Review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) by David H — 10 Aug 2017

Overall a pretty good movie. I like the somewhat darker tone that is evident in this film which hasn't been in other Star Wars films. Even though I like the overall story the whole it seemed to get of topic a little bit. tangent on Eadu seemed a bit out of place to me and it didn't really thicken the plot. I guess it was put there to give Jyn a reason to hate the Empire and to actually have a reason to support the Rebellion. It also didn't really follow the rule of "show, dont tell". It just laid half the story before us instead of allowing it to unfold naturally.

Ben Mendelsohn's role as Director Krennic was my favorite but I was also a pretty big fan of Forest Whitacker's role as Saw but I wish they would have given him more screen time. One thing that I have to point out is that this film lacked a really epic score like most of the Star Wars films do. Don't get me wrong, the music was good, but I expected somthing that sent chills up my spine. Another thing that was very well done is all of the battle sequences were very well done both in space and on land. The last thing I gotta say is that I wish Star Wars would get away from the whole Death Star thing. If the seven films for of them have all been centered around a super weapon it being the Death Star in A New Hope, Return of the Jedi, and obviously this one and Star Killer Base in the Force Awakens. Despite its flaws it was still I good film.