Never tell me the odds

Rating: 3/10 (26 December 2016)

This review contains indirect spoilers. I felt empty and old after seeing this movie. It made me miss my childhood and the days when "Never tell me the odds" was a fantastic and funny line because we all knew that Han Solo is our loved one and you do not kill your loved ones in Star Wars movies which are essentially old school adventure films in space. In old adventures movies, the old men could die, as they chose to sacrifice themselves for greater good. In real wars, young boys and girls are sent to death, but not in adventure movies, not in Star Wars. Rogue One is a huge violation against the genre of Star Wars. It is a dull, boring, poorly written, not funny, cruel, cynical, calculated movie. It lacks all hope which is ironic. Rogue One makes me even miss Jar Jars Binks; that awful creature really got me to feel something but Rogue One left me totally untouched except the final shot on the beach. I hope that I am just an old fool who does not understand modern cinema because I sincerely thought that the production team had really lost it. The magic had gone even though they were really trying their best. I liked Force Awakens, loved the original trilogy but Rogue One was a huge disappointment due to its cynical darkness.