Soldato
I would say a bit of time since he would have to find the right CR90. Otherwise the 'diplomatic mission' spiel of Ep IV would not make any sense.
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I would say a bit of time since he would have to find the right CR90. Otherwise the 'diplomatic mission' spiel of Ep IV would not make any sense.
Soldato
The half in the bag "redletter media" YouTube review is pretty good
they seemed to enjoy doing the review
im pretty much who they described as the sort of fan who would like this film though
Soldato
Maybe I have the wrong end of the stick, surely that was just Leia giving excuses? It doesn't mean she really was on a Diplomatic mission? Well, we know she wasn't...
Ever since Star Wars (before it was called A New Hope
) was released I always read it as a (bad) excuse too
Overall the movie was really good, the last 30 mins or so redeemed a rather slow start.
I liked how it was about 15 nameless soldiers invading the imperial base at the end but we get a constant barrage of them all dying. "Make 10 men feel like 100". Almost literally.
I liked how it was about 15 nameless soldiers invading the imperial base at the end but we get a constant barrage of them all dying. "Make 10 men feel like 100". Almost literally.
I'm glad they didn't kop out and have some heroes survive. It was always going to be a suicide mission. K2 dying was the saddest part!
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Saw it last night, loved it. I give it 136 out of 137 popcorns
Soldato
For everyone who says the CGI was not well done, I sat through the entire film thinking "wow, this guy is the spitting image of Peter Cushing"
you and me both.
I said to my mrs, is that computer image or is that somebody who is a spit of Peter.
They probably could have gotten away with the Leia cg if they only showed her side on (having in her shadow wouldn't really work considering her character), showing the entire face just leaves more room for scrutiny.
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Man of Honour
There are leaked images and clips of the CGI character moments all over the internet. To be honest, the more I look at it the more impressive it is!
Be interesting to see Lucas' opinion of Rogue one. He wanted to bring back Tarkin in one of the prequels but the footage they had to use of him wasn't upto scratch so it got canned. Surprised they never attempted to do him all digitally instead of trying to reuse footage. I know he appears in episode 3 at one point from a distance but its apparently not what they wanted to do with him originally.
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We saw it again yesterday, and it did not lose anything second time around... in fact I think I enjoyed it even more. My eleven year old son really loved it, and claims its his best SW film so far... my six year old was a bit bored and fidgety, until the last section which he enjoyed. I would say its not really suitable at all for under seven year old's and would not have taken him if we didn't have too.
The CG did not distract so much this time... whether I just accepted it for what it was, or the 2D presentation made it less obvious I don't know [my wife felt the same]... My son noticed Tarkin seemed odd, but didn't spot he was CG... same with Leia.
Looking forward to the Blu Ray in a few months time.
The CG did not distract so much this time... whether I just accepted it for what it was, or the 2D presentation made it less obvious I don't know [my wife felt the same]... My son noticed Tarkin seemed odd, but didn't spot he was CG... same with Leia.
Looking forward to the Blu Ray in a few months time.
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Man of Honour
He did bring Tarkin back momentarily in the prequels but just used another actor for the role. As for not attempting to use CGI, I'm not surprised at all! A lot of people aren't happy with the quality of CGI characters now, imagine how much worse it would have been 12 years ago when he last made a Star Wars movie.
I saw it at imax on Friday night and didn't even realise grand moff tarkin was CGI! I had no idea the actor had died ages ago. They did a fantastic job on that one. Leia on the other hand felt very cheesy and i echo one of the other posters on here that her line of "Hope" felt completely out of character.
In general i liked the movie, would give it a strong 7/8 - 10, the nerdy nods to fans were well done, from meeting Ponda Baba on Jedha to the Hammerhead corvette looking just like the Endar Spire from KOTOR. The acting of Jyn was good, though i felt most of the other characters were simple and unlikeable, with the notable exception of K2, the monk and his buddy. Overall the movie starts strong, loses its way halfway (sometime after the destruction of Jedha) and regains its mojo in a big way once the fleet jumps in.. the ending 10 mins is fantastic (at least the space bits.. the bits on the planet feel a bit pointless).
I just wish they managed to squeeze the dark forces story in there somewhere and include Kyle Katarn!
In general i liked the movie, would give it a strong 7/8 - 10, the nerdy nods to fans were well done, from meeting Ponda Baba on Jedha to the Hammerhead corvette looking just like the Endar Spire from KOTOR. The acting of Jyn was good, though i felt most of the other characters were simple and unlikeable, with the notable exception of K2, the monk and his buddy. Overall the movie starts strong, loses its way halfway (sometime after the destruction of Jedha) and regains its mojo in a big way once the fleet jumps in.. the ending 10 mins is fantastic (at least the space bits.. the bits on the planet feel a bit pointless).
I just wish they managed to squeeze the dark forces story in there somewhere and include Kyle Katarn!
If you didn't realise that Tarkin was CGI then I'm sorry but you are not the sharpest tool in the box.
If you didn't realise that Tarkin was CGI then I'm sorry but you are not the sharpest tool in the box.
Probably! I just thought it was excessive make-up/editing. Leia though was awful.