Saw it last weekend. Thought it was awesome. Was really surprised at how awesome it was.
I really liked Ep7 (AKA New Hope template revisited) + then now this w/ Rogue One, within not too much time later?
Man, Disney really pumping out some very high quality Star Wars films mad quick.
I liked some of the risks this movie did, basically feeling like a one-off side episode to fill in some of the blanks + do some new stuff...
And of course, with killing off important + main characters, which is risky business in a SW film; even if it's a side film.
Though, some of the lesser characters probably could've got more screen-time + character development - which is probably my only real complaint w/ this film.
I think Ep 7 did a better job w/ character development + whatnot, but really dug the actual plot of Rogue One.
The last 1/3rd was outstanding. Incredible. One of the best action-based finales I've seen in an action/sci-fi film ever.
The ground-warfare focus in the last 1/3rd felt like a war-movie like Platoon, FMJ, Hacksaw Ridge, or one of those. Really liked that war-style stuff added on top of the sci-fi feel & style the comes in the a usual SW film.
Visuals were outstanding, of course - as usual w/ SW films.
VERY HIGHLY recommend this (Rogue) One.
I don't really remember but I'm not really following?
So: They all die. Jyn dies. Cassian dies. Bodhi dies. K-2SO dies, as much as a robot can. Chirrut Îmwe and Baze Malbus die, though you’re lying if you say you knew those were the names of the guys played by Donnie Yen and Wen Jiang. Orson Krennic dies. A whole bunch of nameless Rebel soldiers die. The Death Star shows up outside Scarif*, and blows the whole thing up. Darth Vader kills a bunch of guys. And then, as if stepping straight out of an old diary, there’s 1977 Carrie Fisher in full Princess Leia getup, to send us out on a high note.
http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/rogue-one-ending.html
It makes this the first movie in the franchise I'll never watch again. The main courses were very tasty. The dead rat for dessert ruined the evening and the restaurant for me.
I personally thought the ending to Rogue One was perfect. If any of them it would have been a bit of a cop out. Indeed, if you followed on any of the production videos and interviews, the movie underwent fairly substantial reshoots to take into account this darker ending -- they originally had some, if not all of the rebels survive
since they believed that Disney would not permit a dark ending, but it turned out that Disney did.
What if it turns out that they become the Knights of Ren?
The line that sets up this story is "many Bothans died to bring us this information" (or close enough--going from memory here). That leaves the door open for several conclusions to it. Killing everyone is the modern way. That's why even Disney doesn't object anymore, outside of movies intended for children. But it was in no way necessary. It also takes away all possibility of continuing these characters' stories. They weren't of much significance before the events of the movie, so even flashbacks don't hold much promise. Yeah, some could come back bathed in ethereal light and provide some oohs and aahs. There is always that.
Plus I think I love Felicity Jones. I wanted to see more of her in future stories.
Edit: Speaking of memory, it is a terribly unreliable thing. Looking into the "Bothans" quote set me straight on that. There is no canon that forces any kind of ending on Rogue One. All we know for sure is that Leia escaped with the plans with Darth Vader in pursuit.