Rogue One #morecash #boredom

Rating: Null/10 (31 December 2016)

I find overall 2016 not so very successful about blockbuster movies that came out, but deep inside I told myself maybe Rogue One could come close to the unanticipated success of The Force Awakens. Nevertheless in the end we all asked ourselves "Is this movie really necessary?". After watching it, I believe the answer is a big "No".
The story is about how the Rebels got the plan of "Death Star" in order to defeat the Empire and save their galaxy. The daughter of the main engineer of Death Star is Galen Erso, played by incredible Mads Mikkelsen, is put up a difficult task. His tiny little fierce daughter named Jyn Erso is given the task by the Rebels to capture his father as well as the plans to Death Star. The Rebels intend to destroy the biggest war machine through this little girl by giving her a quite impossible mission.
So by taking a look at features of Felicity Jones, you might say Daisy Ridley wasn't tall or an Athlete either. However, Daisy Ridley in The Force Awakens was very convincing in her role as a scavenger and was a muscular, agile fighter. With Felicity Jones, from the beginning I had no belief or whatsoever that she could take down one Trooper with a single hand , or could fight them off with only a stick. Something with her is really off-putting, I'm sorry but she is really not meant for action roles. Even during her speech in front of a group of Rebel soldiers was far from convincing, her facial expressions and her voice sounded.. amateur.
The other characters had all problems as well. I think the main problem starts with the script which was heavily loaded with clichÃ©s such as countless repetitions of "Hope", not getting killed during prayers (and how come is this a Jedi thing?!), slow motion deaths, Deus-Ex Machina moments and so on. The movie was so predictable that no one could really care about any deaths in the movie. You will be like "Yeah, that was coming".
After all, I think this was a huge waste of time and a very unnecessary addition to Star Wars series which proved that Lucas wants more cash and that's all about it. By that, I don't know how much more money, I mean, they are super rich right? Just stop! And for Felicity Jones, sorry but it was very unfortunate that her lead came out after great performance of Daisy Ridley. She shouldn't be in action movies.