I think that is my favourite Star Wars movie. I am a bit biased as I play Imperial Assault, the miniatures tactics game, that is basically just Rogue One on a table top. But wow, what a great job. All the nods back to the OT, how they made this fit in without ramming it down our throats, so well done. As the director said in an interview, you need to pay homage to what has come before you.. but if you aren't pushing things forward then you are performing a disservice to the originals.
I thought the CGI on Tarkin was incredible, they just nailed his cold calculating expressionless face. His exchanges with the much more dramatic Krennic were just awesome, we get a lot of this kind of stuff in Rebels and I was happy to see them explore that on the big screen. Vader was limited but incredibly powerful in his scenes, they nailed it. Not to much, not to little, they Goldy Loxed it. His scene in that hallway, omg... so SO good. Words can't describe how well done that was. Nice iconic pose at the end as the ship flys away as well, good nod to the comics.
Could go on forever but I felt it was a 9.9/10. The only thing I detract on it was that the chemistry between Cassian and Erso was a bit wooden I felt at times, it got better as the movie went on though. I also felt like his change of heart was pretty sudden, as well as all these other countless Rebels. But at the same time it was nice to see that the Rebellion wasn't really playing fair either. They knew that they had to cheat to beat the Empire and couldn't follow a strict code of honor. Anyway, I had to nit pick to find something I didn't like. Overall great movie, very entertaining, I felt like it just flew by, well, well done.
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