Rogue One
So after being mostly just lazy this week (time off yay - aka the only time we are closed closed is xmas-new year) I went to see Rogue One today.
Rogue One is totally 2016's film it has to be said. If you haven't seen it, and like Star Wars you should see it, if you don't like Star Wars....you should see it, and it's not really like anything else sci-fi wise (it is pretty dang unique in it's way).
And for a 'modern' sci-fi film - it has plot, and the plot is what drives the whole thing. There are character bits, but the film is literally all about the plot.
I enjoyed it - I went in suspecting exactly what the end would be, knowing thanks to New Hope that they do get what they need to.
It was well paced and interesting - and offered a different aspect of the rebellion (and yay for no really not all the bad guys are bad guys - like yes he worked with them, but he worked with/for them so he could screw them over, rather than not work for them and have someone make the plans perfect - I'm sorry but Galen is the hard core design engineer who is all 'if I design it so well they don't notice the flaw is there, I can have my revenge')
I liked the balance of characters and motivations and hell yes Chirrut and Baze are totally space husbands (they are that together for decades couple where one has the crazy ideas and they other sighs and goes along with it, because if they don't the plan won't work and they both know it). I am sad that it was left to be read how you want though (so many people are going to be making them just bros *sighs*).
It basically just a whole massive redemption arch for most of the people involved (as internal character plots went).
The CGI to make people who were in New Hope be in it was....very noticeable to me (and looked so weird :S) but Leia *cries*.
I will have to watch it then New Hope straight after at some point, because it really does put a different spin on the whole thing.
Pros - mixed cast, all colours, plus mixture of aliens. Plot YAY (even if it was literally 'Galen's, long term, will pay off in the end if everything works out, plot'.)
Cons - One woman (well three side women and some female pilots) in a group of six, plus bad guy, ex-foster dad and dad. (so 1/9). Some funky CGI, and could be taken as gay couple, but no definitely gay.
This film is the film of 2016 because: all your heroes die, but they win. (Well it's one side of 2016)
That is also what makes the film unique in my awareness. Like every character introduced as lead DIES. I can think of films were most people die, or all but one, but everyone? Nope. (There are based on true stories that do it sometimes, because that's what happened, but equally there are based on true story films that rewrite the end so someone lives....)
Mainly to be honest because the film industry, with this kind of film, is all about giving you a hero (generally white male) who wins and really wins, rides into the sunset.
Like they even messed with the audience a bit in this film with that in mind. You think Cassian died, but then he's back to do a hero save and they make it to the beach together, for their sunset in each others arms moment and....die.
Also - the cinematography was so pretty. Especially their death. *coughs* The colouring and framing was really interesting.
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Rogue One is totally 2016's film it has to be said. If you haven't seen it, and like Star Wars you should see it, if you don't like Star Wars....you should see it, and it's not really like anything else sci-fi wise (it is pretty dang unique in it's way).
And for a 'modern' sci-fi film - it has plot, and the plot is what drives the whole thing. There are character bits, but the film is literally all about the plot.
I enjoyed it - I went in suspecting exactly what the end would be, knowing thanks to New Hope that they do get what they need to.
It was well paced and interesting - and offered a different aspect of the rebellion (and yay for no really not all the bad guys are bad guys - like yes he worked with them, but he worked with/for them so he could screw them over, rather than not work for them and have someone make the plans perfect - I'm sorry but Galen is the hard core design engineer who is all 'if I design it so well they don't notice the flaw is there, I can have my revenge')
I liked the balance of characters and motivations and hell yes Chirrut and Baze are totally space husbands (they are that together for decades couple where one has the crazy ideas and they other sighs and goes along with it, because if they don't the plan won't work and they both know it). I am sad that it was left to be read how you want though (so many people are going to be making them just bros *sighs*).
It basically just a whole massive redemption arch for most of the people involved (as internal character plots went).
The CGI to make people who were in New Hope be in it was....very noticeable to me (and looked so weird :S) but Leia *cries*.
I will have to watch it then New Hope straight after at some point, because it really does put a different spin on the whole thing.
Pros - mixed cast, all colours, plus mixture of aliens. Plot YAY (even if it was literally 'Galen's, long term, will pay off in the end if everything works out, plot'.)
Cons - One woman (well three side women and some female pilots) in a group of six, plus bad guy, ex-foster dad and dad. (so 1/9). Some funky CGI, and could be taken as gay couple, but no definitely gay.
This film is the film of 2016 because: all your heroes die, but they win. (Well it's one side of 2016)
That is also what makes the film unique in my awareness. Like every character introduced as lead DIES. I can think of films were most people die, or all but one, but everyone? Nope. (There are based on true stories that do it sometimes, because that's what happened, but equally there are based on true story films that rewrite the end so someone lives....)
Mainly to be honest because the film industry, with this kind of film, is all about giving you a hero (generally white male) who wins and really wins, rides into the sunset.
Like they even messed with the audience a bit in this film with that in mind. You think Cassian died, but then he's back to do a hero save and they make it to the beach together, for their sunset in each others arms moment and....die.
Also - the cinematography was so pretty. Especially their death. *coughs* The colouring and framing was really interesting.
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