This is sad..

[preacher_dawg]

So we have babysitter's tonight, my wife and I are in the back of the theater watching Rogue One, and I'm writing you guys

 

[civildawg88]

I didn't like it save the last 20 minutes. Characters are weak. The last scene saves the movie

 

[Chris Mannix]

Disney is gonna run Star Wars into the ground.

 

[The Fatboy]

I enjoyed it. I'd put it in the top two or three

 

[BeardoMSU]

Wrong.

 

[archdog]

Disney is giving a little back story is all. Dang, the movie was well crafted, well acted and held true to the original 3. What do you guys want, more Jar Jar? Disney is the best thing to happen to Star Wars since Empire.

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

I liked episode 3.5. My wife and Daughters loved it. They teared up when they realized they weren't getting out.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

I thought it was really good. I get the character development argument but tell me this, if you sat down without ever knowing anything about Star Wars and watched A New Hope, you would say the same thing about it. It's a good movie and one of my favorite SW movies but it's slow as hell. liked Rogue One much better than The Force Awakens. That third act was insane and very well done.

 

[preacher_dawg]

I liked it, but mainly because it was Star Wars and all the history.

 

[MSUDC11]

It's one thing to develop characters for an entire trilogy. You can't quite spend as much time doing that for a one-off movie where you know that most of these characters aren't in any of the other movies.

I thought it was really good. As good as I could've hoped in all honesty, because I didn't really have huge expectations.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

SPOILER! 17.

Well I know the ending now. Thanks.

 

[Jacknut1]

I hope it's better than TFA, going to see it tonight.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

I thought it was great, and the level of character development they do was exactly what this movie needed.



[SPOILER ALERT]

It was exactly right because you knew the characters were going to die. This movie was a tragedy in the dramatic sense of the word. The characters were going to die. You knew they were going to die, even if you didn't want them to. They didn't want to throw total badasses (except for Chirrut aka Asian Obi-wan) and Mary Sues (I'm looking at you, Rey) at us. They showed us the common schmoes that were being trampled and used by the empire, and ultimately they got trampled (or rather gloriously blown up). The rebel leaders were shown to be weak and ineffective, and ultimately they were thrown into the action because the lowly decided they had had enough and were gonna 17 the empire's **** up.

 

[BlueRidgeMtns]

I like this review ^^^

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Loved it. I liked TFA pretty well, but I think South Park's criticism of it was pretty spot on.

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. A New Hope
3. Rogue One
4. Return of the Jedi
5. The Force Awakens
6. Revenge of the Sith
7. Attack of the Clones
8. The Phantom Menace

 

[FreeDawg]

It gave the story so much more context. Introducing all of those peripheral characters gave you insight to the actual cost of fighting the dark side. I thought it was great. The story of the erso's put so many pieces together.

 

[Hump4Hoops]

I also loved it. It's probably #2 on my list right now.

Under Empire of course.

It was a true tragedy, which is not only uncommon for Star Wars, but for movies in general, which I appreciated. Literally my only issues with film are that I disliked the Vader/Krennic scene, and CGI Tarkin was not quite right. Maybe Cassian should have died after getting shot and Jyn has to save herself - but that's nitpicking.

It told a complete story, made me care about a few characters and enjoy watching the rest, and gave me just enough of the bad guys. Space battle was great, especially enjoyed seeing them splice in some red squadron and yellow squadron pilot footage from Ep IV, and we got to see blue squadron that was decimated in the attack.

Watching Jyn Erso watch her father's holotape was a quiet moment, but possibly my favorite of the film. Great acting on both sides, I love Mads Mikklesen.

 

[HomeBoyDawg]

On Christmas Day, my college age boys chose to watch Rogue One and the wife and I chose Passengers. The wife and I really enjoyed Passengers and didn't regret not watching Rogue One. The boys really enjoyed Rogue One and didn't regret not watching Passengers. I am not sure if this means we are officially no longer cool or that we are no longer allowed to sit at the nerd table.

 

[Frexzell]

I loved it.

My list:1. The Empire Strikes Back2. A New Hope3. The Force Awakens 4. Rogue One5. Return of the Jedi6. Revenge of the Sith7. The Phantom Menace8. Attack of the Clones

 

[patdog]

Star Wars got run into the ground about the third movie. I do think Rey & Finn show promise, but Kylo Ren sucks.

 

[Dawgbite]

What is sad is I am of the age that I was a teen when the original Star Wats hit theaters and consider myself a sci-fi fan and I have never watched a complete SW movie. I have watched bits and pieces on TV but never watch a complete movie. I loved Space Balls though.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

The end reminded me of what Krusty the Klown did with Poochie on the Itchy and Scratchy Show.

 

[GloryDawg]

Disney is gonna run Star Wars into the ground.

I agree. They will release too many movies too fast and folks will grow tired of it. That was the genius of the creator. Keeping them wanting more for a long time.

 

[LawDawg97]

Well there are other ways to be a genius

I agree. They will release too many movies too fast and folks will grow tired of it. That was the genius of the creator. Keeping them wanting more for a long time.

They've made 14 Marvel movies in less than 10 years and the stories have actually gotten better and grossed just as much lately as they did when they started.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

You should know better than look in a movie thread.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Under Empire of course.

It was a true tragedy, which is not only uncommon for Star Wars, but for movies in general, which I appreciated. Literally my only issues with film are that I disliked the Vader/Krennic scene, and CGI Tarkin was not quite right. Maybe Cassian should have died after getting shot and Jyn has to save herself - but that's nitpicking.

It told a complete story, made me care about a few characters and enjoy watching the rest, and gave me just enough of the bad guys. Space battle was great, especially enjoyed seeing them splice in some red squadron and yellow squadron pilot footage from Ep IV, and we got to see blue squadron that was decimated in the attack.

Watching Jyn Erso watch her father's holotape was a quiet moment, but possibly my favorite of the film. Great acting on both sides, I love Mads Mikklesen.

Spot on analysis of the movie. I loved it as well. I liked TFA in spite of the fact it had to pay homage and create new storylines.

I think VIII is going to be great. There are many, many directions it can go outside the obvious and Luke can create some serious changes because he had to use both sides of the force in his story.

 

[KurtRambis4]

What does this

Characters are weak

even mean? Will you explain? What I'm saying is, at what level is character development sufficient or acceptable?

 

[TBone.sixpack]

Yeah. It was my fault

 

[DAWG61]

Loved the movie. New droid is hilarious. Only complaint I have about the movie was how easy three of the AT-AT Walkers went down. I know it's nitpicking but it bothered me when one of the rebels took down the Walker with basically an RPG. I was however bothered big time with the 17ing 3D glasses Regal gave us to wear after dropping $100 on tickets. IMAX3D is fantastic if you don't have the most uncomfortable glasses invented bothering your face for 2 hours. Does anyone make a comfortable pair of 3D glasses? Regal sure don't.