatsoever.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jun 19, 2017 3:15:47 GMT
I can't bring myself to watch it, no excitement whatsoever. Coming from someone who loves Star Wars and thought Rogue One was solid enough, you're really not missing much. |
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Post by doddgerhardt on Jun 19, 2017 4:21:45 GMT
A friend of mine defended it saying that the characters in war films don't tend to get much development and aren't that interesting. I know he's a big Star Wars fan, but I couldn't agree with that argument. Bland characters are bland characters whether that's international or not. If that's a defense for a film, it's pretty weak. There are some good things, but in some ways I was looking forward to it more than Force Awakens, but it's pretty forgettable. I guess the 3rd act is okay, but I wish I cared more about ya know....the characters.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 19, 2017 5:30:39 GMT
Meh, I wasn't big on this. I literally couldn't give a shit about any of the characters (the whole thing probably would have been better without the father/daughter dynamic). The droid was a lesser TARS, Whittaker needs to stop doing whatever the fuck he was doing, some of the methods they decided to employ (a battering ram ship?! really? against a star destroyer? really?!) were laughable, and dear lord Disney needs to stop using CGI humans in their films. As I already said, Tarkin looked like Ego... and Leia looked like one of those latex sex robots you can buy online.
Honestly, I would have liked the film about the Rebellion guerrilla stuff that was happening in that city. Now THAT would have been a movie worth watching!
I dunno, it's a cliche story with nothing characters. Between this and TFA, the franchise is really using nostalgia more than anything else... and that's not a good thing.
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Post by jakesully on Jun 19, 2017 14:24:26 GMT
I dug it. (especially Darth Vader at the end of the film. I mean, holy shit!) In fact I thought it was vastly superior to The Force Awakens. Better cast/more likable characters/better action .
Rogue One 8/10
TFA 5/10
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Post by pendragon on Jun 19, 2017 18:46:34 GMT
Maybe I'm alone, but I found the characters to be just as interesting and complex (particularly Cassian) as in the other Star Wars movies. I guess they were developed in more subtle ways, but otherwise I don't really understand the "bland characters" criticism.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jun 19, 2017 20:01:49 GMT
Maybe I'm alone, but I found the characters to be just as interesting and complex (particularly Cassian) as in the other Star Wars movies. I guess they were developed in more subtle ways, but otherwise I don't really understand the "bland characters" criticism. For me, it wasn't so much that the characters were individually poorly developed so much as their relationships with one another weren't fleshed out. They seem to band together more out of chance and circumstance than due to any rapport between them as a group and since we don't see their personalities shine through in how they interact with each other, most of the characters are individualized simply through their backstories or professions. |
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jun 19, 2017 22:23:27 GMT
Maybe I'm alone, but I found the characters to be just as interesting and complex (particularly Cassian) as in the other Star Wars movies. I guess they were developed in more subtle ways, but otherwise I don't really understand the "bland characters" criticism. For me, it wasn't so much that the characters were individually poorly developed so much as their relationships with one another weren't fleshed out. They seem to band together more out of chance and circumstance than due to any rapport between them as a group and since we don't see their personalities shine through in how they interact with each other, most of the characters are individualized simply through their backstories or professions. It basically could be summed up, "we saw each other on the street and thought, 'why not?'". |
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Jun 20, 2017 14:33:46 GMT
Maybe I'm alone, but I found the characters to be just as interesting and complex (particularly Cassian) as in the other Star Wars movies. I guess they were developed in more subtle ways, but otherwise I don't really understand the "bland characters" criticism. I actually agree to an extent. They were well-developed. I also didn't mind the Tarkin CGI as much as everyone seemed to. It was uncanny valley yes, but it didn't bother me all that much either, I've seen worse anyway. |
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Post by cherry68 on Jun 22, 2017 21:26:49 GMT
The scene where the blind guy walks across empire soldiers shooting at him reminds me of a similar situation in Little big man.
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Post by CookiesNCream on Jun 23, 2017 6:52:08 GMT
Maybe I'm alone, but I found the characters to be just as interesting and complex (particularly Cassian) as in the other Star Wars movies. I guess they were developed in more subtle ways, but otherwise I don't really understand the "bland characters" criticism. I actually agree to an extent. They were well-developed. I also didn't mind the Tarkin CGI as much as everyone seemed to. It was uncanny valley yes, but it didn't bother me all that much either, I've seen worse anyway. Same here. I thought the characters were developed enough when necessary. The CGI didn't even bothered me much either. I'm actually a bit impressed with the accuracy, tbh. Though I could see where the CGI could appear uncanny valley to some. I've seen worse. |
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Post by getclutch on Jun 24, 2017 0:41:23 GMT
I enjoyed it. The director puts the shots and lighting in a way so that it all looked as if you actually lived out there.
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Post by countjohn on Jun 24, 2017 4:14:03 GMT
Echoing what other people said, this movie was a total trainwreck. Nothing characters, no emotion, completely boring. Without a doubt the worst SW movie for me. It's one of those movies where I can't see any other motivation in the film than to make money. I can't see why anyone would like this unless you'll like anything with the Star Wars name plastered on it.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Jun 24, 2017 17:27:25 GMT
I actually agree to an extent. They were well-developed. I also didn't mind the Tarkin CGI as much as everyone seemed to. It was uncanny valley yes, but it didn't bother me all that much either, I've seen worse anyway. Same here. I thought the characters were developed enough when necessary. The CGI didn't even bothered me much either. I'm actually a bit impressed with the accuracy, tbh. Though I could see where the CGI could appear uncanny valley to some. I've seen worse. It was a good rag-tag team of characters, really. Yen was especially awesome as ever. Also I think it helped in Tarkin's case, it helped that they didn't focus on him so much, just in certain scenes, so the CGI never outstayed its welcome. |
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Post by CookiesNCream on Jun 24, 2017 23:08:32 GMT
Same here. I thought the characters were developed enough when necessary. The CGI didn't even bothered me much either. I'm actually a bit impressed with the accuracy, tbh. Though I could see where the CGI could appear uncanny valley to some. I've seen worse. It was a good rag-tag team of characters, really. Yen was especially awesome as ever. Also I think it helped in Tarkin's case, it helped that they didn't focus on him so much, just in certain scenes, so the CGI never outstayed its welcome. Right. I also liked Yen's character in the movie and K-2SO when it comes to his dry sarcasm. I think they can only do so much with the CGI rendering. So it would make sense how there isn't too much focus on Tarkin. The CGI on Leia was also good for a few seconds. |
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Jun 24, 2017 23:48:39 GMT
It was a good rag-tag team of characters, really. Yen was especially awesome as ever. Also I think it helped in Tarkin's case, it helped that they didn't focus on him so much, just in certain scenes, so the CGI never outstayed its welcome. Right. I also liked Yen's character in the movie and K-2SO when it comes to his dry sarcasm. I think they can only do so much with the CGI rendering. So it would make sense how there isn't too much focus on Tarkin. The CGI on Leia was also good for a few seconds. I also liked how K-2S0 had the few bits of humor, when fanboys heard about reshoots I remember them freaking out because they'd assume they'd add "Marvel-like humor", since that was a rumor at the time, didn't really happen, sorry. Leia was way more distracting for me, though not bad . |
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