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I saw it the day after opening.
I'm a pretty big Star Wars fan, taking into consideration that I am not a 'fan' usually of movies series... Star Wars is the exception. The original trilogy was huge for me a a kid, just mindblowing. And I saw all three prequels on their opening weekends when they came out. I wasn't as excited for those then than I was for these new movies now.
Number 7 I enjoyed, although I thought the main plot device was dumb and it was too much of a rehash of Ep IV, I still enjoyed it.
So I've got 30 years of being a fan going on here... and I was pretty jazzed up for Rogue One because it seemed like it was going to be the kind of Star Wars movie I'd always really wanted to see. So I had really high hopes....
And it went above and beyond all of them. The setup for me was great. I can see it being a bit slow in the beginning but it is a whole new cast and you have to get people acquainted with what would have been happening right prior to Episode IV.
The last 30 minutes of the movie was the best 3rd act of any Star Wars film, period.
Empire was always my #1... but I think this movie topped it. Yeah.
Also.... the 'CGI' Grand Moff Tarkin and Leia..... to be honest, I saw it in 2D and maybe on not-the-nicest projection screen... I didn't notice Tarkin was a CG face. Neither did anyone in my 8-person group. We all thought they just found an actor that looked really really similar to Peter Cushing. And Leia... I thought maybe it was touched up a bit but honestly couldn't tell. Maybe on a bigger screen sitting closer, or in 3D IMAX... but for me the inclusion of those characters was absolutely needed and executed wonderfully.
Not to spoil the ending but the entire time I kept wanting the movie to end exactly where it did with that exact shot.... I was thinking 'if they don't tie this in, they missed a huge opportunity...' and then with about 5 minutes to go I was literally jumping in my seat thinking 'they are going to do it... they are going to run the movie straight into it......'
Perfect for me, and really made me feel nostalgic like seeing the beginning of IV like I was a kid again. And not nostalgic in a cheesy way like a lot of the callbacks in Force Awakens... but legit like 'this is so cool'.
Anyways... that's my review. Go see it if you haven't.
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