Gareth Edwards puts the WARS in Star Wars unlike I've seen AND felt in the previous films. The dark and serious tone of the film makes you feel the rebel's fear of gruesome warfare as they fight against the more well- equipped and ruthless Empire. At one point, the film was reminiscen...
Rogue One exists solely to answer one of these apparent plot holes, but surprisingly pulls together an exciting adventure for new viewers combined with ample cameos by familiar faces and settings for die-hard fans. The massive Star Wars universe has enough on and off-screen content for fans to...
To begin, I will provide a brief summary. In last year’s review forStar Wars: The Force Awakens, our reviewer did not include a plot summary. I have decided to include one for this film, but please know that in reading it, I endeavor to guard the surprises as much as I can, becau...
I am a really big fan of this in movies, and Rogue One peppers these moments throughout the movie well. I felt invested when I noticed these moments, however the pacing bugs me, and it brings to question if creating these moments hurt the production by any means. At times it felt like...
one of these characters pop up at their own time, but two hours later, they still manage to feel like out-of-place, poorly introduced strangers that hardly feel like they belong in a Star Wars movie that isn’t preceded by the classification of “spinoff” or a “prequel’s prequel....
Rogue One: Directed by Gareth Edwards. With Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction
Recommended:Heart Eyes Review Edwards stated from the offset he wanted to create a war movie, and that’s exactly where this production triumphs, bearing similarities to the likes ofApocalypse NowandSaving Private Ryan. The picture feels relevant too without contrivance, playing up to pertinent them...
The first of the Star Wars standalone films,Rogue Onewavers dramatically between giving longtime fans the movie they expect to see and serving up something new from the ingredients prior films provided. Rather than going all-in on one approach or the other, however, director Gareth Edwards does...
"Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture" Episode 22: "Rogue One" (2016) Movie Review (Podcast Episode 2016) - Plot summary, synopsis, and more...
As probably everyone reading this review knows, a pair of characters from the original movie make notable CGI-generated appearances. I won’t mention the second one, just in case someone out there hasn’t seen the movie yet, but I don’t think I’m spoiling anything by mentioning that Gra...