Handman said:
Things I noticed this go-around:
- The humour was not my style and took me out a lot.
- The title theme sounded more like a parody than the theme proper.
- Rey being able to pilot the Falcon better than Han, and the unexplained change in the treatment of droids was odd and a little annoying.
- The Rathtar scene is atrocious and serves little to no purpose.
Not all of it was bad. I noticed John Williams’ score a lot more, and was able to appreciate it more. Everything with Kylo Ren was great. I enjoyed everything else about the same.
I’d mostly agree on all those points though I’ll have to re-listen to the opening theme as I don’t think I felt that way. I did find as well though that upon initial viewing at the cinema, William’s score was quite muted and hard to hear a lot of the time compared to the other SW movies, PT included. It’s something that annoyed me and I actually commented on at the time upon leaving the cinema.
TV’s Frink said:
moviefreakedmind said:
Frank your Majesty said:
If R1 didn’t even attempt it, why blame it for not being character-driven? Or does every movie need to be character driven?
“At least The Phantom Menace tried to make a step-in-the-poop joke that isn’t completely tasteless, they horribly failed, but at least they tried. I can’t say the same of Citizen Kane.”
R1 barely attempted to have characters at all.
I kind of felt that way about Jyn and Cassian at first, but I have found them to be more interesting on subsequent viewings.
But most of the other characters are fantastic. Baze, Chirrut, K2SO, Krennic, Galen Erso…I enjoyed all of them right from the start.
These are my thoughts as well. On initial viewing there didn’t feel there was a lot there but on repeat viewings I’m getting more from Jyn and Cassian, to the extent that I feel like they do have a decent depth and detail to their characters but it just takes time to come out. Once you know the main story you do have more time to take in their lines and ponder their motives and pasts that are alluded to.
.Val