"Rogue One (No spoilers)" Topic

Well, it's better than what Lucas and Abrams managed so far …

It reminded me of the old classic British war movies like the Gift Horse, In Which We Serve and even A Bridge Too Far.

It's dark and gritty for a Star Wars movie, but it doesn't revel in it.

They are a lot of winks that would make any SW fan squeal and it very cleverly links up to A New Hope, maybe a bit too much in some places.

And most interesting there is no "mandatory Jedi" stuff, which I found quite refreshing.

I'd say it's the best SW film since Empire Strikes Back.

Was there a post credit scene?

Post midnight showing comments on mediastinger.com say there is no stinger during or after the credits.

I am planning on seeing on Friday morning.

I have gotten a lot of hope letting the cat out of the bag about the Death Star. Sadly, many people do not realize this is a prequel. Ugh.

I hope to see it tomorrow in SF.

It was worth seeing on IMAX

Saw it yesterday and was very pleasantly surprised. This is a really good movie. Not perfect, mind you, but probably the best one since Empire. Recommended.

Saw it and it is good.

Saw it last Friday and enjoyed it a lot.

The only bad thing was seeing that Gold plated droid.

He was there only for a short period of time.

Other than that there was no silly characters like: Ewoks or Jar Jar Binks.

Peter Cushing did a great job as Grand Moff Tarkin.

I liked the movie a lot and have to say the ending was the best ending for a Star Wars movie ever.

See the film before everyone gives everything away.

That short period of time was too long for me.

If "A New Hope" (Eps III) ripped off '633 Squadron' and "The Force Awakens" (Eps VII) ripped off 'The Heroes of Telemark' (& Eps III) this one drew it's inspiration from "L'armée des ombres" and "Lucie Aubrac"

Basically the Star Wars movie I've waited 36 years to see.

I went in with low expectations after JJ Abrams disappointing movie and I was blown away. Easily the best movie since Empire.

Here's the Fanatik's take: link

Damn good action movie!

Was there a post credit scene?

Oh yeah, at the very end Darth Vader comes up and says, "Wheeee….. hissssss….why are you still here….Wheeee….. hissssss….the movie's over….Wheeee….. hissssss….go home " (does jedi hand wave)

@SB lies through his teeth (unless there are variant endings circulating).

The instant our blind Jedi hero started in on the storm troopers with his staff, I thought, "David Carradine, Circle of Iron." And his character partook of the "Blind Man" throughout. I don't believe that this is accidental.

I too was pleased with the film. Other than the original Star Wars, this is the best so far, plot and delivery-wise. Of course, movies have come a long way since Star Wars. It is very cool to see the almost "steam punk" quality of the hardware in the Star Wars universe.

As a watching, listening experience, I lean toward an eight out of ten……………

I didn't get to see this till the DVD release a few weeks ago. Not what I was expecting really. I'd heard there was no Jedi character and was OK with that.

For me it was more than a bit too dark to say I enjoyed it. I'm struggling to think of anyone who didn't die outside of anyone who never left Yavin; even those guys on the Death Star end up buying it in a few days time.

I must admit I've been more and more distracted by the sheer numbers of, and seeming disregard for, fatalities in the Star Wars universe. Yes, I know, it's called Star Wars, and war involves death on a sometimes massive scale, but still, why does even the most peripheral skirmish have to result in total annihilation for one side or the other? What counts as a veteran in SW, someone who survived two, yes two, firefights? The casualty rate for the average Stormtrooper formation would make even the most hardened IJA officer take a sharp breath.

At least this time we got to see some level of fire support for the ground troops, not that it really did them any good.

Gary

Newest issue of Mad Magazine has a satire of the movie in it;"Rough One-A Star Bores Snorer".

@Starfury: that all started with the original, did it not? Entire planets wiped out of existence. Then total destruction of ALL the bad guys at the climax. And so it continues.

Well, Wedge made it through to the end :)

Saw it again the other day at home on Blue Ray with the closed captioning turned on so I could catch all the dialogue my old ears didn't hear in the movie theater. Enjoyed it again. A really good movie. I very much liked at the end where Jyn and Cassian embrace. Not in any romantic or sexual way, just two human beings hanging on to each other in the face of their deaths. Very moving.

My one question was why the Empire's main engineering research center was on a virtually undefended planet instead of a heavily protected place like the archive planet at the end? Oh well.