Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

I tried hard to think about how to write this review so as not to spoil the movie. Let me put it this way, Rogue One has a great premise and on top of that, it is shot beautifully. Especially the final war scene is possibly the best war scene I have ever seen in the world of Star Wars. The problem, however, is that Felicity Jones looked unbelievably beautiful in the poster but in fact, her role was one of the worst roles in any huge blockbuster in the last couple of years. Not only did she look as if somebody ate her breakfast, but she also looked offended and conceited in every scene, like a little baby. Maybe she only had a swollen face at the time, but it didn’t improve the final impression. I was really looking forward to her, but in the end, her fed-up approach to the role disappointed me terribly. And similarly, Diego Luna didn’t fit the second main character at all in my eyes. And when the two main actors from the blockbuster from the Star Wars universe don’t sit well with you, it is quite a problem. Fortunately, the set of supporting characters, who were a pleasure to watch, salvaged it and slightly improved the overall impression of the movie. Too bad, I was very disappointed. I haven’t experienced such a disappointing blockbuster in many years. Well, what can you do, maybe the casting of the lead roles will be better next time? (28/06/2017)

It took a long 33 years, but we finally got it. After Episode 6, the best film in the Star Wars universe. It doesn't feel contrived, it doesn't tell the story through bridges for morons, and it treats the main and episodic characters in a brash and bleak way, like in a real war. The beginning is perhaps too slow (my only complaint), but otherwise it's pure fan joy. I'd love to have a beer with Gareth Edwards, not only is he one of the few to understand the poetry of the original Japanese Godzilla films, but his rendition of Star Wars doesn't look like a cheesy coloring book either. Give him Star Trek, too! (21/12/2016)

The talk of dirty war action is just ruin or unfulfilled wishful thinking, where good characters are absent, or even unbearably obnoxious, giving the impression that whether it's the overacting or if it was built this badly from the start, it's hard to keep a film on such wobbly legs that you know how it's going to turn out. Therefore, any refreshment is welcome, rather than watching a generic blockbuster, of which you have a dozen a year, and it would have been enough to throw away 120 minutes and stick the last fifteen as a prologue to Episode IV. This is because few films this year have had as strong a highlight as the one when the red lightsaber lights up in the shadows. (15/12/2016)

The nostalgia for Star Wars: A New Hope doesn't work, and if anything, Rogue One proves only that I need to experience Star Wars with Skywalker, Solo, Kenobi, and others in order to enjoy them. Just the fact that the least important Vader steals the best scene for himself shows that the screenplay is losing in terms of anchoring new characters. I enjoyed K-2SO and Chirrut, but the whole group too willingly and conveniently marches into the role of some magnificent seven, which doesn't make much sense for some of them. If it wasn't for the action orgy in the last act, I would have left the cinema severely disappointed. I expected a much tighter experience, but looking back on the whole story, it could hardly have turned out otherwise. (19/12/2016)

Something is wrong if you have to wait 131 minutes for the first great scene in a film that is 133 minutes long. This film is not made out of love and fondness for Star Wars, it's made for people who will go to see it out of love and fondness for Star Wars, because any billion in profit is good. A woefully ordinary and completely useless film that doesn't fit in with either the old or the new episodes. (16/12/2016)