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Saw it. Enjoyed muchly.
The main tension of the story comes, not from whether or not they'll succeed in their mission - because we already know they will - but whether they'll survive it. That, I think, was the most brilliant part of the movie - that none of the Rogue One band made it off the planet, but also that survival wasn't in the plan and they knew it. There was no scrabbling for survival, just the mission and it's completion, and in that completion - in the opening of hope - was sufficiency.
"There can be no heroes in a world where heroes never die."
And yes, my brain has already tried working out fix-it fic on the bus ride home (all of 8 minutes) because this is what my brain does. I'm not really sure it can be fixed; it feels wrong, like for them not to die cheapens the deal. I'll have to think that one over. At any rate, I have some missing scenes, some thoughts, and, oh yes, I'm looking on AO3 already. I don't think it's going to become an abiding adoration, but it will be a nice diversion for a bit.
Various small things:
Although the CGI on Tarkin (and Leia?) was really well done, it still felt CGI to me. I don't quite know why. Lovely use of Bail Organa in cameo. Seeing him, I wonder a little if one of the old men standing around the table in TFA knew Cassian (and the volunteers for the Rogue One mission).
The tie-in of 'rebellions are built on hope' transforming to 'a new hope' for Episode IV was fantastic - I love echoes, and the relationship between Chirrut Îmwe and Baze Malbus was perfect.
Yes, I ship Cassian/Jyn (all those scenes where Jyn is doing something and Cassian is watching her) and Chirrut/Baze (their interreliance on each other is fantastically depicted).
There is, of course, the question of whether Jyn is Force-sensitive, or if her mother's 'faith' is in the simple form of belief (the difference between, say, Chirrut and Baze). Her taking the necklace out and focus on it when they're getting through the gate might suggest she's Force-sensitive.
And I have a bone to pick with casting. Out of twenty or so volunteers backing Cassian, not one could have been a woman? Really?
*grumbles*
The main tension of the story comes, not from whether or not they'll succeed in their mission - because we already know they will - but whether they'll survive it. That, I think, was the most brilliant part of the movie - that none of the Rogue One band made it off the planet, but also that survival wasn't in the plan and they knew it. There was no scrabbling for survival, just the mission and it's completion, and in that completion - in the opening of hope - was sufficiency.
"There can be no heroes in a world where heroes never die."
And yes, my brain has already tried working out fix-it fic on the bus ride home (all of 8 minutes) because this is what my brain does. I'm not really sure it can be fixed; it feels wrong, like for them not to die cheapens the deal. I'll have to think that one over. At any rate, I have some missing scenes, some thoughts, and, oh yes, I'm looking on AO3 already. I don't think it's going to become an abiding adoration, but it will be a nice diversion for a bit.
Various small things:
Although the CGI on Tarkin (and Leia?) was really well done, it still felt CGI to me. I don't quite know why. Lovely use of Bail Organa in cameo. Seeing him, I wonder a little if one of the old men standing around the table in TFA knew Cassian (and the volunteers for the Rogue One mission).
The tie-in of 'rebellions are built on hope' transforming to 'a new hope' for Episode IV was fantastic - I love echoes, and the relationship between Chirrut Îmwe and Baze Malbus was perfect.
Yes, I ship Cassian/Jyn (all those scenes where Jyn is doing something and Cassian is watching her) and Chirrut/Baze (their interreliance on each other is fantastically depicted).
There is, of course, the question of whether Jyn is Force-sensitive, or if her mother's 'faith' is in the simple form of belief (the difference between, say, Chirrut and Baze). Her taking the necklace out and focus on it when they're getting through the gate might suggest she's Force-sensitive.
And I have a bone to pick with casting. Out of twenty or so volunteers backing Cassian, not one could have been a woman? Really?
*grumbles*