Haven't seen the other films so no comment there. I have seen Fantastic Beasts, though. :)
First, I agree with your basic assessment of the films. I DO think the books would make an incredible miniseries, and I can see them being made into one a few decades down the line. There's just so much that gets missed, although it didn't help that JKR hadn't even planned out all of the books yet, let alone written them, when the first three were released.
As far as FB goes, I wasn't sure about the girl being the Obscura. I went back and forth between her and Credence the whole time, but I also thought maybe they both were.
I was surprised at the hints of it being a war series. I do wonder how that'll work, though... we know DD defeats Grindlewald, not Newt... I guess we'll see?
it didn't help that JKR hadn't even planned out all of the books yet, let alone written them, when the first three were released Yes! Whenever I see a film advertised that's based on a book but the author hasn't finished the series yet I'm always 'you might want to hang on there folks!'
Oooh, I hadn't thought both! That would have been really interesting.
I know, right? I'd really like to see Newt travelling all over - when they first announced they were doing Fantastic Beasts I thought it'd be a wonderful opportunity to see different countries and cultures and explore all kinds of creatures and magic. When they said this one was New York I had a sigh and moved on, but now they've said they'll be doing more they've got my hopes up again a bit. But Newt or Grindlewald chasing the other or wider politics? Not sure I want :/
So anyhow. I think it matters a lot about the kid in question, their relationship to the story AND a whole bunch of little things. Some kids CAN handle it; some can't. Exactly. My sister is fine with things like Lord of teh Rings and whilst she found Rogue One sad it wasn't super upsetting for her. A film where a teenager dying of cancer having a nosebleed however, even if you don't see the dying, makes her really upset. And I do appreciate with off-screen or 'no ketchup' deaths it can pass over the heads of kids who don't get the context. But. There were kids upset and parents guilty, and parents guilty even though their kids didn't look too bothered (I hope) at this screening.
Ah, that makes a difference. My backup plan if N did get upset was to take him a few doors down to a showing of Sing that started 15 minutes after Rogue One started while Hubby watched Rogue One.
And then there was the moment where the Death Star plans are being passed from hand to hand by rebel soldiers as they're persued by Darth Vader, these nameless background characters dying to pass these plans on, a human chain, and that, THAT MOMENT, was for me the context of the whole film.
That scene killed me. I could barely keep it together after the beach scene, which was bad enough, but this one was so awful. I mean, it was awesome from a cinematographic point of view but the sheer slaughter and desperation of the scene - and the fact that none of them made it out of there, not one - felt like a punch in the gut. A really heavy one. I nearly lost it at the hammer head corvette sacrificing itself to get the Star Destroyers but that Vader slaughter was really, really awful
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THAT SCENE. YES. ARGH. Normally I don't mind background characters getting knocked down, soliders in a massive army or faceless, nameless characters. I mean, it's a bit ouch, but we're trained not to really care. I love Terry Prachett's 'Guards! Guards!' for addressing that and I loved that Rogue One addressed background characters, I just wasn't prepared for the impact of sudden nameless, faceless characters dying ON TOP OFF background characters i'd gotten to know dying. As if I'd almost learnt about the nameless, faceless characters too, or that the feelings were compounded, and that they were literally passing the batton, that continuation of character-meaning... I don't know, but it was damn clever and my hat is off to that
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First, I agree with your basic assessment of the films. I DO think the books would make an incredible miniseries, and I can see them being made into one a few decades down the line. There's just so much that gets missed, although it didn't help that JKR hadn't even planned out all of the books yet, let alone written them, when the first three were released.
As far as FB goes, I wasn't sure about the girl being the Obscura. I went back and forth between her and Credence the whole time, but I also thought maybe they both were.
I was surprised at the hints of it being a war series. I do wonder how that'll work, though... we know DD defeats Grindlewald, not Newt... I guess we'll see?
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Oooh, I hadn't thought both! That would have been really interesting.
I know, right? I'd really like to see Newt travelling all over - when they first announced they were doing Fantastic Beasts I thought it'd be a wonderful opportunity to see different countries and cultures and explore all kinds of creatures and magic. When they said this one was New York I had a sigh and moved on, but now they've said they'll be doing more they've got my hopes up again a bit. But Newt or Grindlewald chasing the other or wider politics? Not sure I want :/
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Plus, I totally agree about the kids thing!
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I don't get why people don't check ratings when they're older than the kid in question *sigh*
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That scene killed me. I could barely keep it together after the beach scene, which was bad enough, but this one was so awful. I mean, it was awesome from a cinematographic point of view but the sheer slaughter and desperation of the scene - and the fact that none of them made it out of there, not one - felt like a punch in the gut. A really heavy one. I nearly lost it at the hammer head corvette sacrificing itself to get the Star Destroyers but that Vader slaughter was really, really awful ( ... )
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