I think the crawl would have been a little thrown off with the flashback scene right at the beginning.  The could have eliminated that first scene and then used a crawl to describe what was going on, "...looking for a defector Imperial pilot with a message from a Death Star engineer..."  That first scene though gives us some context for how long they've been working on the Death Star and how important the Empire feels this one guy is.

I liked the "cold open" approach to this film.  I think you've got to do a few things to separate yourself from the saga films.  And that was one of them.

"Temple of Doom" didn't need a musical number at the beginning either, but it works.

Sorry guys..Jeff tried to give me the explanation about the crawl.  It felt like Star Trek.  Just sayin'...

41 minutes ago, botchy123 said:

Really enjoyed it. Did not see many Bothans though !

Every SW movie seen in the Cinema, hopefully many more to come

The Bothans stole the plans for the 2nd deathstar in Jedi, not the first death star.

Less hype and lower expectations after TFA mean people are more delighted with this film. Discuss.

Less hype and lower expectations after TFA mean people are more delighted with this film. Discuss.

Go see it and come back later.

9 minutes ago, gobuffs98 said:

The Bothans stole the plans for the 2nd deathstar in Jedi, not the first death star.

That's what Disney want you to think

26 minutes ago, gobuffs98 said:

The Bothans stole the plans for the 2nd deathstar in Jedi, not the first death star.

That will be a good one to explain... why the empire didn't learn from it's original mistake, and made the station more vulnerable so that even the millennium falcon could take it out...

More details about Vader's Castle from Reddit.

He is one F'ed up dude...

Finally, we have Darth Vader Unleashed in a film.  For that minute, he's was the Vader we always imagined as kids.  Ruthless, terrifying, awesome.

2 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

He is one F'ed up dude...

 

38 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

Sorry guys..Jeff tried to give me the explanation about the crawl.  It felt like Star Trek.  Just sayin'...

I agreed, but also understand why they did it to be 'different' It immediately told you this is NOT your usual Star Wars film

On the other hand, they DID open on a planet, and then pan up to something in space. In this case it was the rings of the planet, but that part felt familiar and cool.

I enjoyed seeing the Ghost parked with the other rebel ships.

The DS plans stored on disc reminds me of an external Iomega Zip drive from 16+ years ago. 

Can't wait for a company to make an external USB memory stick or flash drive that looks like it. 

 

What was on screen longer, Hovertank or AT-ST?

I thought it was good how they kept stating the rebels were small and insignificant compared to the empire, they then throw everything they have at them above the planet and look to be holding the line, then when Vaders ISD appears one of the larger rebel ships breaks on the hull as if nothing but a fly. Gave a bit of scale where other films hadnt really. Its a shame they couldnt carry on after this film, episode 4 future remake anyone!

8 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

What was on screen longer, Hovertank or AT-ST?

Difficult to say because neither were used for very long, tank at a push.

Edited December 16, 20169 yr by brickbuilder77

For those of you that saw Rogue One... can I say that it's time to unleash the 9493s and 10240s to the public at outrageous prices?!?!

3 minutes ago, jaylay said:

For those of you that saw Rogue One... can I say that it's time to unleash the 9493s and 10240s to the public at outrageous prices?!?!

That can be a spoiler I would assume ..

Waiting 

13 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

That can be a spoiler I would assume ..

If you managed to miss all the trailers, yeah.

3 hours ago, ZULU said:

Went to see the movie 3d imax laser yday. 

First 20m were a little disappointing but i think it was my eyes adjusting to the effects. 

I enjoyed it, but it's not a home run as it lacked a little depth in terms of suspense and dialog. Some scenes are epic though. Certainly worth its money. 

 

This is why I stopped paying an extra $6/ticket. I wish this gimmick would die off and they focus more on 4K/megascreens.

oops wrong thread

 

Edited December 16, 20169 yr by MarleyMoose

I gave up after queuing for an hour in the cold/damp and then missing the show we were booked for! The later shows were all sold out so I'm giving up and will see it in in the New Year. I just can't cope with crowds ;-(

It's the longest queue I've ever seen outside a cinema so this movie will likely break records this weekend! If reviews and consensus is poor, I'll not bother and will wait until it's on TV or on an aircraft in business class (I don't do coach!).

What star ships were in it, anything from OT? R2-D2? ISD?