Allstar wrote:Also I liked Giachinno's score in this more than Williams in the TFA which is admittedly not glowing praise.
I kinda want to have a discussion on this, because overall you may be right, but I also agree with someone earlier who mentioned it felt kinda tacked on.
m4st4 wrote:Allstar could you please rank the actors/roles and say lil' something about that aspect?
Felicity, Diego, Mads (despite being brief) and Mendelsohn were the highlights.
Felicity gets three massive emotional moments I feel she really nails that adds true gravitas to the film. Mads gets one scene in particular that's one of my favorites in the film. Luna plays a very different sort of male lead in Star Wars, a very grounded sincere performance but also with a surprisingly hard edge that I did not see coming. As for a Mendelsohn, he's just always fascinating to watch, his outbursts are great but he adds a lot of subtle things.
As everyone has said Tudyk and Yen's characters are great fun and badass but acting wise they did not impress me as much. Whitaker had a unique characterization that is sure to be divisive but I really wanted more of him tbh.
I want to see it again before making final statements because I remember Boyega improved a ton for me on second viewing.
Also I liked Giachinno's score in this more than Williams in the TFA which is admittedly not glowing praise.
the first 2/3rds of Rogue One feel like a montage/trailer for a longer movie
there's not, er, characters?
or people who have interior motivations
or much of a plot?
it's all super, super, super broad strokes jumping around rapidly for an hour and 20 minutes until the third act really takes off
Also:
Vader's characterization was off. They made him this oddly sassy guy who talks in long sentences, instead of ice cold speaking in short precise phrases.
Vader182 wrote:the first 2/3rds of Rogue One feel like a montage/trailer for a longer movie
there's not, er, characters?
or people who have interior motivations
or much of a plot?
it's all super, super, super broad strokes jumping around rapidly for an hour and 20 minutes until the third act really takes off
Also:
Vader's characterization was off. They made him this oddly sassy guy who talks in long sentences, instead of ice cold speaking in short precise phrases.
Vader's characterization was off. They made him this oddly sassy guy who talks in long sentences, instead of ice cold speaking in short precise phrases.
-Vader
Yeah. And this is a stupid nitpick, but that mask chin thing that protruded bothered me way more than it should have.
m4st4 wrote:Allstar could you please rank the actors/roles and say lil' something about that aspect?
Felicity, Diego, Mads (despite being brief) and Mendelsohn were the highlights.
Felicity gets three massive emotional moments I feel she really nails that adds true gravitas to the film. Mads gets one scene in particular that's one of my favorites in the film. Luna plays a very different sort of male lead in Star Wars, a very grounded sincere performance but also with a surprisingly hard edge that I did not see coming. As for a Mendelsohn, he's just always fascinating to watch, his outbursts are great but he adds a lot of subtle things.
As everyone has said Tudyk and Yen's characters are great fun and badass but acting wise they did not impress me as much. Whitaker had a unique characterization that is sure to be divisive but I really wanted more of him tbh.
I want to see it again before making final statements because I remember Boyega improved a ton for me on second viewing.
Also I liked Giachinno's score in this more than Williams in the TFA which is admittedly not glowing praise.
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