I just realized the music is like the music people make to play in a Star Wars parody, but they don't have the license to use the real music.
Holy s*** that part at the end. I had my son with me (6 years old) and he jumped off the chair cheering when that light sabre lite up and showed him standing there. Me... I cried a little.
I can't believe you have a gif of that scene. It is so terrifying. Just watching it again I'd nearly forgotten how mercilessly he kills them all. I think it's the best scene with Vader that has ever been made.It was brutal as hell. Wasn't expecting it. The rebel dudes in that hallway's faces were of sheer terror. It was like a horror movie. The scene was great.
I LOVE star wars, so will I like this?
I can't believe you have a gif of that scene. It is so terrifying. Just watching it again I'd nearly forgotten how mercilessly he kills them all. I think it's the best scene with Vader that has ever been made.
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It was interesting talking to my son about that scene afterwards because I don't think he never understood that Darth Vader really was the bad guy. He was a bit scared by it. Between the cartoons and previous movies it's always implied he's a monster but that was the first time it was properly depicted in the movies.
wow that's awesome and no mean feat!!Yes. There are loads of little Easter eggs in it for fans. It's great. Probably the best Star Wars I've seen in my adult life.
wow that's awesome and no mean feat!!
Spectacular. Maybe my second favorite Star Wars movie.
My ranking from best to worst would be:Tis my second favourite too, right behind Force Awakens.
I'll be seeing it this weekend. Weather permitting. They don't know how much snow we're gonna get yet.
As a good father, you should dress up as Vader and jump out at him with a red lightsaber in the middle of the night.It was interesting talking to my son about that scene afterwards because I don't think he never understood that Darth Vader really was the bad guy. He was a bit scared by it. Between the cartoons and previous movies it's always implied he's a monster but that was the first time it was properly depicted in the movies.
As a good father, you should dress up as Vader and jump out at him with a red lightsaber in the middle of the night.
I loved the bromance with the blind guy and the other dude. The new android was the boots!
Now if only I could find out it was worth them going through all that to get those plans!
Oh my god! That would have been f***ing awesome!Two of my friends dress up as storm troopers. They have the full armour suits, helmet mikes, blasters and everything. I had them turn up at his birthday and search the house for rebel spies. The look on his face was hysterical!
Yup. Getting my on Pre Order on Live for sure. Can't wait to see it in my own home, on my TV and hearing it on my system. Gonna be epic. I'll watch that fuking movie three times back to back to back on the day of release...f*** yeah. Just got an offer of a free movie from Sky from Christmas. I got a digital copy and a DVD of Rouge One! Boom! Doesn't release until next year sometime but now it's just a waiting game.
I heard George Lucas has signed on to direct the sequel to Rogue One....AWESOME!!!
Don't you f***ing dare joke like that.I heard George Lucas has signed on to direct the sequel to Rogue One....AWESOME!!!
I heard George Lucas has signed on to direct the sequel to Rogue One....AWESOME!!!
Based on Yoda's expression I'd say George is about 4 inches deep.
I heard George Lucas has signed on to direct the sequel to Rogue One....AWESOME!!!
This movie had to really try to push what being a Star Wars movie can be, without being a traditional Star Wars movie. It's funny to read some of the negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes where they say things like "lacks the magic of Star Wars" and "no clear-cut good and bad motives", when all of us who know better, are like "duh, that's the whole point". This movie was such a gamble, in so many ways. There was the fact that the musical score had only a month to be written, after a last minute switch in composer, as well as extensive reshoots six months before release, putting a great burden on the VFX department. But it was the fact that this being the first of many SW Anthology movies, meaning this one had to really push forward what was possible, while still feeling like a prelude to '77. It's all a pretty tall order. For all that was going against the movie, it all turned out pretty darn good. I'm looking forward to a second showing with better seats.Rogue One opened this week here, so I watched it only today.
For all its flaws - First half's inconsistency, Saw, etc. - It works. The later half of Rogue One succeeded in what Suicide Squad wanted to be and ultimately failed on so many levels. The scene where the movie crosscuts between Death Star's first action and Jyn's watching her father's holographic message was so incredibly powerful, and the way everybody just throws themselves into the fire in Scarif is unforgettable. It's emotionally powerful, much more so than any of the Classic Trilogy films and The Force Awakens.
I'm not sure why, but I think it's largely because this is the first Star Wars movie that does not rely on the old Star Wars film language. I mean, heck, it starts without the opening crawl, and then it pans UP to show a Star Destroyer instead of the traditional Star Wars way of panning DOWN to show it, that one shot sets the tone of what this film is going to do. Star Wars is one of the few series that has its visual shooting and editing language engraved into the whole series, and Rogue One just completely forgoes that.
Really, "it's a war film set in Star Wars universe" doesn't even cut it. It has traces of so many other modern films. Chirrut's action scenes are shot on a circular rail as per post-Matrix actions films should, close-ups are used way more dominantly than other Star Wars films, some of the battle sequences look like they came directly out of Star Wars Battlefront promos, the final on-rail handing of Death Star schematics is the reminiscent of Children of Men... It just goes on and on. Star Wars usually affects other films, but it's the first time where a Star Wars film is directly affected by other films that came after the first one.
What this does is it shows Star Wars universe in a more direct, on-the-face manner compared to other films. On one hand, that kind of distracts me. It looks like Star Wars but somehow it doesn't feel that way. But in the end that turned out to be a good thing. The formulaic Star Wars stories are best told in its old forms, but a new story like this can afford a new language. I think Rogue One proves that Star Wars universe is, given a good visual design, powerful enough to step out of its narrative formula and visual language. Well we kind of all knew that thanks to all the great Star Wars games of the past, but now it's possible even with films. I'm still stoked about the series' future.