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Solo: A Star Wars Story |OT| Ron Shot Last [SPOILERS]
- Thread starter MMarston
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Just got out.
I kinda fucking loved it. It was a blast. Everyone in it was really great.
Movie could have been a bit better paced but other than that I thought it was great.
A fuck Han Solo prequel movie should not have worked
I kinda fucking loved it. It was a blast. Everyone in it was really great.
Movie could have been a bit better paced but other than that I thought it was great.
A fuck Han Solo prequel movie should not have worked
The dolby vision didn't pop for this like it did for infinity war.
I've mentioned it before upthread, but it's a very deliberate style of the cinematographer Bradford Young. He's great, but I personally don't think it meshed well in this film at all.
hmm, a little bit perhaps, but seemed like a stylistic choice overall and worked for me fine in Laser IMAX.
also - I assumed L3 would end up as the Falcon computer based on all the lines from ESB where Han makes C3PO talk to the Falcon.... they also tied droid brains into I think the Last Jedi novelization as Black One has a droid brain that hasn't been wiped in a long time. When things like that hit the books, it's usually a tie in to something a filmmaker wanted to do --- and with the Kessel Run, the game of Sabacc and everything else, it felt like a lot of the lines about and around the Falcon would be referenced here.
I also think it's funny that they had to retcon Corellian Spike... the Force Awakens describes the gold dice as the ones Han used to win the Falcon in a variant of Sabacc that uses dice AND cards. No longer :)
Yeah the movie was pretty dark for me too. Kinda reminded me of how dark ST Beyond was.
3d was iffy too. Don't know if it was the projectors being misaligned or what but there was a ton of ghosting (I think that's the right word) going on.
3d was iffy too. Don't know if it was the projectors being misaligned or what but there was a ton of ghosting (I think that's the right word) going on.
The bottom half of the screen always seems to be blurry to me in 3D and yeah, there's always some ghosting. I got a new 4K HDR TV last month and movies really look so much better at home now than in the theatre.
I didn't know rebels was official canon. Seems a bit much for the movie audience to recognize and know about rebels.
His motives for helping weren't entirely altruistic, but it's a bit of a stretch to say he was being especially selfish given he gave back all hyperspace mcguffin juice without blinking. The issue becomes by him sticking his neck out for the downtrodden, being rewarded for it, and flying off 98% victorious, it adds no reason for him to not want to get involved in the Rebellion a decade later.
Han inadvertently playing a part in founding the Rebellion, and the Rebellion being directly responsible for how he ended up getting enough money to buy the Falcon doesn't add an interesting wrinkle or create dramatic tension to his begrudging heroics in a New Hope, it deflates them.
I've never really noticed ghosting before but with Solo it was prevalent. So odd.
Definitely agree about the tv. There are no Dolby cinemas near me and it's so weird seeing a new movie without HDR.
all novels, comics, and TV shows are official canon since the Disney "reset"
That's what's weird. It's something that is likely to not be brought up in film again. And you'll never see the conclusion of Mauls story unless you go watch Rebels.
It's like "Surprise! Maul lived! And that's all we will ever show him on film again. (Go watch Rebels)."
Unfortunately in Canada we don't have any Dolby Cinema anywhere.
I had NO expectations for this movie, and I really liked it. I am much more hopefully for future star wars story movies, than I am episode 9.
Exactly how I feel really (including the part about the pacing), I didn't expect to like it as much as I did, but here we are.
Agreed. When I leave the theater I ask myself very simply: Did I enjoy seeing the movie or would I have been better off never seeing it? The old thumbs-up or thumbs-down. For me, it doesn't necessarily have to be deep or explore themes or have jeopardy, it's OK if it just entertains. If you need those elements to enjoy a film, I totally understand, but then I have to ask why in the world you are going to big-budget genre popcorn flicks expecting that kind of thing in the first place?
A lot of times people will say "It's worth seeing" but then spend a lot of text rattling off everything that's wrong with a film. When somebody looking for impressions reads that, they are going to think the film is bad despite what you said at the beginning. It seems like many fancy themselves as film critics these days. Instead of going to see a movie to escape for 2 hours, they are more like a contest judge with their clipboard, looking for flaws and mentally scribbling down what meets approval and what doesn't. I think a lot of it is fueled by the modern Internet society in that they want to come back and have something to talk about online. Certainly everyone else is doing the same thing so people read that and then want to chime in with their own critiques. Over time as people note flaws and then others see those flaws and agree ("Oh yeah, now that you point it out that did suck") you end up with a lot of negativity surrounding a film and the overall perception inevitably decreases over time.
Solo is not near my favorite film since the OT (honor goes to The Last Jedi) but it is easily the most fun Star Wars movie since TLJ.
This movie felt like Han Solo in an Indiana Jones adventure.
This movie felt like Han Solo in an Indiana Jones adventure.
I said to my wife last night that this movie was definitely a SW movie I'd put on in the background on a Saturday morning at the house and I don't know if I can say the same for any other SW movie. They're all just SO emotionally invested with drama and universe saving (for good reason, obviously, and good on those merits). This was a fun adventure flick.
Whole movie felt like a live action TV pilot.
Maybe its because of the Maul cameo and the connection to TCW.
Maybe its because of the Maul cameo and the connection to TCW.
So I actually really liked it. Nice to see a Star Wars flick with relatively low stakes, a small but prevalent role for stuff like the Empire or the Rebellion and just a fun atmosphere.
Would be cool if the sequel to this (which they're hinting at quite heavily) is Kenobi. He's certainly got a bone to pick with the main baddy. And he's on Tatooine.
Would be cool if the sequel to this (which they're hinting at quite heavily) is Kenobi. He's certainly got a bone to pick with the main baddy. And he's on Tatooine.
All of the major action scenes (Han's escape, Train robbery, Kessel Heist, And the Kessel Run) were incredible.
I think after Mangold's Boba Fett, these spinoff movies need to end.
I think after Mangold's Boba Fett, these spinoff movies need to end.
Definitely. They need to take the training wheels the fuck off. Just go wild.
But given how people bitch and whine when a jedi isn't acting like superman.. I can see why they're playing it safe.
Just came back from the film. 2.5/5. Had no problem with the cast but Act 1 and 2 was so boring. Only parts that resonated with me was the opening, the scenes with Lando and Han playing that card game and the entire 3rd Act (where they land on the desert island to hand over the explosives all the way to the end credits). I honestly couldn't remember anything else that took place in the film (had to be reminded of the army sequence). Plus, what was the deal with the colour and filters in this film? Incredibly dark at times.
Well there's also the D&D and Rian Johnson trilogies in the pipe as well... and Jon Favreau's TV series.
I think whatever those things are, they need to do something more disjoint from the main story.
Maul cameo had me laughing like a madman. Can't wait to see where they take that (live action Dothomir let's goooooo).
Weird that the fucked the dice up though. Multiple canon sources say they got used in the Sabbac game, but I don't remember any dice getting used in either game.
Weird that the fucked the dice up though. Multiple canon sources say they got used in the Sabbac game, but I don't remember any dice getting used in either game.
They never described the game in canon. Only in EU licensed fan fiction.
Oh, I just went back and looked and I guess the only thing that says this in canon is the TFA Visual Dictionary. The other sources refer to other aspects of the dices origins.
Speaking of the Kessel Heist, that fucking huge cthulhu alien thing was insane. We got a tiny glimpse at it during the trailer but I didn't think it was gonna be so prominent in the movie and so damn massive.
I used to be a big stickler for the canon with the old continuity but nah, not anymore. 99% of the audiences doesn't care for Rebels. It's a different time now that there's going to be different eras and characters covered by different movies, the movies aren't as predictable for EU writers as they were with the prequels. I'm perfectly fine with anything in the EU being retconned if it means a better movie.
I thought it was quite a fun film. I had tickets to see it with a friend today, but I used my MoviePass to watch it yesterday.
Rebels isnt the EU though.
The tv series are treated on the same equal level as the films. There is no doubt whatsoever of that. Hell they brought Witwer in to voice Maul in Solo.
Haha, I was wondering if that was a reference. I really want a breakdown of all the stuff in Vos' yacht. The Mandalorian armor in the background is obvious but I bet there are some other neat gems there.
Exactly my thoughts. Even when people said reviews weren't too bad I still went in with no expectations, and I was all the more happy with it.
A lot of fun, and the cast did a solid job. Alden comes across well in the actual film. He actually develops Han from a kid basically at the start (when I thought his portrayal was a bit iffy) through to someone who is nearing Han in a New Hope.
Didn't expect the Maul twist either, thought that would stay within the animated series.
They shouldn't be. One cartoon TV episode barely anyone has seen shouldn't block a good story idea for a movie.
But it's not a good story idea for a movie. Rebels handled the Obi-Wan/Maul confrontation in the only way that would really work or make sense. It does not need to be a $250 million blockbuster. It's a smaller-scale, intimate confrontation between two old men and it's over quickly.