Warning: Contains spoilers
I wonder if I saw the same movie everyone else saw or if somehow I entered the only theatre in the world with some badly written male dominated galaxy film with one White female lead. I think the answer is obvious. Rogue One was not a good film. To be fair this is, of course, my opinion and I am not at all a Star Wars super. I bet now you want me to keep my opinion to myself. How can I comprehend the greatness of laser battles, talking creatures and beautiful woman hidden in the background? Only a real fan need comment.
I get it. Trust me I do, but how can anyone be so clouded by nostalgic space and see past the issues of Star Wars: Rogue One.
Let me lay it on you thick. I may not be a die hard fan, my opinion may not matter, but I am critically aware of media and it's lack of representation. If you think Rogue One is an exception you are dead wrong.
How about we address the main drawing point a female lead. Wow, so great right? We need more female leads in male dominated genres. Problem is the female lead in Rogue One looks exactly like Rey from The Force Awakens. Are we going let this fact slip? Yeah probably, huh?
Well if you have seen the film please start to think how many woman where actually on the screen with a speaking part or a seemingly important part? How many of these women where black, Hispanic etc? Yeah, if you paid real attention you'd notice there about four women who have a speaking part at all. Jyn's mother (spoiler) who dies, a woman part of the rebellion, a woman part of the council who is also the only woman of color, and Jyn herself.
Throughout the entirety of the film these are all the women you get to hear and see. Miraculously at the very end you get let in on a big secret that there are some women in spaceships fighting. Women who again do not get to be seen but are thrown a bone near the very end.
If you haven't noticed Rogue One was over powered by men, lots and lots of men, most of them white.
OK, yep here we go. Rogue One has good diversity what are you even arguing about!?
Well honey, no it doesn't and here's why. Yes among the main cast there are plenty of men of color. This is f***ing great! Arguably they are the best part of the entire film. I wonder if this is somehow an excuse to give the creators a free pass. It is not. Though the men of color and other ethnic backgrounds are very present on the screen their characters, like the female lead have no development or personality.
Oh my god, but thank you for giving us some representation right? No. If you think half assed characters are good enough you do not understand representation and require more learning. Jyn herself is boring to the point of me wanting to tare my eyes out. I dozed off so many times with her. There was no connection, no desire to care for any of the characters and none of them had much of a personality. One note characters do not make a worth wild movie, but what do I know.
Rogue One was honestly an unnecessary filler movie with no purpose other than to prove nostalgia will blind the masses into thinking anything is good because of the childhood told them it was.
Yes, I am no stranger to nostalgia. I have also let it blind me. I do like some terrible films while others go off and tell me why the films are so bad. Maybe its why I'm explaining why Rogue One is not at all what people think it is or say it is. It is slow, boring, under developed, lacks real depth, the characters are bland, and it uses diversity and white female lead as an excuse to rail in an audience.
Guess this filler is suppose to hold people over until the solo Hon Solo movie.
