Movie Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (No Spoilers)
I decided last night that I was tired of feeling sorry for myself, and decided to make it a "movie night", and high-tailed it over to the local theatres to see a movie last night. I went and saw Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
While I'm about to talk about the movie somewhat here, there will be no spoilers for the film. (I'm not that cruel.)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was pretty much everything I wasn't expecting it to be. You've seen the trailers and must have heard/watched some reviews, so I will say that this movie is the lead-up to the first Luke Skywalker/Leia Organa/Han Solo film from 1978 or so. This movie was stunning in its look and feel, and while it was definitely a Star Wars film, it has a different feel and style than the original six films we've seen before, and in my opinion was better than movies 1-3 and movie 7 in so many ways. It doesn't have any of the characters we know (except one or two, and no spoilers here!), the characters from the film have a familiarity about them that we all know and (maybe) love. This movie injected some new life into the franchise, answered some questions about A New Hope, but the viewer knows what this story is leading up, though it ends with a bit of a surprise.
If I had a problem with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story it's that the movie has relatively shallow characterisations, which seem to be a by-product of the script, leaping from planet to planet and battle to battle with dizzying velocity as it does. That doesn't make the movie any less enjoyable, nor does it detract from the things we've come to expect from Star Wars movies. Overall, I thought the movie was quite good, and worth the price of admission. Rating: 8.5/10.
While I'm about to talk about the movie somewhat here, there will be no spoilers for the film. (I'm not that cruel.)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was pretty much everything I wasn't expecting it to be. You've seen the trailers and must have heard/watched some reviews, so I will say that this movie is the lead-up to the first Luke Skywalker/Leia Organa/Han Solo film from 1978 or so. This movie was stunning in its look and feel, and while it was definitely a Star Wars film, it has a different feel and style than the original six films we've seen before, and in my opinion was better than movies 1-3 and movie 7 in so many ways. It doesn't have any of the characters we know (except one or two, and no spoilers here!), the characters from the film have a familiarity about them that we all know and (maybe) love. This movie injected some new life into the franchise, answered some questions about A New Hope, but the viewer knows what this story is leading up, though it ends with a bit of a surprise.
If I had a problem with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story it's that the movie has relatively shallow characterisations, which seem to be a by-product of the script, leaping from planet to planet and battle to battle with dizzying velocity as it does. That doesn't make the movie any less enjoyable, nor does it detract from the things we've come to expect from Star Wars movies. Overall, I thought the movie was quite good, and worth the price of admission. Rating: 8.5/10.