Posted on 06/28/2017 1:00:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Ehrenreich...started to worry that Lord & Miller’s screwball comedy angle was starting to interfere with what the character of Han Solo is really about ... One source described it as being oddly comparable to Jim Carrey’s performance in Ace Ventura at times. Ehrenreich let his concerns be known to one of the producers...
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The reason people close to the project have described it positively was that they saw several isolated scenes. However, when an assembly cut actually started to come together, that was where the issues presented themselves in earnest, and this is where Kennedy and Kasdan – as well as the other people reporting to them – started to get deeply concerned. The Weekly Planet Podcast mentioned that there were concerns with performances and action setpieces...There was something of a “zany” tone to more scenes than they would have liked – in part due to some of the improv – and I get the feeling that fans might take more of an issue with this than they would have if the film had been left unfixed.
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At some point in production, some kind of hiatus took place, and this is where they reviewed the footage and told Lord & Miller that they’d need to overhaul the movie with reshoots when they worked on it later. If this sounds familiar, then you’d be right to think of Rogue One – but the difference was that Gareth Edwards was a team player, whereas Lord & Miller have given off the impression that they were pretty rebellious with this production, and they offered an ultimatum – either let us handle the reshoots our way, or we’re out. And thus, they were shown the door.
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Does anyone else feel that Star Wars was practically ended in episode 6, and they appear to be recycling the skeleton of the old trilogy plot?
CNN — not about the news. Just about telling the stories that a pre-determined audience is hoping to hear. That’s how CNN makes money.
Star Wars — not about the telling a good story. Just about telling the stories that a pre-determined audience is hoping to hear. That’s how Star Wars makes money.
Crap sells. Welcome to America.
I liked all the Star Wars movies except for the second half of “Return of the Jedi”.
That is until the one came out with the storm trooper who has blood on his helmet. I watched maybe a half hour then could not watch any more.
Not sure what has been done since that one.
Trust me, it gets rediculous. J.J. Abrams messed up Star Trek, and he is going to mess up Star Wars and sap the life from it.
Rouge One is ten times better than Farce Awakens
It’s a matter of perspective. Compared to most movies produced these every star wars film is good entertainment. Some better than others. I look forward to another one.
Yup. Episodes 1-6 were fairly (and unofficially) subtitled “The Redemption of Aniken Skywalker”, a grand story arc achieving completion.
“Rogue One” could fairly be Episode 3.5.
Episode 7 was a big money attempt to one-up what people remember (plane killing weapon in particular), and get encore appearances of the heroes.
“It’s a matter of perspective. Compared to most movies produced these every star wars film is good entertainment. “
That’s not good, because there could be more if Hollywood wasn’t so neck deep in remaking old movies.
Amen!
The funniest thing is watching the SJWs get worked up into a rage denying Rey is a Mary Sue. Instant expert pilot. Instant skilled swordswoman. I’ve blocked out the other examples because the movie was so bad. They say, “If Rey is a Mary Sue, so is Luke!” I don’t care if you say that about Luke. But, an effort was made to make him fail, learn from failure, and grow. As for me, TFA is the last SW movie I plan to see. It was the first I didn’t see in the theater.
Hollywood, for the most part, just keeps churning out the same crap, especially for the most recent 5-10 years. These sequels are the worst.
How about another Batman movie, or a Fast N Furious 15. Transformers 4, Star Trek, Star Wars, even the cartoon movies from Pixar are neck deep in sequels.
Even more amazing is the number of sheep willing to plop down $20 a ticket to see this tripe in the theatre, when chances are they’ve pretty much seen it already.
Eh, I’m more of a Star Trek TOS guy anyway.
Rogue One just narrowly dodged a bullet and ended up a very good success, a well deserved one in fact, after a lot of troubled production and certain controversy. With all this news that’s being reported about the Han Solo movie, I’ve got doubts it’s going to be as lucky the second time around (especially when unlike Rogue One, it’s deadline hasn’t been extended to December of 2018).
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