If you haven't seen it yet what are you waiting for? It's terrific and really feels like the Star Wars you know and love. It fits seamlessly with the original A New Hope. I'm going to list some things I liked, and a few things I didn't. So if you don't like spoilers this post might not be for you.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD!
Jyn Erso
K2S0
Act 3
The finale (it was awesome!)
Darth Vader's appearance
Every cameo (the original X-Wing pilots were a nice surprise!)
Darth Vader's castle
Death Troopers (and how their communications sounded)
Chirrut Îmwe (played by the great Donnie Yen)
Liked
Captain Cassian Andor
New ship designs, especially the U-Wing
New planets
Acts 1 & 2 (they both end on a down note, actually all the acts end on a down note, but the finale is, appropriately enough, hopeful)
Director Krennic
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Didn't Like
Soundtrack (really, it was terrible and didn't fit the tone of the movie at all. It was so off in places and weird)
Some of the CG shots of Tarkin (though most were brilliant)
Something about the CG of Leia (yet I still loved her cameo)
No opening crawl (I get they want to break away from that format and differentiate from the Saga films, but this intro didn't work at all)
Overall I give it 9 out of 10 stars. It ranks in the top 4 of all the Star Wars films (I'm not yet ready to rank it above Return of the Jedi, and it's definitely not as good as The Empire Strikes back - though its close)
If you're curious this is how I rank the Star Wars films:
- A New Hope
- Empire Strikes Back
- Return of the Jedi
- Rogue One
- Phantom Menace
- Revenge of the Sith
- Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
- Ewoks: Caravan of Courage
- Attack of the Clones
- Star Wars Holiday Special
- The Force Awakens
Ok, I'm kidding about The Force Awakens, but only a little. It's actually #7. At least the Holiday Special wasn't pretending to be something it wasn't.
I like that you've included the Ewok films. I've seen a lot of these rankings in the past few days and almost everyone leaves out the Ewoks and the Special. I can't think why.
ReplyDeleteMost people only rank the movies that had a theatrical release. I think the Ewok movies were only in theaters outside the US, and were released on TV here.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly enough, I recently found out that the pilot for the Clone Wars animated series had a limited theatrical run.
The Clone Wars movie was just episode 1 & 2 of the show mashed together. It was a surprise to the team and they rushed to put it together for the theatrical release. (I know some of the artists who worked on it). In my list I only included live action films.
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