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Post by IanTheCool on Nov 28, 2020 12:23:12 GMT -5
I am almost through my months long rewatch of the Star Wars live action films. I just have one more spin-off left before the classic original film will cap things off for me. So lets take a look at that spin-off: Solo.
Highlights
- Okay, lets be honest here. This movie is fun. Its well-paced and has quite a few exciting sequences which are framed in an appropriate sense of adventure. If nothing else, its entertaining. Much more-so than the previous "a Star Wars story".
- Its been said many time, but Donald Glover does a really good job of capturing Lando. Alden Ehrenriech actually gives a good lead performance as well, but I'm going to come back to this.
- I liked the central friendship that is built between Han and Chewie. They give the relationship its time in the spotlight without going overboard with it.
- The hover train heist is a blast. The Kessel Run is pretty fun as well, and is visually interesting at the same time. It suffers a little from the "Bigger! Better!" fallacy, but I can look past it.
- So yes, the action scenes are fun. But most of the reason why the film is so watchable is the humour. Han has a lot of good lines and small interactions that really make the film work.
Downfalls
- As I mentioned before, I do think Ehrenriech works well in the role. But... lets face it: he ain't no Harrison Ford. Because of this its really hard to think of him as Han Solo. This was what I was worried bout most when the movie was announced, and my worries were not assuaged.
- I hate Lando's droid. I understand they are trying to do a different take on the star wards droid, but it just doesn't work. The character seems to be from our modern times rather than being in the Star Wars universe, and is very obviously so.
- What is with the dice? All of the sudden, between Last Jedi and this, a ton of importance is heaped onto these metal dice that Han had in his cockpit. I've been a Star Wars fan for a couple of decades, and I never even noticed them.
- I don't quite understand the ending where the lead Raider takes her helmet off, and its played up like some big reveal. There was no establishment of who this was supposed to be previously in the film. Is it just that we aren't supposed to expect she is female? Or is she supposed to be younger than we are supposed to expect? I don't get it.
- The Darth Maul reveal is stupid. Obi-Wan sliced him in half. I don't really like this idea of "comic book character death reversals" being in star wars. And before you say "They did it with the Emperor too!", I hated that as well.
- This leads to a more general point, that the movie really feels like fan fiction rather than a legit Star Wars film entry. The fact that Han is more of an imitation of Han, again despite the fact that I liked the performance, adds to this feeling. Therefore I have to declare that while I ultimately like this movie as an adventurous science fiction, I don't really consider it a legitimate piece in Star Wars canon. Now I understand that the idea of citional canons is a ridiculously nerdy thing to make claims like this for, but I'm comfortable with that.
Current Re-ranking List
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Return of the Jedi
- The Last Jedi
- The Force Awakens
- Revenge of the Sith
- Solo
- The Phantom Menace
- Rouge One
- Attack of the Clones
- The Rise of Skywalker
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Post by scottysair on Dec 14, 2020 19:21:39 GMT -5
I knows Solo: A Star Wars Story is still on hold. For how long??? It's been more than 2 years now. I am not quite sure if they restart the filming again.
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Post by Wyldstaar on Dec 14, 2020 20:24:17 GMT -5
I knows Solo: A Star Wars Story is still on hold. For how long??? It's been more than 2 years now. I am not quite sure if they restart the filming again. What's it like on your planet? Is it anything even remotely like Earth? |
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Post by 1godzillafan on Dec 14, 2020 20:31:32 GMT -5
This is probably the best Scotty post in a good long while.
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Post by scottysair on Dec 15, 2020 2:02:17 GMT -5
This is probably the best Scotty post in a good long while. Thanks! I appreciate that. I was away from this forums for more than 6 months. I do not have much time. I was so extremely busy. I have posts the news about Brigthline Trains and else. |
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Post by scottysair on May 19, 2022 9:40:39 GMT -5
You probably know Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were fired. Ron Howard knows what's going on with Solo: Star Wars story movies. www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1221918-ron-howard-phil-lord-christopher-miller-solo-a-star-wars-story“I understood that this difference had created a schism to the point where they weren’t going to be able to go on working together, and that was really unfortunate because I like Phil and Chris, and I also really admire them,” Howard told The Hollywood Reporter. “When I looked at the footage and read the script, which I liked, I felt like I understood what it was that the studio and Lucasfilm were looking for in finishing the movie and reshooting some of the movie.” |
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