Deadpool
A turtle made it to the water
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the problem with rogue one was the first one hour and a half of the movie was the worst character development ever and it had way too many characters without development(oh look i met this asian dude and at first i hated him and now im crying when he died one hour later), also if you think the protagonist of rogue one had more personality than a rock you're probably high as a kite. when i came from the cinema in that movie i was super happy with it and i loved it, but part of it was how hyped the vader scenes and action scenes made me, then on a second watch i was almost falling asleep with all the boring character arcs. solo was safe but it was a much better movie imo, not that that's saying much lmao, i'd probably give rogue one a 6/10 and solo a 7/10. both of these movies are gigantic fanservice movies, moreso rogue one cause it's literally there to explain the biggest criticism people have had about ANH for 40 years (why would they put that hole there on the death star?) and of course, the vader scene.i disagree
rogue one had its footing down much more securely when looking for the archetypal exposition, climax and denouement triangle - it had a character set-up, problem, action and resolve (that being lah'mu at the start where you meet galen and jyn, as well as krennic and gerrera. being tasked by the rebellion to find jyn's dad, his death, the search and ensuing fight for the death star plans on scarif and their respective deaths). to me it felt like rogue one had talking, action, talking, action etc. at a good pace, whilst solo was all over the place with how it wanted to tell its story.
solo felt like a heist/crime movie that had been dummed down for a child audience where its formula has been done much better elsewhere. a forgettable movie with the shoehorned 'le epic likeable droid character' and such. and if that wasn't enough, the story was unnecessary to the character of han, considering he's one of the most solid characters in terms of backstory and personality as is.
oh yeah im also obviously exaggerating about the 'worst ch dev'