[Irace86]

Just saw Star Wars Rogue One. I would say I am a fan of Star Wars movies, but I am not so far on the fan boy side that I sleep with my light saber, but oh yea, I own a light saber, so with that being laid on the table, here is the review...***SPOILERS BELOW AND MOSTLY GRIPES***

I will just get to the point. If you are a Star Wars fan, go see it. Is it worth the cost to see the movie in the theaters on a big screen with people chewing food all around you, a kid crying in the background and a melted gummy bear stuck to your butt? Of course. Is it memorable; does it make you want to see it again? Probably not. Was it even close to Force Awakens? No.

Ok, into the gripes.

The opening sequence has the "...in a galaxy far, far..." but no loud music and no bold, blaring Star Wars title, and there was no fading prologue. In fact, the title came after the open scene.

The first scene was done in a beautiful setting, and was enjoyable. Then the title followed and left a sour taste in my mouth. Then I heard the modified theme music, and it sounded like the original soundtrack, but butchered. This continued throughout the movie.

Then they start taking you from one planet to the next. It wasn't confusing as much as it just felt rushed, and it lacked some back story, or enough development.

Many moments in the beginning were too dark. I think they could have improved the lighting in many of the ship scenes. They have enough power to go to light speed, but not enough to light the ship apparently.

Much of the dialogue seems antiquated like it is there to fill time more than add to the script.

Too many actors have weird voices in this. Yes, James Earl Jones is old, so his voice doesn't sound the same. Forest Whitaker's voice is annoying. Diego Luna's french voice was annoying. Even Donnie Yen sounded like he modified his voice for his roll.

The android was funny, but too real in its mannerisms. Felt more like they CGI'd a machine over the top of a man.

The CGI of Princes Laya and the general was pretty good, but still annoying.

Lots of the battle scenes were overly cliche...enter crying girl in battle scene that needs the main character to do a diving save before bullets, blasters or buildings fall on her.

The best part was the part where Darth Vader kicks everyone's ass for 30 seconds.


This was probably the worst review ever lol I don't care. Just had to gripe. Overall, this movie could have been better. They could have broken from tradition without butchering the theme music, the title sequence, inflicted annoying voices, gave some more back stories (like more about the importance of the Jedi city), improved the lighting and gave us some memorable characters.

I watched Force Awakens once in the theatre and probably half dozen times at home. I'll see Rogue One again, probably, someday.