Rogue One catch all thread

[rteetz]

Where is this button located? Can't find it

I posted an explanation on the previous page but its three buttons over from the emoji button.

 

[crazy4wdw]

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Wonder if Carrie Fisher was paid a royalty for her "appearance" in the movie? Wouldn't that be quick money?

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

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Wonder if Carrie Fisher was paid a royalty for her "appearance" in the movie? Wouldn't that be quick money?

Maybe. I do know Lucas owned her likeness (for toys). I'm not sure how this appearance would be classified.
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[Flyerjab]

Spoiler: More musings

Can't agree with you guys more today...

I thought jones was good...but I thought Diego Luna was FANTASTIC. Wow...did he create a good Star Wars character...if even though he will be trapped in a short time frame with it forever.

What the hell were those snotty critics watching?

The movie was not perfect but they picked the wrong things to complain about.

The complaint should be that the pacing/cuts were almost too fast...which is the lucas prequel mistake And exactly what empire strikes back is not.

And the music was written for a different Kind of movie...not Star Wars. Thats a "lucas" type move...fixing what isn't broken.

And the empire is - finally - ruthless, tyrannical and evil...not since palpatine in Jedi...or Vader in empire.

Enough anakin/Kylo ren "torn"/whiney stuff. Shoot/stab first...ask questions Later

Now that's somebody has made an actual Star Wars film...it's all on Rian Johnson...

Hopefully the Star Wars fans lap it up and blow the box office away...hopefully the foreign markets show up this time...

Because there should be expensive reshoots talked about between the presidio and Burbank RIGHT NOW if episode 8 isn't more of "this" and less of "that" from 2015

And one more: this movie did more to serve the Force Than the last 4 that were allegedly all about the force.

They returned the mysticism to it...the one that was created by a subtle elegance by Alec Guinness and Frank Oz and mark hamill and Ian mcdiarmid 30+ years ago.

The "defenders" of the temple...did more to advance the storyline than talking light sabers and midichlorians...maybe the most since the key force scene that really solidified the legend of the whole story: yoda lifting the ship and the Williams piece with it in empire

I'm emotionally spent...in a good way...

Great, great post.

I agree with you in that I hope that this makes a ton of money.

Make no mistake, the use of Donnie Yen and his cohort are not coincidental. The use of actors to appeal to the large Asian markets is calculated for sure, but in this case it worked wonderfully, so I hope that it just adds to the global box office.

I want more of this 'type' of Star Wars movie. We want depth, we want grit and we want the dark to balance out the good feelings you have in the previous trilogies.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Spoiler: Right back at you

Jones was good. Her story was the most fleshed out, so it was easier to "root" for her. They kind of missed the mark on the odd developing love story with her and Cassian...I think that's what was happening....what did this movie take place over? Like two days?

Like I said, I really rooted for Chirrut, and Maze. There was a connection there, that needed a little more fleshing out. As well as Chirrut's ties to the Force.

I can't keep up with Rebels (I don't have DisneyDX), so trying to go back and watch all the Clone Wars stuff would be overwhelming, so Saw was kind of lost on me.

I thought they captured some of the daily Empire stuff fantastically. Power struggles - Tarkin is/was a creepy, plotting, bad *** dude.

I'm not a huge fan of Mendelson (I hated him The Dark Knight Rises), but he was pretty good as Krennic. Little guy (literally) trying to climb the Imperial Ladder. Vader's snark to him in their meeting was perfect.

I've read good things about Rian's take for Ep. VIII. I hope it all rings true. I think Disney is doing a pretty good job on taking a massive catalog, storyline, and creating something even hardcore fans can get behind. None of the movies are without their faults.

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Netflix does have most of the Clone Wars series, which is where Saw first shows up.

I actually liked that we didn't know more about Chirrut's ties with the force. I liked that it was a bit up in the air. He was a guardian of the temple, so I like to think he was a bit force sensitive but not enough to become a jedi so he became a guardian.

I so wish we could have seen more of the temple. That was such a teaser. It was almost Lost like, when the camera panned over that giant fallen statue in the dessert. You just knew it was a jedi and you wanted to know more about their connections with that place.

 

[mickeyfanachey1999]

I loved the movie. But I'm a huge fan of all of the movies, the Clone Wars and Rebels. My 14 year old liked it...my 5 year old only made it through about 50 minutes before he fell asleep.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

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Wonder if Carrie Fisher was paid a royalty for her "appearance" in the movie? Wouldn't that be quick money?

...only if they gave back some of the money from last year...it's only fair

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Rogue one...the "4th Star Wars film" as I will now call it...is tracking higher than expected so far...20% higher than predicted for Thursday and the best for 2016.

I'm thinking the Hollywood establishment predictions were all wrong...and both the old guy rewatching geeked element ( ) and International are going to drive this puppy up.

I hope they taken notice as to what the 2 billion or so Star Wars fans on this planet have long stood for:

Star Wars.

We shall be ignored no longer

 

[rteetz]

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/design-rogue-one-exclusive-look-slideshow-wp-221131264.html

 

[lockedoutlogic]

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/design-rogue-one-exclusive-look-slideshow-wp-221131264.html

Thanks for the post...I was gonna stop at B&N today to pick this up...but ran out of time...tomorrow

 

[saskdw]

I was able to watch the debut of this movie at Disney Springs!

What a great movie!! Exceeded all my expectations!!

I went in expecting a decent "filler" movie designed to give a small Star Wars fix until the next "real" movie came out.

Who would of thought we would get an absolutely fantastic movie that most fans are ranking in their top 3 of the Star Wars movie's?!?!?

It's been a long time since I felt like I had to watch a movie a 2nd time in the theatre and not wait for the Bluray to view again.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I was able to watch the debut of this movie at Disney Springs!

What a great movie!! Exceeded all my expectations!!

I went in expecting a decent "filler" movie designed to give a small Star Wars fix until the next "real" movie came out.

Who would of thought we would get an absolutely fantastic movie that most fans are ranking in their top 3 of the Star Wars movie's?!?!?

It's been a long time since I felt like I had to watch a movie a 2nd time in the theatre and not wait for the Bluray to view again.

I think this is the first attempt that actually succeeded in touching the hardcore fans...and I think many if not most of those will re-evaluate their opinions of "The Reboot Awakens"...

I was ok with that until I saw a "little guy"...like Gareth Edwards...managed to take me back to the feeling of being a kid.

Let's face it: hasn't the real core of our frustration been since the 90's that no one of the vaunted Hollywood power brokers could put together a story that was comparable to the early 80's? Lucas embarrassed himself...Abrams barely tried...how is this that hard with an IP that is loved by the largest of audiences?

The force awakens praise lies a great deal in how awful the phantom menace was...it was just wanting anything that was better...just wanting a new Star Wars.

And make no mistake...the future of Star Wars is getting us middle aged pessimists scarred by 20 years of franchise mismanagement back in the front of the line...it's about us letting our kids watch the movies 50 times via digital the way we watched the VHS...it will spur the merch sales.

That is the business model, Hollywood geniuses

 

[saskdw]

I think this is the first attempt that actually succeeded in touching the hardcore fans...and I think many if not most of those will re-evaluate their opinions of "The Reboot Awakens"...

I was ok with that until I saw a "little guy"...like Gareth Edwards...managed to take me back to the feeling of being a kid.

Let's face it: hasn't the real core of our frustration been since the 90's that no one of the vaunted Hollywood power brokers could put together a story that was comparable to the early 80's? Lucas embarrassed himself...Abrams barely tried...how is this that hard with an IP that is loved by the largest of audiences?

The force awakens praise lies a great deal in how awful the phantom menace was...it was just wanting anything that was better...not wanting a new Star Wars.

And make no mistake...the future of Star Wars is getting us middle aged pessimists scarred by 20 years of franchise mismanagement back in the front of the line...it's about us letting our kids watch the movies 50 times via digital the way we watched the VHS...it will spur the merch sales.

That is the business model, Hollywood geniuses

I enjoyed Force Awakens more than you did. I thought it was a good movie. But the Bluray did sit on my coffee table for at least a month before I plugged it in to watch it.

I'm still pumped about Rogue One right now. The movie flowed so well. It kept my attention all the way through. I agree with the DIS guys that it is the most adult Star Wars movie to date. I enjoyed the darkness of the movie. The reality that lots of people die when there's a war.

I am a HUGE Marvel fan. I waited my whole life for the Avengers movie to come out. Rogue One is right there with the first Avengers movie for me with regards to needing to watch it again right away. I find myself wondering if I'm crazy for feeling like I enjoyed this more than Civil War. I almost feel guilty like I'm cheating on Marvel for feeling that way.

 

[PuppyJonathan]

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Did anyone else think that the ending for Moana is pretty much the firebird sequence from Fantasia 2000? Oh wait wrong movie

I did actually see it. I thought force awakens was better to be perfectly honest. Seemed to me that force awakens didn't feel as long as this one did, also

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Kind of bothered me that EVERYONE died. Yeah it was a suicide mission and all but unlike Tadashi I had too much time with these characters to just kill them off like that! I should probably never watch game of thrones with this logic

 

[Topper]

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[lockedoutlogic]

Box office estimates are tracking higher...thursday and Friday about 20% higher than predictions...feel the force, fans...

 

[rteetz]

Box office estimates are tracking higher...thursday and Friday about 20% higher than predictions...feel the force, fans...

That's good. Hopefully this means that they will continue to allow future movies to take risks rather than playing it safe like TFA.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

That's good. Hopefully this means that they will continue to allow future movies to take risks rather than playing it safe like TFA.

My thoughts exactly...I'm hoping for a 1.5 billion overall take worldwide...outperforming all the marvel movies

 

[Whatsthegoodword]

AGHHHHHHH!!!!! IT WAS AWESOME!!! I JUST GOT BACK!!!!!! AGHHHHHHH!!!!

 

[ljandbucket]

Box office estimates are tracking higher...thursday and Friday about 20% higher than predictions...feel the force, fans...

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Couldnt agree more with what's been said. My 13 yr old and I just got back and really enjoyed it especially that it was darker and not completely to type. Was thrilled that they didn't overplay Vader and thought they used him very effectively, especially at the end. Wow. Just an all around good movie let alone a Star Wars flick. Maybe a flicker of hope that the future movies take more risks and keep the machine moving forward!