THE DANMAN CAN

A minor nitpick to get out of the way up front (I mentioned this in my review of 2022's  Jurassic World Dominion )—it really bothers me that there is no colon in the title of Jurassic World Rebirth (2025). I don't understand why one wasn't used (besides these last two, the other  Jurassic Park   film titles that necessitate colons contain them) and I am of the firm opinion that one should have been. Oddly enough, IMDb does  use colons in its listings for both Dominion and  Rebirth (as they should), but I don't believe those are the "official" titles. I don't get it and I don't like it. Anyway... Rebirth  is a perfectly entertaining action/adventure/dino movie. It's well-shot, straightforward, and the characters are just fine. It delivered what I expected from the sixth sequel in this franchise. It's nothing special, but I had a good time. Jurassic Park  Franchise Films Ranked

After a second viewing of  Rogue One  (2016), I've cooled somewhat. I detracted a 1/2 * from my initial viewing , but I still like it very much. I just found more things to be nitpicky about, I suppose. Jyn’s turn on a dime, for one—she went from wanting nothing to do with the Rebel Alliance to championing their cause a bit too quickly, in this viewer's opinion. For another, Vader’s first appearance is very unexciting. Also, while I appreciate bringing back James Earl Jones  yet again to voice the character, it's obvious that he’s older from his inflection, which they didn't match properly (considering he should sound as close to how he did in  Star Wars (1977) as possible). That said, Vader does receive the most badass moment of the film later on. When R1  was released I remember everyone talking about how the CGI used to put Peter Cushing 's face on another actor's body wasn't up to snuff. For some reason in the cinema, on the big screen, I thought ...

Rogue One  (2016) has probably the best battle sequences of any SW film, one of the best Vader moments of any SW  film, Mendelsohn was so perfectly cast and so deliciously sinister,  Whitaker was unfortunately so very bad (awful acting). Otherwise no truly annoying characters, K-2  was a droid to rival C-3PO , and I was thoroughly entertained throughout.