There was a time in history when I used to be super excited whenever December arrived. Initially, during my school days, it was due to the Half-Yearly Holidays that used to co-incide with the New Year and gave me the much needed respite from the continual bombardment of assignments, tests and exams. After then, the month of Christmas had an extremely valuable present to offer me which even the Santa Claus cannot even imagine to deliver with his faithful elves and reindeers!
The one main reason why I used to smack my lips lusciously during the last month of every year was because of The Hobbit Trilogy. Peter Jackson was my Santa Claus for those memorable years when The Hobbit 1,2 and 3 were released following the LoTR trilogy which ended way back in 2003. So, it was indeed a heart wrenching and intensely saddening moment when the Battle of the 5 Armies came to a grinding halt. I felt all was lost when like a LightSaber the Star Wars was renewed again in 2015 - December again!
Instead of waiting for an excruciating 2 long years, the producers had decided to pitch in a spin-off in 2016 - December - so that the tormenting hiatus is reduced to a year. Now, you know as to why I mentioned the December references earlier.
Star Wars: Rogue One - I went in with great anticipation, obviously and naturally, as it is STAR WARS. It did not turn out into a damp squib but at the same time SW:RO was not that great either.
Take for instance - Cassian falling off from the tower and apparently dies when Jyn and he try strenuously to retrieve and transmit the Death Star codes to the command ship. No one has to take Ayahuasca or any other entheogens to figure out that Cassian hadn't died but would make a dramatic entry in the climax. If the director and the script writer felt that it would be an out of the blue twist, they really need to put on their thinking hats and helmets! It was so obvious that Cassian hadn't died as:
a) Seen many such instances in Tamil movies where the hero play all the histrionics to create the illusion that he had died but eventually catches up and bashes up the goons in the last scenes.
b) Cassian and Jyn - the lead pair hadn't kissed yet! when he was attacked by Krennic.
The first half was like the spaceships jumping through the Hyperspace - fast, quick and instantaneous. But, the second half was dragging so slowly that it was like a child digging into their heels when we want them to do something which they don't want to. It was extremely good to see the Darth Vader in his most ominous and menacing form striking terror into the hearts of the Rebels and the appearances of R2D2 & C3PO was the icing on the cake. Unfortunately, the problem with post-interval was that the action sequences seemed to go on forever like the creation and destruction that is continuously happening in our ever-expanding Universe! Likewise, there was a shallow emotional connect with any of the characters on screen. You should actually feel for Cassie and Jyn when they were been blown apart by the Death Star after all their heroics, exploits and travails. Sadly, it was like a non-HP fan watching Severus Snape being killed by Nagini and saying 'Big Deal!'.
Donnie Yen who had reprised the famous role of Ip Map was giving his swashbuckling kicks and stunts. He did justice to the monk's character. Still, something was amiss. Might be his screen share. or the director's lack of knack to extract his full potential. SW:RO wanted to be kickass and badass simultaneously but ended up short of being kicked in the ass!
The one main reason why I used to smack my lips lusciously during the last month of every year was because of The Hobbit Trilogy. Peter Jackson was my Santa Claus for those memorable years when The Hobbit 1,2 and 3 were released following the LoTR trilogy which ended way back in 2003. So, it was indeed a heart wrenching and intensely saddening moment when the Battle of the 5 Armies came to a grinding halt. I felt all was lost when like a LightSaber the Star Wars was renewed again in 2015 - December again!
Instead of waiting for an excruciating 2 long years, the producers had decided to pitch in a spin-off in 2016 - December - so that the tormenting hiatus is reduced to a year. Now, you know as to why I mentioned the December references earlier.
Star Wars: Rogue One - I went in with great anticipation, obviously and naturally, as it is STAR WARS. It did not turn out into a damp squib but at the same time SW:RO was not that great either.
Take for instance - Cassian falling off from the tower and apparently dies when Jyn and he try strenuously to retrieve and transmit the Death Star codes to the command ship. No one has to take Ayahuasca or any other entheogens to figure out that Cassian hadn't died but would make a dramatic entry in the climax. If the director and the script writer felt that it would be an out of the blue twist, they really need to put on their thinking hats and helmets! It was so obvious that Cassian hadn't died as:
a) Seen many such instances in Tamil movies where the hero play all the histrionics to create the illusion that he had died but eventually catches up and bashes up the goons in the last scenes.
b) Cassian and Jyn - the lead pair hadn't kissed yet! when he was attacked by Krennic.
The first half was like the spaceships jumping through the Hyperspace - fast, quick and instantaneous. But, the second half was dragging so slowly that it was like a child digging into their heels when we want them to do something which they don't want to. It was extremely good to see the Darth Vader in his most ominous and menacing form striking terror into the hearts of the Rebels and the appearances of R2D2 & C3PO was the icing on the cake. Unfortunately, the problem with post-interval was that the action sequences seemed to go on forever like the creation and destruction that is continuously happening in our ever-expanding Universe! Likewise, there was a shallow emotional connect with any of the characters on screen. You should actually feel for Cassie and Jyn when they were been blown apart by the Death Star after all their heroics, exploits and travails. Sadly, it was like a non-HP fan watching Severus Snape being killed by Nagini and saying 'Big Deal!'.
Donnie Yen who had reprised the famous role of Ip Map was giving his swashbuckling kicks and stunts. He did justice to the monk's character. Still, something was amiss. Might be his screen share. or the director's lack of knack to extract his full potential. SW:RO wanted to be kickass and badass simultaneously but ended up short of being kicked in the ass!
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