Saw Rogue One tonight. LOVED IT.
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msbelle - Dec 16, 2016 7:17:04 pm PST #449 of 3455
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Zenkitty - Dec 16, 2016 10:20:50 pm PST #450 of 3455
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Me too! I've decided this is my favorite one except for the first which is the fourth. I'm still thinking about it.
Jessica - Dec 17, 2016 5:22:21 am PST #451 of 3455
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Really? I was incredibly bored by everyone in it, except when I was being creeped out by the CGI.
I did like the droid, but the human characters were so meh, and the plot was not nearly as interesting as I wanted it to be. (Also, does Forrest Whittaker only do voices now? Am I imagining that he used to be a really good actor?)
Consuela - Dec 17, 2016 5:50:28 am PST #452 of 3455
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Is it worth seeing this in 3D?
Also, is there a lot of handheld camera work?
msbelle - Dec 17, 2016 1:47:30 pm PST #453 of 3455
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I think Forrest Whittaker is often a gimmacky actor, it is not a popular opinion.
I miss CGI in stuff a lot, I think. backgrounds that are greenscreened cityscapes or oceans are what get me.
I thought the acting was better than most SW films. I liked that it was a complete story: beginning, middle, end. I liked that it was messy.
Today I saw Edge of Seventeen and Moonlight. That was a lot of emotional emotion for one day.
Sue - Dec 17, 2016 2:36:01 pm PST #454 of 3455
hip deep in pie
I don't think I am ever getting over the end of Moonlight.
msbelle - Dec 17, 2016 2:59:59 pm PST #455 of 3455
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
The middle part of Moonlight gutted me. Not that it's at all in any way shape the same, but that dead eye no talking - that is my world.
msbelle - Dec 17, 2016 4:35:09 pm PST #456 of 3455
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
MOST
Dana - Dec 17, 2016 5:39:06 pm PST #457 of 3455
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I thought Rogue One kind of started slow and unfocused, but the ending 45 minutes or whatever are killer.
Consuela - Dec 17, 2016 7:46:55 pm PST #458 of 3455
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I was pleasantly surprised by how well Rogue One held together. I thought it was a well-made film, rather better than TFA.
I get why Jessica was weirded out by the CGI. That was freaky. Who needs actors, now?
The action was really well-done: well edited & choreographed so you could follow what was going on. The writing was pretty good, without a lot of clunkers, and the acting was fine. The characterizations were thin, but no more so than in any other Star Wars movie, I think.
I could have wished for more women doing things -- there's no reason the entire strike team would have been male! And maybe fewer battles, with more skulking and espionage. The battles got a bit wearying.
And of course I was super impressed by the ending. That took balls, to kill off ALL THE HEROES. Although I went to a matinee, and I'm pretty sure some of those kids are having nightmares tonight.