Movies By Cho: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Now Showing: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Starring: Felicia Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk
Scene after the Credits: No
Would I see this again: Yes
Notable Previews: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, The Fate of the Furious
Bottom Line: Very good. Better than SW:TFA
Finally got around to seeing Rogue One today. Good film, but dark (visually). Not sure if it was just my theater or intentional, but even in daylight things seemed to have a shadow on them. The story was very engaging, and I enjoyed it more than The Force Awakens.
The only issue I had was the "uncanny valley" effect with Tarkin & Leia's faces, and something about Vader's neck kept distracting me when he was screen. I've never noticed his neck in the other movies (actually, the lower portion of his mask) but this time it kept drawing my eyes to it. I don't know if it was rubber or off-color or something else, but it really distracted me. I would also complain about either the director or SFX supervisor forgetting that X-Wings have shields, but then I recall that George Lucas blew this in the original movie. X-Wings have shields, but TIE-fighers do not; it's one of the reasons X-Wings do better in combat, even when out-numbered. However in the original movie, even though the shields are specifically mentioned at both the start of the Death Star trench run, and again when the turrets stop firing and the pilots are told to look for TIE-fighters, Vader is able to disable/take out every ship with just a single shot. *sigh*
Anyway, good film. I wasn't worried about seeing it right away since I knew it would be in theaters for a long time. I've missed a lot of movies in the past year, and now just in the past couple weeks a lot of movies I'm interested in have come out.
Starring: Felicia Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk
Scene after the Credits: No
Would I see this again: Yes
Notable Previews: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, The Fate of the Furious
Bottom Line: Very good. Better than SW:TFA
Finally got around to seeing Rogue One today. Good film, but dark (visually). Not sure if it was just my theater or intentional, but even in daylight things seemed to have a shadow on them. The story was very engaging, and I enjoyed it more than The Force Awakens.
The only issue I had was the "uncanny valley" effect with Tarkin & Leia's faces, and something about Vader's neck kept distracting me when he was screen. I've never noticed his neck in the other movies (actually, the lower portion of his mask) but this time it kept drawing my eyes to it. I don't know if it was rubber or off-color or something else, but it really distracted me. I would also complain about either the director or SFX supervisor forgetting that X-Wings have shields, but then I recall that George Lucas blew this in the original movie. X-Wings have shields, but TIE-fighers do not; it's one of the reasons X-Wings do better in combat, even when out-numbered. However in the original movie, even though the shields are specifically mentioned at both the start of the Death Star trench run, and again when the turrets stop firing and the pilots are told to look for TIE-fighters, Vader is able to disable/take out every ship with just a single shot. *sigh*
Anyway, good film. I wasn't worried about seeing it right away since I knew it would be in theaters for a long time. I've missed a lot of movies in the past year, and now just in the past couple weeks a lot of movies I'm interested in have come out.