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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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MAIN REVIEW: This might be a hot topic, but this might be the best Star Wars "Film", hear me out. I understand that the original trilogy it's so advanced for its time and it was a working story in a scale hitherto undreamt of. However, this film you don't need to be a die hard SW fan to enjoy, I feel the story is super compelling to everyone (plus it has so many details that fans of Star Wars are going to appreciate). SCREENPLAY: The screenplay writer by Tony Gilroy is deserving of its appraisal. ---- ACTING: Let's be honest, this is not a Shakespearean play, the performances were more than enough, some scenes specially by Diego Luna and Felicity Jones were really really good (Donnie Yen really good as well) ---- CINEMATOGRAPHY: GREIG FRASER, nothing more to say. ---- DIRECTING: It is unclear whether Gareth Edwards had full control of the directing or if Tony Gilroy had some involvement, I know there was some press about some reshoots Tony Gilroy made. ---- CONCEPT: I think the concept it's alright, it's a prequel to the most famous movie ever, so it really is nothing new. ---- STORY: However, I think it has a bulletproof story, which is difficult with something like SW with soo many character across movies, shows, comics and other mediums. ---- DIALOGUE: Again, Tony Gilroy really made Star Wars serious and it made it feel political rather than mystical. ---- PACE: A lot of things happen in a span of little more than 2 hours, never feels repetitive, and each scene is really memorable and distinguishable. ---- SCORE: Beautiful score from Michael Giacchino, really has become one of my personal favourites.

Filmmaking

Overall
92
Screenplay
87
Acting
71
Cinematography
85
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Directing
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Concept
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Story
80
Dialogue
73
Characters
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Pacing
79
Musical Score
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