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I know this has been out for quite some time, but I just caught it on tv today. Holy shit was this a huge pile of garbage. So full of plot holes, horrible acting, predictability, and just utter bullshit. If you haven't seen this movie by now... don't waste your time.
 
So I finally caught up with Westworld and finished it over the weekend ... I heard it was compared to GoT by some journalists so it was a bit of a letdown.

It has an interesting plot (but not AS innovative after I learnt that it is based on a 60's movie which had a similar plot) ... good acting but kinda slow pace, and the 'big revelation' didn't really wow me either. It is a decent series, and I'd say it's 10 hrs well spent but is it a great tv series? ... let's say I don't even look forward to season 2 THAT much
 
zeke said:
I liked it a good deal better than Force Awakens, actually.
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Yeah, me too. Force Awakens was fun at times, but mostly it felt like a really lazily-written, shot-by-shot remake of "A New Hope", with some really horribly cringy characters as well. Rogue One by comparison, even though you had a good idea of how it was going to end, was a much more original story with more engaging characters.
 
LeafGm said:
Yeah, me too. Force Awakens was fun at times, but mostly it felt like a really lazily-written, shot-by-shot remake of "A New Hope", with some really horribly cringy characters as well. Rogue One by comparison, even though you had a good idea of how it was going to end, was a much more original story with more engaging characters.
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I feel the opposite with this. When stuff happened (are we still hiding spoilers?) I did not care.

Which is why I was not a big fan.

It was okay.
 
Finally watched Black Mirror.

So good. A few weaker episodes but overall pretty awesome.

I think Nosedive and White Christmas were the best IMO.
 
LeafGm said:
Yeah, me too. Force Awakens was fun at times, but mostly it felt like a really lazily-written, shot-by-shot remake of "A New Hope", with some really horribly cringy characters as well. Rogue One by comparison, even though you had a good idea of how it was going to end, was a much more original story with more engaging characters.
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It wasn't perfect - there were some characters with great potential that didn't really reach it, which makes it fall short of what made the originals so great. But enough of them did (most particularly Rogue herself) that it really worked for me.
 
The one thing it did for me is make me wish they would just remake episodes 1-3.

If there were done like this it would have been awesome.
 
If they scrapped the prequels and just called them a bad dream I would be all in. That origin story for Anakin would be so good in the right hands.
 
Anyone here catch Demolition last year?

I'm finding it very good and think i might be a big Jake Gyllenhall fan (Prince of Persia gets a pass)
 
Yeah I loved Rogue One. Thought it was a better movie than Force Awakens. Didn't have to rely on nostalgia as much. The robot was hilarious.

My only problem was Ben Mendhelson and Mads Mikkelsson look the same.
 
I need to see it again, but I walked out of the IMAX/3D showing with a mixed review.

Felt like the story was pretty thinly plotted, or at least plotted like a video game.
 
I do my utter best to convince myself that the movie sucks before I go watch it. It's the only way I can avoid dissappointment.
 
zeke said:
I do my utter best to convince myself that the movie sucks before I go watch it. It's the only way I can avoid dissappointment.
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I think that helps. I went to La La Land over the holidays as well, and the hype sort of ruined it. Still thought it was a decent enough movie, but people kept talking it up like it was the greatest thing ever, and it didn't live up to expectations.

I did think Force Awakens was better than Rogue One, but that may have been more the fact that it was the first one in a long time, and the anticipation built it up for me. Will certainly be interesting to see in the long run which ends up looking better.
 
worm said:
I feel the opposite with this. When stuff happened (are we still hiding spoilers?) I did not care.

Which is why I was not a big fan.

It was okay.
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Same here. I just couldn't get connected / engaged with the characters in Rogue One. Probably due to lack of player development / poor acting / both.

Jyn grew up without her parents and then believing his dad was a traitor all along and abandoned her, and only until late in the movie she finds out that's not the case ... and I couldn't feel a thing for her. Couldn't feel bad when she was abandoned and had to make it on her own. Couldn't feel a thing when she found out her dad's always loved her.

The only 'character' I could connect with was K2S0 .... which is BAD.

I enjoyed The Force Awakens a LOT more, and I think TFA is a great opening piece for another trilogy to build on.
 
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