@SlowRain agree about 5 too, but I have to say I find it hard to understand how you can describe #R1 this way. For me, R1 had the broad strokes of a solid plot, but totally failed to take the time required for characters development, in their rush to get to the big 'throw in every piece of #StarWars tech we've ever seen into one battle' climax. I didn't care when characters died in that battle. I still didn't know who they were enough to care.
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Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Jun-2018 01:31:23 UTC Strypey @SlowRain to this day I struggle to remember all the main #R1 characters' names, and I've seen it 3 times (out of curiosity, how many can you name without consulting #IMDB or #Wikipedia?). I've seen #Solo twice, and I can at least tell you the first name of every character that has one (clearly stated in dialogue that is). I cared when Qi'ra was left behind on Correlia. I cared when Val and Rio died. When Has shot Beckett, I felt vindicated an conflicted along with him.
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Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Jun-2018 01:32:59 UTC Strypey @SlowRain you may ask why I've seen #R1 so many times if I though it was so bad. I've seen all the prequels at least that many times too. I re-watch movies the same way I re-listen to music, and I enjoy watching even disappointing movies in genres I like, in company with people who haven't seen them yet.
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Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Jun-2018 02:30:47 UTC Strypey @SlowRain as for the #R1 plot, the pacing had some serious issues (see rush to final battle as already mentioned). The writers can't help what we already know (from 1-6), but they don't have to give away what few mysteries there could have been. That prologue scene would have been more effective, narratively and emotionally, as a flashback when Jyn sees her father on Eadu. Up to then, she could have been using only her first name, never revealing her parentage to us.
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Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Jun-2018 02:37:01 UTC Strypey @SlowRain the whole plot would have worked better if it gave us more time watching the characters interact, and get to know and trust each other. That way we get to know them too, rather than just watching them wander through an endless series of Bang! Crash! set pieces (Kidnappings! Explosions! Tentacled, mind-reading creatures who have no effect on the outcome! More explosions!)
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