Just got back, I thought it was great! There is so much in there for Star Wars fans, I don't get how you can be a fan and not just have a dumb grin on your face most of the time. When they are doing the kessel run and that magical theme kicks in and it's Han and Chewie with the falcon doing their thing it's perfect.
People don't like the first part, I thought it was great to finally see planets talked about so much in the EU finally come to life. I believed Han and Qi'ra relationship, the chase was fun. The best part though is just seeing the galaxy under imperial rule, I love that shit, we get to see the entire galaxy slowly come to life. The war scene was so damn good, I want a whole movie of crazy empire war scenes, of what it's like being in that machine.
Everyone did a great job. Alden was fine, he just isn't Ford, no one is Ford. He doesn't have the swagger or screen presence but the Kasdan writing absolutely came through, it was 100% Solo. It's like watching Solo in a cartoon or game, it's not Ford but it is the character. Glover on the other hand was totally Lando, nailed all of it. Harrelson was great as the mercenary mentor. Bellamy was an awesome villain. I feel like this being a one off and us kind of knowing who lives ruins a lot of the potential of these characters, so it never reaches the level of caring for these side guys like you do in the main series.
I loved seeing sabaac being played. I loved seeing the nav computer being explained. I loved seeing Chewie meeting Han for the first time and Han showing he can speak wookie. Han and Lando's relationship was perfect, hopefully we get more to see where they left off before ESB. Most importantly they made the acquisition of the Falcon work so well.
There were some beautiful shots, that maw sequence was gorgeous. Lots of good action sequences like the train heist, kessel run was fun and the final one on one fight was cool. It never reaches the action highs of rogue one but the characters and dialogue is much better in this one.
As for Maul, I was blown away, so cool. It felt like a marvel movie moment with them starting to build connections between the side stories. I am so ready for some Jedi action, it is nice to focus on other aspects of the Galaxy but damn it give me some lightsaber fights and crazy force powers. Maul on screen is a positive.
I don't know where I rank this. Right now RO, TLJ and Solo are all a jumbled mess in between TPM/AOTC and the the rest of the movies which I love. Solo doesn't have the highs that TLJ had but it sure as hell doesn't have the lows, and it doesn't piss me off like that movie does. In the end it's more good Star Wars and that is something I will never get sick of.