Got a little stressed out over some serious family drama. Decided to shut my mind off and go see Rogue One. It's one of the better Star Wars entries. Better than The Force Awakens. Better than most of the prequel saga (minus Revenge of the Sith). The final sequence was kickass. The ending and how it ties into Star Wars timeline, kick ass.
Being honest, I'm becoming increasingly annoyed at people that seem to go into a summer blockbuster with an antagonistic mindset -- almost as if they're LOOKING for something wrong. Then, there's the "realism" crowd. Like, we're watching a movie about magic space samurais with some serious family drama. F*ck realism.
As someone who has a Bachelors in Creative Writing with an emphasis on screenwriting and an MFA in Screenwriting AND someone who has written 8 screenplays, it's like this. Don't go into a summer blockbuster expecting anything other than summer blockbuster sh*t. Things blowing up. Crazy action sequences. Light dialogue. Light themes. Don't order vodka and get pissed that it's not whiskey. It doesn't make you smart or intelligent to watch a film that ISN'T DESIGNED FOR DEEP THOUGHT and complain about how shallow it is.
Being honest, I'm becoming increasingly annoyed at people that seem to go into a summer blockbuster with an antagonistic mindset -- almost as if they're LOOKING for something wrong. Then, there's the "realism" crowd. Like, we're watching a movie about magic space samurais with some serious family drama. F*ck realism.
As someone who has a Bachelors in Creative Writing with an emphasis on screenwriting and an MFA in Screenwriting AND someone who has written 8 screenplays, it's like this. Don't go into a summer blockbuster expecting anything other than summer blockbuster sh*t. Things blowing up. Crazy action sequences. Light dialogue. Light themes. Don't order vodka and get pissed that it's not whiskey. It doesn't make you smart or intelligent to watch a film that ISN'T DESIGNED FOR DEEP THOUGHT and complain about how shallow it is.
