I heard it’s a VERY diverse cast and a possibly gay female couple :)
How about the ACTUAL movie. Was it good?
Oh well, gee then . . .I must run out to see it!
Just the new droid alone and the epic brutal scene at the end with Darth Vader are worth the price of admission.
Also, if there was a gay couple or any "political/PC" overtones I did not see them. This was a flat out smash em up shoot it out action movie.
In fact the only truly political aspect was the Rebel leadership being very quisling and wimpy which basically caused a small group of true patriots to take matters into their own hands.
no there wasn’t.
I’m guessing they mean the force-loving monk and Baze Malbus, his friend. I think there was a hint of ambiguity in their relationship, but nothing overtly “homosexual” unless you were looking for it.
Was it good?
The movie is set in a time immediately preceding the very first Star Wars movie. At the start of the movie there was no printed narrative (written episode update) fading into space, I missed that. C-3PO and R2D2 made an extremely brief cameo. No Chewbacca boo. No Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, boo. There was a five second BRILLIANT cameo of Princess Leia at the end, it looked like really good CGI. Darth Vader was back and his appearance wasn’t just a momentary cameo. Yay.
What I REALLY liked was the CGI version of Grand Moff Tarkin, originally played in 1977 by Peter Cushing. Peter Cushing died in 1994. The Rogue One Tarkin face was really good CGI superimposed on the face of an actor who had the same skull dimensions. The recreation of Cushing’s voice was very good also.
Overall, I liked the movie and I will go see it again.
there were no homosexuals anywhere.
It was not a “big scale” movie. (a LOT of product placement of new and old toys)
BTW anyone notice how the good guys are all from outer “fly by” planets? (see flyover country)
Familiar but still entertaining.
The computer graphics re-creation of Peter Cushing was very believable.
No one was playing gay in this movie, some loser types may try to take a comrade in arms moment and make it something else. It is worth seeing, though as has been mentioned, it is dark. I loved the droid.
90% of the progressive reviews are, like most of the fake news they generate, pure crap.
Cast is diverse, but then it was always diverse (only the Libs get their panties in a twist by claiming that there wasn't enough diversity).
Actually, it had a very conservative bend in the message.
Fight tyranny. Don't give up hope, even in the face of seemingly impossible odds. Key character betrays the Dark Side from the inside and spills their secrets (sound familiar?). Better to die on your feet than live on your knees. A small force of highly skilled killers can overcome a superior force.
Sorry, there are no lesbians that I can recall (took my youngest to the bathroom so I missed a few minutes), and definitely no non-binary gender-fluid bronykins crying in their safe spaces in this movie. Those who see this as a "liberal" flick are delusional.
Was it a good movie? Heck yeah, it was a good movie! Very interesting cast of characters, the ending was sharply different from most other Star Wars movies (which was a surprise), solid acting, interesting plot, seamless special effects. My baby girl teared up at the end, which she called more depressing than a season finale of The Walking Dead due to the body count.
Would definitely see it again.