Rogue One trailer released

[JTsyo]

Just came back from seeing it and was trying to explain to a friend where this fell in the timeline. She thought it was the one took place after Force Awakens. It took a few minutes and I'm not sure she got the overall layout.

 

[phreaqe]

Saw it this morning and loved it. I appreciated that they used a lot of practical effects like the force awakens and did not go all cgi for everything. If this is the quality Disney is putting into the new star wars universe then i am all for it.

 

[Kaido]

Just saw it:

Spoiler: Spoilers:

1. No opening crawl, C'MON MAN!

2. WOW the graphics. Everything looked practical instead of CGI. Although the graphics were really well-done; Leia was so good at the end that I thought she was a stunt double. The ships were great. Even the CGI parts, like escaping the first Death Star blast, weren't over-done. Mof Tarkin was awesome, they've obviously learned from stuff like the new Tron. Just a very good picture all around.

3. Saw it in fauxmax 3D. There are no 3D parts worth seeing and it was VERY dark from light loss due to the 3D. I definitely recommend seeing this movie in 2D. The Spider-man trailer had way more 3D effect than the entire Rogue One movie in it.

4. Snoop Dog was great as the defecting pilot.

5. Never really got super attached to any of the characters. Of course, everyone dies, so maybe that was by design, but the one I liked the most was the robot.

6. Alan Tudyk was fantastic.

7. But then he was gone like a leaf in the wind ;(

8. LOL at the force walk by blind Jackie Chan. And then fumbling to find the controls

9. Loved the explanation of why there was a blow-up button in the Death Star, very nice.

10. Was not crazy about the music.

11. I thought the new sequels (re: Jar Jar Binks) definitely felt more Star Wars-esqe; this was more of like a WWII movie in space, but it was done very well. Needed more lightsabers tho. Would have been cool if the main girl had one & just used it as as sword, or something. Although none of the post-three-original movies have captured the Star Wars spirit to the same effect as those early ones, I do like the direction Disney is taking these. It was a very well-done movie all around. It's not one I feel I immediately need to see again, but it was very good.

12. Only real weak part I didn't buy was when Forest Whitaker didn't leave. He'd spent his life fighting & then splintered off from the rebellion and still had work to do and just kind of gave up. Didn't want to run anymore, but had enough time to walk for 5 minutes before the place fell apart. Felt like they could have done that part better. Small thing tho.

13. Overall stitching together of the original stories & nods to the originals (like C3PO & R2D2) was really well-done.

 

[Sonikku]

He couldn't do it forever and side stories is as good a point as any to pass the torch, but I still wish John Williams had done the score for this film.

 

[Kaido]

He couldn't do it forever and side stories is as good a point as any to pass the torch, but I still wish John Williams had done the score for this film.

Yup. Would have been better with better music. Music wasn't bad, but the original score is very stirring.

 

[UNCjigga]

Saw it tonight, and I'd say this movie had arguably the best Third Act of any Star Wars movie to date, but the first 35-40 minutes nearly killed the movie with all the planet jumping and lack of any character development.

Spoiler

That first scene with Vader putting the mask on, someone in the theater shouted SNOKE!!! but I couldn't tell who the old hooded figure was? They may have just been implying that Vader was in the care of other Sith while Palpatine tended to other affairs (I mean he can't just stick around on volcano world and help Vader recover, right?)

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[Worthington]

That was my biggest peeve as well (next to the mediocre music) was all the planet jumping. Just seemed too scattered for the first 1/3rd or so of the movie. Almost as if they were trying to force (hhahaha) how big the world is on you, and show off all these locations. It hurt the overall flow of the movie.

That said, I still really enjoyed it. Will probably see it again over Xmas.

 

[foghorn67]

The first 1/3 of the movie, cool stuff. Takes a bit too much effort to keep the jumping scenes filed accordingly while trying to take in the movies emotions. It could have been better....but still neato.

The 2nd third of the movie, gets cohesive fast. I started to notice the non-SW fans we brought along are starting to react to the funny moments and make approving remarks on the cool moments.

The final third of the movie. No spoilers. Fantastic. There is more than a few scenes that will wow you. And one or two of those scenes will make any SW fan "Thank the Maker" for Rogue One. They did this right.

 

[Miramonti]

I'm not a huge star wars fan, so that's where this perspective comes from. The movie sucked, especially the acting, which was b-movie level at best. The cameos did nothing for me. The sound track was god awful, completely star wars cliche, probably just the original track sounds with more bass. The graphics and special effects were probably some of the best shown in a movie to date.

If this movie's story line worked as star wars porn for star wars fans, I get that, and no offense intended. But half way through, I couldn't wait until it ended, especially when you knew how things were going to be destroyed already and you knew the ones who were going to execute it, and in typical hero fashion and with that cheesy soundtrack blasting.

(fwiw, I've enjoyed the previous star wars movies and have nothing against the franchise, just thought this movie was crap.)

 

[Tequila]

Saw the early IMAX 3D show today and was blow away. I was extremely disappointed in TFA so wasn't expecting Rogue One to be this good. The CGI was on a whole new level, my jaw is still dropping from the two "trial" explosions on the planets .Call me crazy but I actually liked the planet jumping for the first 30 minutes, it gave the movie a quick pace and got me interested in seeing more of each character.

A big thumbs up for K-2SO!

Oh and the the ending: AWESOME.

I still don't like the stormtrooper white armor, just too laughable although I realize this is a prequel so hard to just change it. Loved the black ninja stormtrooper armor of the Director's guards! Can we have more of that in the future? Same with the white Destroyers, they look like plastic to me. But everything else looked amazing.

I will definitely be seeing it again.

 

[soulcougher73]

I liked it overall, but the character CGI i thought was really bad on Leia and Grand Moff Tarkin. Was so obvious. Ive seen better character CGI in much more low budget movies and or games.

 

[Kaido]

Here's How Rogue One Got Its Hands on Unseen Star Wars Footage:

http://io9.gizmodo.com/heres-how-rogue-one-got-its-hands-on-unseen-star-wars-f-1790250545

 

[Kaido]

All the Major Star Wars Cameos and Connections You May Have Missed in Rogue One:

http://io9.gizmodo.com/all-the-major-star-wars-cameos-and-connections-you-may-1790195147

 

[Kaido]

I liked it overall, but the character CGI i thought was really bad on Leia and Grand Moff Tarkin. Was so obvious. Ive seen better character CGI in much more low budget movies and or games.

I could tell Tarkin was CG'd up, in the same vein as Jeff Bridges in the new Tron, but I didn't realize Leia was CGI until my wife pointed it out...usually I'm pretty quick to see graphics, but I honestly thought she was a body double at first.

 

[Kaido]

Oh and the the ending: AWESOME.

I really enjoyed how they tied the end of Rogue One into the original franchise...that was really fun & unexpected.

 

[shortylickens]

http://imgur.com/gallery/68fCE

 

[SKORPI0]

but I didn't realize Leia was CGI until my wife pointed it out...usually I'm pretty quick to see graphics, but I honestly thought she was a body double at first.

updated since previous link was deleted due to copyright.

 

[Kaido]

Saw it in fauxmax 3D, looked great (there was a LOT more detail in the picture on the big screen). That Youtube clips makes it obviously CGI. Dang.

 

[lupi]

Looking at 2nd best December release with just under 300 mil global take. Behind only ep 7 with release still pending for the middle kingdom.

Looks like a steady line of the anthology films all but guaranteed now.

 

[Tweak155]

Saw this on Friday, fairly decent fan of the universe, but nowhere near die hard I suppose... thought it was a solid 6 or 7 out of 10. Too much jumping around as noted, the last 1/3rd is what saved it ultimately.

 

[brainhulk]

that was totally badass Vader at the end. sick...

Asian dude was kinda cheesy, they could have written his role better.

One thing that bugged me was why did Captain Cassian kill his informant in the beginning? That threw me off, It made me think Cassian was a spy for awhile

 

[Kaido]

One thing that bugged me was why did Captain Cassian kill his informant in the beginning? That threw me off, It made me think Cassian was a spy for awhile

Spoiler

I think they didn't explain it very well...from what I gathered, Cassian believes in the rebellion & has done some bad things in the name of the rebellion. His current job is that of assassin. The informant was injured & was probably going to get captured & interrogated, so killing him was Cassian's way of tying up loose ends. But yeah, it doesn't exactly...endear you to his character. tbh, there wasn't a lot of character development in this story. Of course, everybody died in the end, so there's that

 

[Kaido]

That was my biggest peeve as well (next to the mediocre music) was all the planet jumping. Just seemed too scattered for the first 1/3rd or so of the movie. Almost as if they were trying to force (hhahaha) how big the world is on you, and show off all these locations. It hurt the overall flow of the movie.

That said, I still really enjoyed it. Will probably see it again over Xmas.

I actually kinda liked the planet-jumping. The takeaway for me was just how vast the Empire's reach is...they have entire moons & planets colonized. But I thought they did it better like on the original trilogy because you really care about Tatoonie, Dagobah, etc. because they're all unique locations where the characters have new experiences. Lando betrays the group to Vader in Cloud City...Luke gets trained by Yoda on the swamp planet...and so on. You don't really care about any of the planets in this one, you're just kind of along for the ride. But I thought it was cool seeing the different planets & ways they had been utilized. I actually felt like the politics kind of reflected America, a bit...we stretch all over the world & we don't always leave a good footprint in different places.

 

[Kaido]

Discussion of the CG characters in Rogue One:

http://io9.gizmodo.com/lets-talk-about-the-cg-characters-in-rogue-one-1790211462

FYI - ILM will be publicly talking about the CG characters next month (January).

I pretty much agree with the article:

1. K-2SO was unbelievably realistic.
2. Tarkin was obviously CGI, but the effect was so impressive I didn't care.
3. Leia was CGI (to the point that I thought she was a body double or they had cleaned up some un-used footage), but you're so happy about the ending bridging over to A New Hope that you don't really care.

They are getting scary good at CGI. I don't know if they'll ever quite crack the uncanny valley, but they are getting dang close!

 

[Ruptga]

Just saw it, and on the way back home I realized that the end product here isn't any of the characters or even the story itself, it's the universe. They never fleshed out any of the characters or any of the locations in actual depth, they gave us just enough for a taste and to move the plot along, but now we all know names like Jedha, Scarif, Kyber, Gerrera, and Erso. They're going to sell so many novels, graphic novels, and straight to DVD stories set in and around those names, and we'll eat them up. Don't get me wrong, I do love a good universe, but I think they're going to keep teasing while delivering as little satisfaction as possible. Otherwise they would have done more with any of the several potentially interesting characters they had, and it would have made for a more compelling story, but they stuck to broad-strokes worldbuilding.