Not that bad, Not that great.

Rating: 6/10 (1 January 2017)

fanboys blinded by nerd-boner might not agree, but even the people who love this one will. on its unevenness due to all those re-shoots and re- writings. the film overall is not well made.
(I'm not saying it's a disaster like "suicide squad". I enjoyed it.)
I loved third act. but first act was kind of boring. and second too.
My problem is the characters and their emotions. this is directed by that guy who did "Godzilla(2014)", and as I remember that movie was nothing like "The Sciendler's List". Jyn and Cassian are not as memorable(nor charming) as Luke, han, rey, finn, Leia. though actors try their best.
This girl Jyn. she goes from "hey I mind my own business" to Che Guevarra in whip of a wind. it feels like dull world war 2 propaganda. they want to give a message about how important-and hard-it is to fight evil. I get it. barley. this is no "Saving Private Ryan".
it's just that I didn't really feel that desperate. I did at the last scene. it was more tearjerking when the nameless rebel soldiers got slashed by Darth vader then, you know. when all of our main characters died. I just didn't get attached to them.
besides that I liked it. new look for things we've already seen. watching AT-ATs from down below was gave me goosebumps. watching vader from eyes of non-jedi did that too. not to mention we finally got to talk back to nitpicking bastards saying "Death star goes boom with just 2 torpedoes! what a dumb movie!"
also that poetic scenes we loved in godzilla. krennic watching death star pointed at him was genius. that guy has goods and bads.