Ghostbusters IMAX 3D - By no means the best film of the year, seeing Ghostbusters in IMAX 3D is the first time I’ve walked out of an IMAX 3D screening saying that it truly improved upon the experience. Darth Vader’s rampage will likely be the most re-watched moments of this film, and lead into many a future screening of the original Star Wars. And let’s face it, the payoff for most of the fanboys is in the last minutes of the film - finally providing what nearly 10 years of prequel films teased but never delivered. I never imagined we’d have a Star Wars film in which all of our protagonists die (most in big explosions, with the most poignant death occurring right before your eyes), so that was a bit of a surprise. It was also a nice change of pace to have a strategic space battle that wasn’t limited to repeated refrains of ‘give it all you’ve got!’ that plagued The Force Awakens. After my first viewing (where I spent far too much time scrutinizing the digital Cushing), I was fine with the use of CG characters.

There were only a few bits of Original Trilogy pandering that bothered me (the Mos Eisley cantina patrons on the streets of Jedha, and the droids in the hangar on Yavin). From here on out, my comments will contain spoilers, so skip ahead if you’ve yet to see the film (and still plan to). Michael Giacchino’s score is fine, with only one significant mis-step (the almost-use of the Star Wars theme when the opening title appears onscreen). I miss John Williams’ music, and the punctuation he often brought to emotional scenes. As of this writing, I’ve seen Rogue One three times, and I’m very much a fan of Gareth Edwards ‘standalone’ film (but seriously, who are we kidding? This prologue to the original Star Wars is as SAGA as a film can get!). Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - I had mentioned to Peter that The Force Awakens, which I enjoyed, did not make it on to my end of year list last year.

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