Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (In-Depth)

Alright, so this is the in-depth edition of the movie. Enjoy!

WARNING! SPOILERS AHEAD!

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                  Jyn Erso is the daughter of Galen Erso, an engineer of the Death Star. The film begins with Jyn as a child. She's running towards her home, and an Imperial Aircraft is approaching the surface. Jyn gets home and packs up quick and light, and her mother does the same. Saw Gerrera

contacts Jyn's father, Galen, telling him to hide Jyn and her mom.

Jyn Erso

                 Jyn and her mom begin going to a bunker, but Jyn's mom tells her to continue on. Galen faces off with Director Orson Krennic, the lead director of the Death Star's construction, and Krennic tells Galen that he's gotta come back to finish the Death Star's plans. But before he can concede, his wife pops up and challenges Krennic. Krennic's Stormtroopers kill Galen's wife, and in the brush, Jyn watches it go down.

                 So she books it to the bunker and stays until Saw Gerrera comes to pick her up. Fast forward about ten or fifteen years and Jyn is in an Imperial camp. She's about to be transported in an Imperial truck when a gang of Rebels busts her out.

                 The Rebels are led by Cassion Andor and his Imperial turned Rebel droid, K-2SO. Cassion hears rumors about the Death Star, and is worried. After he busts Jyn out of her transport truck, he takes her back to the Rebel base, where they learn that Jyn actually has a significant role in helping the Rebellion against the Death Star.

                 The Rebels decide that they should go to see Saw Gerrera in order to find the location of

Galen Erso. If they find Galen, they can get the plans to the Death Star, and destroy it. However, the man at the head of the operations isn't interested in leaving Saw or Galen alive. He orders Cassion to kill both when he has the chance.

                 Elsewhere, there's an Imperial pilot deserter. He goes to see Saw to tell him about the Death Star with a message from Galen, but Saw isn't too sure. So he uses this giant eel thing that can read people's thoughts, and he finds out that the pilot was telling the truth.

Saw Gerrera

                 Almost immediately, Jyn and Cassion arrive. Saw's men take them into custody, and Jyn requests that she see Saw Gerrera. They take her to Saw, and Saw tells her that he got a message from Galen. They watch it together, and Galen reveals that he's put a weakness into the Death Star to allow the Rebellion to destroy it. However, it's so small that the Empire would never be able to find it in time.

                 The Death Star has been completed in the mean time, and the Emperor doesn't want a planet to be blown up yet, but in order to display its power, it flies on over to the planet where Saw is. They figure out that the deserter went there, and in order to take him and Saw Gerrara out, they're going to blow it up. They fire in the general area of that city, and while Jyn finishes the message from her father, the city begins to collapse.

                  Cassion busts out of the prison with K-2SO, the deserter pilot, Chirrut Îmwe, a blind man who's in touch with the Force, and his friend Baze Malbus. They get an Imperial ship and pick Jyn up, but Saw stays behind. As they fly away, the city is literally blown up right behind them, and the blast radius can be seen from space.
                  Now, the mission is to find Galen Erso. They fly to the planet where Galen is, and Cassion prepares to kill him. Jyn's plan is different: she wants to see him and find out exactly where the structural weakness is in the Death Star. When the crew lands, Cassion and the deserter go to scout

Galen Erso

the area, and they find a group of engineers preparing to meet an Imperial ship.
                  Galen is the head engineer, and he meets Krennic. Krennic wants to know who put the weakness into the Death Star, and Galen admits his fault. Before Galen can be killed, a Rebel bomber flies in and bombs the platform, killing most everyone on it. Krennic survives and escapes, while Galen slowly dies. Jyn rushes to her father's side.
                  "Stardust. I have so much to tell you."
                  Those are Galen's last words to Jyn, and 'Stardust' is pretty important, so please remember that, because that's the name of the Death Star plans. Jyn gets back to the ship and they escape, leaving to the Rebel base. There, a council is held to decide whether or not to pursue the Death Star plans. The unanimous decision is no.
                  That doesn't stop Jyn or Cassion, and they take the captured Imperial ship they flew in. Coming along is a small band of rebels, willing to die for the plans. The Rebel Tower asks them to identify who they are and their permissions to leave the base. The deserter gets on the comm and says

"Rogue. Rogue One."
                  They fly away, and they reach the Imperial base where all of their files are stored. They get in successfully, and Jyn and Cassion are able to make it into the file house. Things go a little nutty, but the important part is that the rebels got the plans. The cost was high, but just as the rebels are getting away, Darth Vader boards the ship. He freaking annihilates so many Rebels and just misses the ship that leaves carrying the plans and Princess Leia. So now you'll know why Darth Vader is so pissed at the rebels playing dumb as to where the plans are.

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Bibliography: "Rogue One: Jyn Erso" <https://images.moviepilot.com/image/upload/c_fill,h_470,q_auto:good,w_620/re1igeovr2p4ulftkoif.jpg>

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Well folks, it's been a bit, and I wasn't able to do my "PoC's Christmas" Special like I wanted to, but hey, we got a new Star Wars movie we can take a gander at. So enjoy! I'll do a non-spoilers edition, and then an in-depth edition.

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                  Rogue One is a thrilling prequel to Star Wars: A New Hope, and is full of surprises that makes you wonder how the rebellion was able to pull of the feat that led to the destruction of the dreaded Death Star.

                   Jyn Erso is the daughter of one of the engineers of the Death Star, and is the key to finding those plans. She joins Cassian Andor, his former Empire droid turned Rebel K-2SO, Chirrut Îmwe, and Baze Malbus to lead an attack on the planet holding the Empire's files of all of their projects. Their raid is successful, but how it becomes so is a crazy adventure that you won't want to miss.

Ratings:

Family Friendliness: 6/10 Blasters  Now, of course, there isn't blood at all, but there is a lot of death. The Death Star's power is shown on an incredible scale, and only a fraction of it is used twice throughout the film. Both instances show massive destruction, and it's awful to see. You don't see the people die, but the implied amount of lives taken makes the Death Star all the more frightening.

Story-line: 9/10 Planets Everyone knows the gist of the story: the Rebellion attacks the Empire and gets the plans in a daring attempt to save the galaxy. Their effort is greatly rewarded, and the plans come at great cost. The story's execution is beautiful, and there are many references to A New Hope.

Story-Action Balance: 8/10 Droids  The story is kind of meant to be a sitting on the edge of your seat type, but there are little breaks that make the overall intensity of the film bearable. The droid K-2SO makes it pretty funny with his overwhelming amount of sarcasm.
Visuals: 9/10 AT-ATs  Spectacular visuals. The CGI in this film is incredible, and it all looks so crisp.
Overall: 8/10 Stars  The movie isn't better than The Force Awakens in my opinion, but it is definitely a movie worth the price of admission. I would highly recommend you going to see it.



Bibliography: "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Trailer" <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frdj1zb9sMY>

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

                  Hi all! I am really sorry that I haven't posted as often as I would like to, but here I am with another movie review for you guys! I'm sure I don't need to tell you how awesome "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation" is doing, but I am here to tell you exactly why!
                  So sit back, relax, and enjoy the reading!

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                  By this time, we shouldn't be surprised at the crazy things that Ethan Hunt pulls off, but

ohh, you are gonna be extremely mind-blown after this stunt. Tom Cruise wanted to actually hold onto a giant plane while it was taking off, and he did it!

                    So if you were wondering why the stunt looked so real, it's because it was real.

                    Oh, by the way, this stunt is right at the beginning. That's not the action that you're waiting for. You're actaully waiting for another crazy motorcycle chase, which is quite intense. And some awesome fight scenes. 

                     In this fifth installment of the chronicles of Ethan Hunt, Ethan is hunting an anti-IMF called The Syndicate. And he figures out that this Syndicate is real. He finds out in a record shop right after holding onto that plane. 

                     In the record shop, he's captured in a room with windows on all sides, making a glass box. You're gonna want to remember this. Ethan is then transported to an interrogation center for the

Syndicate. With the help of a double agent, Ilsa (Rebecca Ferguson, Hercules), he escapes. 

                    This is one of the awesome fight scenes you're gonna wanna see. It totally rocks.
                     In the meantime, the IMF has just been dissolved. A CIA agent played by Alec Baldwin, has taken it up with the United States Supreme Court, and is successful in bringing the IMF down. All IMF agents now have to report to Baldwin as agents of the CIA. 

                    Ethan contacts Benji by sending him two tickets to an opera called "Turandot" in Vienna, Austria. Benji goes to Austria, and Ethan tells him that they have to thwart an assassination. But, as always, it won't be that simple.
                    Ethan runs into one assassin, and takes him out. At the same time, there are two more assassins. One of them is Ilsa, and the other is like a fail-safe. Ethan locates the target in question, and

shoots his shoulder, bringing him out of harm's way. 
                     Ethan again has to escape, and Benji has already moved on out, getting a truck to pick Ethan up. Ethan escapes with Ilsa, and she gives Ethan a drive to let him know where she is in the disguise of lipstick.
                     Alrighty, it's still early for me to be telling you everything that happens, and hopefully I have peaked your interest! I would definitely recommend this film for anyone who has stuck with Mission Impossible for the past 19 years. It's a blast.

RATINGS:

ACTION: 9.8 out of 10 IMF Agents- The action and the storyline were beautifully intertwined. There was plenty of buttkicking to go along with the stressful yet awesome plot. Truly a story to remember. 

FAMILY FRIENDLINESS: 7 out of 10 Hard Drives- Not really for your 6-9 year olds. I may consider 10-11 year olds, but 12 year olds should be fine. There is language, and there is only a short scene where Ilsa is in a swimsuit. That comes after she gives the lipstick drive to Ethan. Then she has a dress on that shows her entire leg, so a tinsee bit suggestive. But no sexuality at all. Then there is a scene after Ethan is in the water where Ilsa is turned around and takes off her shirt with no bra. So... some suggestive things to look out for. 

STORY LINE: 9 out of 10 Tickets- A really well-done plot, one that you can definitely follow, and one that will have you on the edge of your seat the entire film. I sure was. 

OVERALL: 9 out of 10 Stars- I took 9.8 + 7 + 9 and got 25.8, then divided that by 30. It was .86, so rounding up, I got that 9 that you're seeing. Overall, an extremely well-done flick, one that you will most likely watch over and over again. And just to give you an idea of the action you're missing out on, here's the official trailer:

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