The opening of the film felt like it didn’t leave time to appreciate Galen Erso, Jyn Erso’s father, as a character before removing him from half of the film just to kill him off. Understanding his motivations is hard when you don’t know the character. When Orr wrote about the surprising conclusion, he was spot on. It caught me off guard for a Star Wars film. Killing off all the characters that got the schematics to the Death Star was a bold ending. The amount of death and devastation in the film truly did make it feel like a war movie. A few scenes on the beach felt like Saving Private Ryan or Hacksaw Ridge. The camera movement when tracking Chirrut was enjoyable. I loved that they had him perform the stunts in one take instead of cutting on
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Chirrut was cool, Jyn was likable, and Cassian was the link to the rebellion. That’s about as far as I viewed them. To me, the characters in The Force Awakens were of the same archetypes we were familiar with. Rey was the new Luke, and Kylo Ren was a young Vader. Characters relatable to the environment created over 6 previous films.
However, unlike the previous movies one of the core messages in the film is that the rebels also did bad things to see a good future. Dialogue included it a few times, primarily when Rogue One, the airship, was preparing to launch. Cassian said specifically the nearly all, if not most, participated in assassinations, bombings, and the like. Actions commonly associated with terrorism. Thus, creating a near gray shade to the Alliance and the rebellion.
This gray approach instead of light vs. dark was probably my favorite part of the movie. If you view the characters as a collective body, such as the rebels or the empire, the story shows their motives and ideals wonderfully. Conversely, most of the characters fell flat, so I didn’t care much that they died at the end. The film was entertaining through to the end carried by some fantastic special effects. Every single aerial fight was special effects. Considering how many there were, that must have been a tall order to maintain the quality they
Chirrut was cool, Jyn was likable, and Cassian was the link to the rebellion. That’s about as far as I viewed them. To me, the characters in The Force Awakens were of the same archetypes we were familiar with. Rey was the new Luke, and Kylo Ren was a young Vader. Characters relatable to the environment created over 6 previous films.
However, unlike the previous movies one of the core messages in the film is that the rebels also did bad things to see a good future. Dialogue included it a few times, primarily when Rogue One, the airship, was preparing to launch. Cassian said specifically the nearly all, if not most, participated in assassinations, bombings, and the like. Actions commonly associated with terrorism. Thus, creating a near gray shade to the Alliance and the rebellion.
This gray approach instead of light vs. dark was probably my favorite part of the movie. If you view the characters as a collective body, such as the rebels or the empire, the story shows their motives and ideals wonderfully. Conversely, most of the characters fell flat, so I didn’t care much that they died at the end. The film was entertaining through to the end carried by some fantastic special effects. Every single aerial fight was special effects. Considering how many there were, that must have been a tall order to maintain the quality they