Could Have Been Good, But Ended Up Boring and Forgettable

Rating: 1/10 (13 June 2018)

When I heard that this film was basically another prequel and not just an bland retread like The Force Awakens, I was actually somewhat looking forward to it and thought it would be a good home viewing - boy was I wrong.
Long story short - a lot happens in Rogue One, but almost none of it really means anything because it has almost no substance. The idea on paper was still good and the Vader scenes were well done, but other than those two scenes, the entire film is horribly bland and completely forgettable. The characters are about as cardboard as they come and have almost zero character development. There are only three characters in the entire film who I found myself giving an iota for as I watched it, and those were the droid (can't remember its name), Jyn, and Galen - and even all three of them weren't given enough development; they were just better than the other characters. The score is also unbelievably "bleh" and does not help the film at all. I have heard other reviews argue that this film is "deep" - yeah, maybe for a 13-year-old. But for someone simply looking for a good film, there is no substance and it feels like a two-hour waste of time. It is so boring that it is almost the perfect opposite of entertainment.
So, at the end of the day, this is yet another fine example of how to sell a film with its name. If this film didn't have the Star Wars name on it, its Rotten Tomatoes score would be incredibly low and I doubt it's IMDb consensus would be a 7.9/10. Normally I would rate this about a 3/10, but considering how high the current IMDb consensus is, all it's getting is a 1/10.