My reaction to Rogue One is basically Fay's reaction, with an addition of DAMN, that was the most heavy-handed WWII movie that wasn't actually set in WWII that I've ever seen.
I totally didn't expect
the ENTIRE main cast to die.
That was a ballsy move.
I love Chirrut Imwe SO HARD. As well as Baze Malbus,
Chirrut's boyfriend.
(God, that was AWESOME.)
My quibble -- and this may be way more my fault that the movie's fault, is that I didn't catch about half the characters' names at all. Like, Chirrut and Baze and Bodhi.
The CGI
characters
were just creepy as hell and pretty damn distracting.
Not sure where I'd rank this one. I'd say ANH, Empire, TFA, and then Rogue One.
Word. I caught Bodhi's name (and I loved Riz Ahmed, incidentally - totes 3rd favourite character, sorry Jin*) but didn't have a Scooby what Chirrut or Baze were called.
- I liked Jin just fine, but I didn't love her. Whereas Riz's voice is already familiar from my favourite song on the Hamilton mixtape, and I was all LOOK YOU HAVE A FACE AS WELL AS A VOICE GOOD JOB!
Urgh.
Look, I know the movie wants me to fancy Cassian, and ship him with Jin, and in the abstract I'm, like, Latino Han Soloish character? Good for you, fella! But at the end of the day I don't fancy him, and I'm not particularly interested in him or in Jin tbh. I am ALL ABOUT
Not!Jedi warrior boyfriends
Because they brought banter and awesome badassery, and I am frustrated that there aren't squazillions of great big fabulous swashbuckling fics out there yet.
Come the fuck on, people!
(I also really liked Bodhi, but I didn't ship him with anyone. But plotty gen backstory would be cool.
One thing I liked that Rogue One included was the explanation that the
Kyber crystals powered the lightsabers,
because I've always wondered
how they worked.
(I've never seen any of the animated SW stuff, so if that was explained in there, obviously I didn't know.)
And then the fact that the Death Star
is powered by the same thing that powers the lightsabers
is really fitting.
Yes to both these points!
Saw the latest Fantastic Four. Um. They forgot to make a movie.
Also, please stop trying to make Miles Teller happen.
Also, please stop trying to make Miles Teller happen.
Yes, please. It's like someone made a more talented but uglier clone of Shia Labeouf—the douchiness just comes rolling off him in waves.
So, La La Land -- I thought it was great, but do we think it's getting SO much acclaim because people want to see something nice this year? (Also, I wish the singing had been better.)
