Rogue One: Gareth Edwards

Just saw ROGUE ONE.

That's literally the STAR WARS movie I've wanted to see since JEDI.

Rocky first act, but once it gets going...WOW.

— Nathanael Hood (@NateHood257) December 18, 2016

Best action scenes since JEDI, best space battle since EMPIRE.

"GET ME THE HAMMERHEAD CORVETTE!!"

— Nathanael Hood (@NateHood257) December 18, 2016

Also, ROGUE ONE is 100x better than VII purely because it wasn't an unofficial remake of A NEW HOPE.

Was brave enough to have own identity.

— Nathanael Hood (@NateHood257) December 18, 2016

Also--and I admit this is a purely personal reason--I've wanted to see a movie with Y-Wings kicking ass since the Death Star run.

— Nathanael Hood (@NateHood257) December 18, 2016

And once more, I'm gonna be side-eying my colleagues who panned this but praised TONI ERDMANN and ELLE for some time to come...

— Nathanael Hood (@NateHood257) December 18, 2016

Also, take note JJ Abrams and Paul Feig: ROGUE ONE is how you properly homage source material without remaking and burlesquing it.

— Nathanael Hood (@NateHood257) December 18, 2016

8/10