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Star Wars spin-off film gets mixed reception
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THOUSANDS of fans finally got to see the new Star Wars spin-off film yesterday as it opened across Europe, delighting some fans and critics, but being branded leaden and “lobotomized” by others.
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” has already notched up the highest first day pre-sales ever in the United States following last year’s record-breaking “The Force Awakens.”
But there was less enthusiasm on the other side of the Atlantic with the first screenings in Paris only three-quarters full and only a few dozen braving the Stockholm cold to watch it.
Critics have already taken their lightsabers to the plot with the New York Times calling it a “thoroughly mediocre movie” that millions would sit through “and convince themselves that it’s perfectly delightful.”
The New Yorker was so damning of its “lobotomized and depersonalized ... half-baked stew” that it went as far as asking whether it was time to abandon the franchise.
But most European reviews were warmer, with The Guardian giving it four out of five stars and Sweden’s Svenska Dagbladet daily declaring that “despite some forced dialogue and wearying back and forths ... ‘Rogue One’ is two hours and 13 minutes of hugely entertaining space action.”
The fans kept faith though.
Finnish couple Chris and Shaun Kaukonummi were up early to see the film in Helsinki, and said it might be their all-time favorite. Filip Soulianos, who saw the movie in the Swedish capital, praised Disney for “not being afraid to create something completely new.”
Like “The Force Awakens,” “Rogue One” has a female lead, with British actress Felicity Jones starring as the intergalactic bad girl Jyn Erso.
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