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Does George still get a piece of the revenue of the new SW projects? Or was the $4 billion he got for the franchise it?
Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T
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I'm very much interested in The Crown the second I saw the trailer. I don't have Netflix though lol.
Movies or plots that start at a peculiar time in a persons life is dope. Like the movie of Obama and Michelle's first date or that Italian movie of the childhood of a future facist leader. The queen gaining the crown at 25??? Yes I'm in.
Rogue One
My Review
I need to watch again and again, as of right now, I fully believe this is somewhere between Empire and A New Hope. It was that good. And I am THRILLED that this will open all the doors. I have been on record this was going to change everything, and I think it will. In January, everything is going to be green lit. Disney is going to see the love for this film, and start approving even more spin offs. This movie proved, without a doubt, we don't need Skywalkers. Hell, we don't even need Jedi and Sith. (tho we still want them Disney, please give me a Jedi-Sith war film, please?
)
Old Republic
Thrawn
Boba Fett
Obi-Wan
Revan
Jedi v Sith War
Plageius
Spin me off Disney. Spin me.
I think he's done. 4 Bill and he's out of the picture now. No need for him to keep earning money while doing nothing to help the franchise.
My Review
I'm still really feelin it. 
This film was everything the prequels were supposed to be. THIS is how you take a seemingly innocuous bit of dialogue in a film made in 1977 and make it come to life. Lucas tried to bring the Clone Wars to life and tell the story of Anakin Skywalker, and he failed miserably for two films before giving us a worthy conclusion in Revenge of the Sith.
Garreth Edwards just **** all over those prequels with yet another small bit of dialogue in 1977 and converted that into this epic tale. He went with honoring Lucas and thanking him for letting him play in his backyard and then also added his own touch and vision to the saga. Similar music, but a touch different, the no crawl, the small changes in ship styles while also having the iconic looks as well. All well done and a fitting tribute. He gave us MORE, things we've always wanted, new planets, characters, situations, and used bits and pieces of the OG story so to tie the strings together. Brilliant. And even more impressive, he did so without needless Jedi and barely 20 seconds of lightsabers. AMAZING achievement when you think about it.
I still need a few more viewings to truly grasp everything, but I LOVED what they put together. A fully fleshed out, well planned, well thought, very well acted story that weaves in and out of the 77 film and 2016 technology. A few of us have speculated in here that they could do the Michael Douglas Ant-Man thing with Leia and/or Tarkin given what we knew about the story, and they did exactly that. Clearly Tarkin was a bit of a stretch, because they risked doing extra scenes for him, whereas Leia had one tiny scene and one sentence of dialogue. She clearly looked better. The longer we got to stare at Tarkin, the more you could tell something was different. Still, it worked perfect. It was great to once again see Tarkin onscreen.
Jym, Cassian, K-2, Chirrut, Baze, Saw, Bodhi were all incredible. They gave you all the feels. The desperation, the hopelessness of dealing with the Empire, and yet, still fighting thru it, doing whatever they could. Finding a way. Exactly what the "pathetic band of rebels" should represent. They were awesome. Heroic, brave, sacrificing themselves for the greater good, defiant, even when the leaders did not want to attack and steal the plans, they go and do it anyways. Summed up perfectly by the smirk on Mon Mothma's face when she finds out they went and forced their hand to send the fleet.
The theme of "Hope" throughout the film, obviously leading to "A New Hope" The Force believers, when there are no more Jedi pushing the Force on them. The tyranny of the Empire at its peak. The way they tied in the flaw in the Death Star to Galen and his daughter.
So well done, the tone was perfect throughout, the dialogue was serious and not wasted unlike 88% of the prequel dialogue, these conversations had actual meaning in them. A desperate group trying to find a way to stop an impossible weapon/organization. The only real humor was from the droid and similar to how Lucas wanted Threepio to come across. K2 was outstanding.
Edwards absolutely nailed his Return of the Jedi nod to Lucas with the tri-fold battles taking place simultaneously. The beach battle is amazing, the space battle was well done and some of those camera angles and movements were just jaw dropping, and then of course Jyn going for the hard drive.
Liked Krennic more than I thought I would. I didn't expect to like his character much, I thought of him as a Tarkin knockoff, in fact, I kinda figured he would be the leader of the Empire after Palpatine and Vader, and get himself killed and Tarkin gets promoted, instead it was more of a competition between the two.
The Vader scene......I don't need to say anything there. That was pron. Hardcore, triple X type ****. Somebody please tell me there's a 2 hour film of that layin around somewhere in Disney's vault. Garreth, please?
Those of you that back the prequels, at least we saw Vader kill some kids, right? Oh, no, we didn't even "see" that either, it was just alluded too.
The blue milk, the EU nod to the Hammerhead Corvette, Red/Gold Leaders, Ghost, loved the little Easter Eggs and how properly placed they were.
*minor "gripes"*
Vader's appearance. Did he have red lenses over his eyes? And that neck brace thing looked outta place.
The music was designed to be "different" but I understand wanting the REAL music for this one. Could you imagine this same film with the John L Williams touch?
The Tarkin shots maybe should have been a smidge shorter to protect from us noticing how outta place this is.
This film was everything the prequels were supposed to be. THIS is how you take a seemingly innocuous bit of dialogue in a film made in 1977 and make it come to life. Lucas tried to bring the Clone Wars to life and tell the story of Anakin Skywalker, and he failed miserably for two films before giving us a worthy conclusion in Revenge of the Sith.
Garreth Edwards just **** all over those prequels with yet another small bit of dialogue in 1977 and converted that into this epic tale. He went with honoring Lucas and thanking him for letting him play in his backyard and then also added his own touch and vision to the saga. Similar music, but a touch different, the no crawl, the small changes in ship styles while also having the iconic looks as well. All well done and a fitting tribute. He gave us MORE, things we've always wanted, new planets, characters, situations, and used bits and pieces of the OG story so to tie the strings together. Brilliant. And even more impressive, he did so without needless Jedi and barely 20 seconds of lightsabers. AMAZING achievement when you think about it.
I still need a few more viewings to truly grasp everything, but I LOVED what they put together. A fully fleshed out, well planned, well thought, very well acted story that weaves in and out of the 77 film and 2016 technology. A few of us have speculated in here that they could do the Michael Douglas Ant-Man thing with Leia and/or Tarkin given what we knew about the story, and they did exactly that. Clearly Tarkin was a bit of a stretch, because they risked doing extra scenes for him, whereas Leia had one tiny scene and one sentence of dialogue. She clearly looked better. The longer we got to stare at Tarkin, the more you could tell something was different. Still, it worked perfect. It was great to once again see Tarkin onscreen.
Jym, Cassian, K-2, Chirrut, Baze, Saw, Bodhi were all incredible. They gave you all the feels. The desperation, the hopelessness of dealing with the Empire, and yet, still fighting thru it, doing whatever they could. Finding a way. Exactly what the "pathetic band of rebels" should represent. They were awesome. Heroic, brave, sacrificing themselves for the greater good, defiant, even when the leaders did not want to attack and steal the plans, they go and do it anyways. Summed up perfectly by the smirk on Mon Mothma's face when she finds out they went and forced their hand to send the fleet.
The theme of "Hope" throughout the film, obviously leading to "A New Hope" The Force believers, when there are no more Jedi pushing the Force on them. The tyranny of the Empire at its peak. The way they tied in the flaw in the Death Star to Galen and his daughter.
So well done, the tone was perfect throughout, the dialogue was serious and not wasted unlike 88% of the prequel dialogue, these conversations had actual meaning in them. A desperate group trying to find a way to stop an impossible weapon/organization. The only real humor was from the droid and similar to how Lucas wanted Threepio to come across. K2 was outstanding. Edwards absolutely nailed his Return of the Jedi nod to Lucas with the tri-fold battles taking place simultaneously. The beach battle is amazing, the space battle was well done and some of those camera angles and movements were just jaw dropping, and then of course Jyn going for the hard drive.
Liked Krennic more than I thought I would. I didn't expect to like his character much, I thought of him as a Tarkin knockoff, in fact, I kinda figured he would be the leader of the Empire after Palpatine and Vader, and get himself killed and Tarkin gets promoted, instead it was more of a competition between the two.
The Vader scene......I don't need to say anything there. That was pron. Hardcore, triple X type ****. Somebody please tell me there's a 2 hour film of that layin around somewhere in Disney's vault. Garreth, please?
Those of you that back the prequels, at least we saw Vader kill some kids, right? Oh, no, we didn't even "see" that either, it was just alluded too.
The blue milk, the EU nod to the Hammerhead Corvette, Red/Gold Leaders, Ghost, loved the little Easter Eggs and how properly placed they were.
*minor "gripes"*
Vader's appearance. Did he have red lenses over his eyes? And that neck brace thing looked outta place.
The music was designed to be "different" but I understand wanting the REAL music for this one. Could you imagine this same film with the John L Williams touch?
The Tarkin shots maybe should have been a smidge shorter to protect from us noticing how outta place this is.
I need to watch again and again, as of right now, I fully believe this is somewhere between Empire and A New Hope. It was that good. And I am THRILLED that this will open all the doors. I have been on record this was going to change everything, and I think it will. In January, everything is going to be green lit. Disney is going to see the love for this film, and start approving even more spin offs. This movie proved, without a doubt, we don't need Skywalkers. Hell, we don't even need Jedi and Sith. (tho we still want them Disney, please give me a Jedi-Sith war film, please?
)Old Republic
Thrawn
Boba Fett
Obi-Wan
Revan
Jedi v Sith War
Plageius
Spin me off Disney. Spin me.
I think he's done. 4 Bill and he's out of the picture now. No need for him to keep earning money while doing nothing to help the franchise.
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He won't get any money here on forth from SW or Indiana Jones. He has a title of creative consultant for any future SW films. Any money he has put into from previous Disney stock obtained (which he does) will count though.
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story; a rock hard 6/8.
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So you give it an average C? (75%)
Doesn't seem like a very strong 'rock hard' rating
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average would be a 4 tbh
this was a very good movie, fight me/
this was a very good movie, fight me/
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Just watched the conjuring for the first time. I had no idea that Annabelle was related to this movie. Pretty cool. They kinda applied the Marvel Universe style of movie making to the horror genre.
Anyways, I thought it was decent. I was expecting something a little more like The Ring from what I've heard from friends, but it was more like a PG version of the exorcist. Loved the story, thought the acting was great, but the cinematography fell short. In the beginning, they started off strong with the 70's vibe. I thought it was gonna continue with that feeling but they abandoned ship and got straight into the ol' cliche possession things pretty quick.
It's def better than most lame horror films these days but it still gets only a 4.9/8 from me. Worth watching, but nothing to rave over.
Anyways, I thought it was decent. I was expecting something a little more like The Ring from what I've heard from friends, but it was more like a PG version of the exorcist. Loved the story, thought the acting was great, but the cinematography fell short. In the beginning, they started off strong with the 70's vibe. I thought it was gonna continue with that feeling but they abandoned ship and got straight into the ol' cliche possession things pretty quick.
It's def better than most lame horror films these days but it still gets only a 4.9/8 from me. Worth watching, but nothing to rave over.
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I think, in that context, people generally use the phrase "rock solid" . . . not that it matters . . .
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You don't even understand the math behind your own rating system.
a 4 is a failing grade
da northern california education system fails again
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9/8 for rogue one
Man.. you really care alot more than you think you would when shht pops off
The feelsssss
Man.. you really care alot more than you think you would when shht pops off
The feelsssss
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You don't prefer it rock hard?
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A 4 is 50% and an F. Is there a curve?
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The movies being good doesn't prove George is worthless at all.That's not salt at all.
That's I told you he was worthless and the universe was bigger than his dumb ***.
The Prequels do that.
The movies being good doesn't prove George is worthless at all.That's not salt at all.
That's I told you he was worthless and the universe was bigger than his dumb ***.
Just deepens the immeasurable contribution George has provided to society in the entertainment industry.
Ignore my post and focus on the prequels as per usual
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episode 3 > other star wars movies.
have yet to see rogue one though.
have yet to see rogue one though.
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i strongly disagree. i actually enjoyed episodes 2 & 3 - the chase scene with obi wan and annakin in the city, the water planet with the clone army, the arena scene etc. were all great BUT hayden christensen was absolutely horrible. zero chemistry with portman. dismal performance.
best star wars movie to date was empire but i haven't seen rogue one yet.
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Collateral Beauty getting bashed heavy.
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14% on RT. :x
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Will Smith is washed, sad.
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I severely disliked Rogue 1. Did a very poor job of getting me to care about any of the good guys. 3/10
Got points for casting a nice lead.
Lost a lot of points for misusing said lead.
Garth Edwards is 1 for 3 with movies for me.
I will pass on any movie attached with him from now on.
The Force Awakens was a much better movie and it wasn't close at all
Got points for casting a nice lead.
Lost a lot of points for misusing said lead.
Garth Edwards is 1 for 3 with movies for me.
I will pass on any movie attached with him from now on.
The Force Awakens was a much better movie and it wasn't close at all
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i was looking for a way to describe Rogue One and they did it perfectly around 12 minutes...
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I heard some radio promos for it recently that gave quotes from apparently favorable "critic" reviews. Must have been from the Will Smith Fan Club News or something.
Will can still act, but he can't chose decent projects for **** anymore. Because of that, I'm now even expecting the new Bad Boys sequels to suck.
Unrelatedly, even with Amel's 3, Rogue One is still at a 8.07 average on the NT Movie Thread Ratings Tracker (thanks largely to CP giving it a 15, but still...)
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Yea a lot of ppl liked the film. The ppl I went with was raving about it. But ehh. This was just very ehh to me. The action and stuff I can see was pretty good but by the time all the action happened I checked out mentally. The most likeable character was the damn robot.
Felicity Jones I can see had strong acting chops. In the right vehicle she can be great.
Felicity Jones I can see had strong acting chops. In the right vehicle she can be great.
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