"Rogue One" Reviewed in The Daily Journal by Pamela Powell

December 16th, 2016 Posted by Review 0 thoughts on “"Rogue One" Reviewed in The Daily Journal by Pamela Powell”

 

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The Star Wars franchise continues with “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” There’s no doubt this cash cow will continue to produce green buckets for Lucasfilm, but does their $200 million investment give them a golden story? No. This lackluster attempt at delivering a prequel to “Star Wars: A New Hope,” provides little information, characters with no personality, except for a droid, and all its golden eggs in the special effects basket.

 

For those of you who are not avid — and, I mean, truly avid — fans, you’re going to need a tutorial before you see this film. I recommend seeing the very first Star Wars film released, which is actually “Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope,” from back in 1977. It will give you the right mindset for this latest installment.

 

Otherwise, you’ll be asking the same questions I was, such as: “Which spaceships are the bad ones?” “He looks familiar. Was he in one of the other 50 Star Wars movies?” “What’s the difference between the Rebellion and the Resistance, or was it the Alliance?” Trying very hard to recall “A New Hope,” I attempted to find some logic behind this prequel, but alas, there was none until the very end. The more-than-two-hour running time was not worth how they gathered up the loose ends and put a sloppy bow on top.

To read the rest of the review as printed in the Friday, December 16 edition of The Daily Journal, go HERE

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