Monster of the Day #1480

Run, run as fast as you can!

Way off subject but was I only one on seeing Forest Whittaker strapped into that cyborg get-up in ‘Rogue One’ that had flashbacks to his character in ‘Battlefield Earth’? I was afraid John Travolta was going to come running out dressed in his Psychlo costume.

I was going to go for the obvious nailed him pun, but I thought that would be tacky.

Weeeelllllllll, personally I’d say it was… ok. Wasn’t anywhere near the original trilogy but nowhere near as horrible as the pre-sequels. There is a mammoth space battle in the final third that’s worth the price of admission just to see on the big screen. Beyond that though I have no real desire to see it again or buy the DVD. But it is worth seeing once.

Not to give away any spoilers but they had some interesting ideas but the movie just didn’t seem to handle them very well. The characters were sorta dull and flat. Even secondary characters from the original movies like Lando were colourful and interesting- here even the main pair just seemed kinda dull.

My impression of the first Disney SW was that it was fine. Their obvious mandate (and I mean this in a good way) was not to screw the pooch, given the general antipathy to the prequels. And they didn’t, they made a good solid movie.

At some point, though, they have to raise the bar. Doesn’t sound like they’ve necessarily managed that yet.

There are actually four or five Evil Bong movies, including the one with the Gingerdead Man. Although I did watch the original Gingerdead, the Evil Bong franchise is one that just holds no appeal to me.