echidna64 wrote :

The problem with Rogue One was the characters. After 2+ hours, I couldn't name half of the crew. Some of the them like Juan Solo were downright irritating. 

Same for me. I don't think Donnie Yen's character's name was even said at all in the movie. If it was, it was only one line. I think in general, none of the main characters were very well developed. This is probably Rogue One's biggest flaw.

Lots of lines of dialogue were botched. My favorite character was Donnie Yen's monk but he was clearly working with a language coach for each scene and lots of his lines came out confused or misplaced.

Don't remember this at all. Do you have any specific examples?

Another big issue was the story. If you watch the original movies, the Empire Strikes Back you don't see a caption that says "Hoth: Location of secret rebel base" because you know what is going on. In ten minutes, Rogue One has like six cuts to six different planets. 

I don't see the problem with this. It's a quick way to establish the setting. I did think it was a little weird how much they shifted locations at the beginning, though.

SPOILERS Hey-o!

1. They go to Jedha to get a transmission from Saw who promptly dies

2. They go to generic Imperial mine to meet Jyn's dad who promptly dies

3. They go to paradise planet where everyone promptly dies

What was the point of step 2? Why is Juan Solo upset that Jyn's dad is dead when it was his mission to kill him?

Wasn't he having second thoughts about his mission at that point? Besides, the real question is why didn't her dad just straight up say how to blow up the Death Star? (Answer: because then there wouldn't be a story.)

I like the idea of individual stories set in the Star Wars universe but I did not like this one. 

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Rogue One has some problems, yes, but enough to make you write it off completely? I've seen people say it's the best movie since the original trilogy...and I'm tempted to agree with them.

echidna64 wrote :

Hail, Caesar

3/10

I know that studio bigwigs prolly got some extra chuckles at this parody of old hollywood but I found it to be a complete waste of time. The plots go nowhere and all of the celebrity cameos are in the trailer. Literally, Jonah Hill has one scene. Channing Tatum has 2 scenes. Scarlett Johanssen has 2 scenes and that's all. 

Also, the "mystery" of who kidnapped George Clooney's character, I had guessed before even seeing the movie. Again the trailer gives it away. 

I like the Coen brothers but this was a dud that they sold to us all gold. I would have been very mad if I had paid money to see this. 

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