Review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) by Dc127 — 19 Dec 2016

I will preface this by stating that I did not like TFA at all. I thought it was a complete retread of previous movies. I went into Rouge One with low expectations. I was pleasantly surprised. Most of the story is quite predictable, you can see almost all of the twists and turns coming from a mile away.

The characters are ok, but not great. This is both a plus and a minus to the movie. Part of the reason I did not like TFA is that the characters were overly dominant to the movie. If you didn't like Finn or Rey the movie was hard to watch.

None of the Rogue One characters stand out either way. No one really bothered me, but I also didn't care about any of them in any significant way. The movie is almost a paint by numbers remake of a half dozen WWII movies.

I however liked this to a certain degree. I left thinking the movie did its job. It told a one off story that was engaging but not over the top. It gave me some space battles and ground fights that I could enjoy without setting up a series of other new movies (boo TFA).