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extrapenguinAn enjoyable romp, though I still have zero idea how movies generate fandoms. Below, my first thoughts after seeing the film, unspoiled:
Good: apparently people of Asian descent exist in space!
Bad: apparently women don’t.
My personal thoughts on casting: Bodhi the pilot should’ve been a woman or at least looked significantly different from Cassian Andor, since I couldn’t tell them apart at all. Chiruit Îmwe was a character concept which was interesting, though I’d have liked for his companion-protector to be a woman, too. K-numbers was annoying, and very obviously Token Comic Relief.
On the plot, I found it on the whole believable enough, except for the fact that Director Krennic was always where our heroes were. I hadn’t seen any trailers, but I’d expected that Saw Gamorra would have played a bigger role, based on the build-up he got (also his death was … rather obviously done as a TUG THE HEARTSTRINGS moment); Galen Erso likewise. Pilot Bodhi was unexpected, especially considering how big a deal was made of the ~mind-altering lie detector~. Also, I was under the impression that this was set concurrently to The Force Awakens until Darth Vader showed up.
The first part where I had to suspend my disbelief some more was when Jyn Erso (who the fuck calls their kid “gin”?) suddenly acquired speech-holding skills and leadershipped folks to come on her illicit raid. The actual ending was alright, though I’d have liked for Cassian to actually die when he’s shot and falls and then Jyn to take care of Krennic herself and then watch the coming wall of steam. Also, the Rebel flagship should’ve set its self-destruct charges off as soon as the data was offboard.
The Empire has shitty infastructure design (tower with physical storage of records and NO DIGITAL COPIES? the main switch just hangin’ out in the jungle?? people just … standing next to the Death Star reactor tube while it’s firing???) and OH MY FUCKING GOD AAAAHHH what the fuck is wrong with the designers of these systems agh like I understand if it’s CLASSIFIED and thus not stored everywhere, but … then they’d have just stored it in a few places with lots of security. I did like the whole false flag bit, though, since the Imperial uniforms are the best-looking. That black uniform with sticks on the back that Jyn was in is probably the sexiest costume in the film, right before Krennic’s white cape. Vader’s in third place because his mask is fugly.
The final space battle, OTOH. Why were they in melee range? Why not just … BOMBARD THE FORCE FIELD WITH ASTEROIDS. How are they staying stationary to the ground that close to the planet? Why didn’t the Rebel Admiral just send the Hammerhead on its ramming mission immediately? Like, dress it up as a ~noble sacrifice~ and all that to generate pathos if need be, but … still.
A nice waste of time, like the best movies are. The Imperial uniforms were nice to look at, especially Krennic's white cape uniform. Zero shippy feels.
Good: apparently people of Asian descent exist in space!
Bad: apparently women don’t.
My personal thoughts on casting: Bodhi the pilot should’ve been a woman or at least looked significantly different from Cassian Andor, since I couldn’t tell them apart at all. Chiruit Îmwe was a character concept which was interesting, though I’d have liked for his companion-protector to be a woman, too. K-numbers was annoying, and very obviously Token Comic Relief.
On the plot, I found it on the whole believable enough, except for the fact that Director Krennic was always where our heroes were. I hadn’t seen any trailers, but I’d expected that Saw Gamorra would have played a bigger role, based on the build-up he got (also his death was … rather obviously done as a TUG THE HEARTSTRINGS moment); Galen Erso likewise. Pilot Bodhi was unexpected, especially considering how big a deal was made of the ~mind-altering lie detector~. Also, I was under the impression that this was set concurrently to The Force Awakens until Darth Vader showed up.
The first part where I had to suspend my disbelief some more was when Jyn Erso (who the fuck calls their kid “gin”?) suddenly acquired speech-holding skills and leadershipped folks to come on her illicit raid. The actual ending was alright, though I’d have liked for Cassian to actually die when he’s shot and falls and then Jyn to take care of Krennic herself and then watch the coming wall of steam. Also, the Rebel flagship should’ve set its self-destruct charges off as soon as the data was offboard.
The Empire has shitty infastructure design (tower with physical storage of records and NO DIGITAL COPIES? the main switch just hangin’ out in the jungle?? people just … standing next to the Death Star reactor tube while it’s firing???) and OH MY FUCKING GOD AAAAHHH what the fuck is wrong with the designers of these systems agh like I understand if it’s CLASSIFIED and thus not stored everywhere, but … then they’d have just stored it in a few places with lots of security. I did like the whole false flag bit, though, since the Imperial uniforms are the best-looking. That black uniform with sticks on the back that Jyn was in is probably the sexiest costume in the film, right before Krennic’s white cape. Vader’s in third place because his mask is fugly.
The final space battle, OTOH. Why were they in melee range? Why not just … BOMBARD THE FORCE FIELD WITH ASTEROIDS. How are they staying stationary to the ground that close to the planet? Why didn’t the Rebel Admiral just send the Hammerhead on its ramming mission immediately? Like, dress it up as a ~noble sacrifice~ and all that to generate pathos if need be, but … still.
A nice waste of time, like the best movies are. The Imperial uniforms were nice to look at, especially Krennic's white cape uniform. Zero shippy feels.