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Solo: A Star Wars Story |OT| Ron Shot Last [SPOILERS]

PlanetSmasher

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MistressMoitie said:
Loved the movie. Alden's Han really grew on me and he kept getting better as the movie progressed. I liked his performance more than Donald's as Lando, actually. There were moments where he was great as Lando and others where I just wasn't as convinced.
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Yeah, I thought Lando was really inconsistent. When Glover was on he was ON, but there were several moments where he just didn't click well. Alden surprised me with how consistent he was - he's not amazing, but I bought his portrayal of the character.
 
PlanetSmasher

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Border said:
We can pretty comfortably say that this is not getting a sequel or followup, correct?
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The best you can hope for is some sort of follow-up comic series, probably. An entire second movie is almost definitely not going to happen, but I could see Lucasfilm not wanting to throw away the characters.
 
RossC

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Took my nephews to see this today, we all really liked it.

Some really cool armour designs - reminded me a lot of Destiny. Great cast.

Didn't like the first few minutes, and the countless shots of those dice - they really want those to be a thing.
 
Ferrs

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Just saw it. I liked it, although it's the last/worst of the new Star Wars movies (7,8, RO). I thought the Maul cameo was kinda stupid but heh... Han actor surprised me, he does a good job IMO.
 
Border

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PlanetSmasher said:
The best you can hope for is some sort of follow-up comic series, probably. An entire second movie is almost definitely not going to happen, but I could see Lucasfilm not wanting to throw away the characters.
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I would be happy to have a Lando movie since Donald Glover was so under-utilized here. But at the same time, if Han Solo doesn't interest audiences that much then I doubt Lando would either.
 
PlanetSmasher

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Border said:
I would be happy to have a Lando movie since Donald Glover was so under-utilized here. But at the same time, if Han Solo doesn't interest audiences that much then I doubt Lando would either.
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Yeah, like you said, if Han isn't enough to float a movie, there's no way Lando is. Dude's just Han + gambling.
 
Einchy

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Too bad we probably won't see more of Alden's Han since he was my favorite part of the film.
 
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Solo is the best Star Wars movie. Mainly because it doesn't have any reference to that idiotic Force crap.

It actually felt like a sci fi movie, not a space opera, which is unusual for Star Wars.

If I knew it was going to be good, I would have watched it back when it opened but the prior 6 Star Wars movie had already deflated any interest or hope I had for this franchise.
 
Vashetti

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Just got back from seeing Solo for the first time. A real shame it's bombing because this is the best SW movie to come out under Disney, which is something I never thought I would say. I went in expecting to enjoy it but for it to be average overall, but I have been extremely pleasantly surprised. Qi'ra is the most interesting character they've created since the acquisition and I'm sad it's looking likely we won't see these characters explored on the big-screen again.
 
Doodlebug

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Nintendo Switch said:
Solo is the best Star Wars movie. Mainly because it doesn't have any reference to that idiotic Force crap.

It actually felt like a sci fi movie, not a space opera, which is unusual for Star Wars.

If I knew it was going to be good, I would have watched it back when it opened but the prior 6 Star Wars movie had already deflated any interest or hope I had for this franchise.
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I agree! I really liked how the space battles didn't encompass the whole film and were handled as a set piece. It was more like, "hey remember we're in space, too? Here's a cool scene!" rather than "SPACE BATTLES!!!" and then some character moments thrown in to ground it.

Einchy said:
Too bad we probably won't see more of Alden's Han since he was my favorite part of the film.
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Mine too.
 
mangopositive

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I'm doing my "word of mouth" part. This really was a fun movie. I get the complaints, but I think they're rooted in irrational cynicism. I can only imagine that the highly publicized firing of the directors mid-shoot, as well as the delayed marketing push lowered viewer confidence.
 
Yasuke

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That was a damn good movie. Shame about the low turnout. I understand the lack of interest; it taking me this long to see a Star Wars movie is unheard of, but I'm glad I got around to it.
 
David Incorporated Esq.

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Surprised at the positivity. I was bored throughout and wanted it to end, my wife (out of town but watching at the same time because we're cute as hell) actually left during the first card game.

I didn't expect it to be great, but I at least thought it would be fun. But everything was just so sanitized and bland for it to have any charm.

Felt like a made for TV Syfy movie with a big budget.
 

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I'd like to see Disney just say screw it - we're following through on these despite box office or tomato-based scores or "fan" vitriol.

If everything in life was decided on one singular performance, or disposed of forever otherwise, we'd all have a lot less to enjoy.
 
Rogue Blue

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Just saw it again.

Even better the second time. This is without a doubt my parents' favorite post-Disney Star Wars movie.

Think I'm gonna see it again next week. :)
 
CloseTalker

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Saw it on Friday. Really enjoyed the train sequence, that's probably in the top 5 set pieces of the entire Star Wars franchise. Other than that, I didn't like it at all. Story was boring, humor almost universally fell flat, and none of the characters worked for me. Woody and Thandie were the two most engaging, and they cut that dynamic off pretty quick. The fucking droid got a bigger death scene than Thandie, it was bizarre.

I'll be honest, I don't really even get the love for Lando. Glover's performance was just as unconvincing as Alden's was for me. I feel like he's getting cut a bit of slack because Donald Glover is just so hot right now.
 
Uncouth Norseman

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Saw it this weekend, and they should have kept the Solo/Lando backstory from the original EU. This is like a crumbling shell of the shadow of the old EU story wise, and it doesn't fit either character well at all. That being said, the action sequences were pretty cool and the Kessel Run was entertaining at least.

Kinda wondering when Disney will finally make a good Star Wars movie. TFA and RO were alright, but nothing to blow my mind away. TLJ and Solo were pretty rotten.
 
carlsojo

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I feel like they could have cut the first half or so of the movie and started it when they met Lando. From that point on the movie was actually pretty good.

Han escaping from Corellia/being a trooper/that first failed heist just felt like such a waste of time. Especially when Woody Harrelson didn't barely referenced losing his wife for the rest of the film and they never mentioned the alien pilot ever again.

The "new" Han... oh man. I felt so bad for the guy. You could tell he's trying but man he couldn't sell me at all. It didn't help that he got out-acted by everything from the droids to Emilia Clarke to the forgettable villain. He kind of reminded me of that Dane guy who played Valerian in the City of a Thousand Planets. Zero charisma or presence.

Weirdest part of the movie was the gangster leader that looked like a Fallen Captain from Destiny. Her whole gang was so weird. And then in the span of five seconds with barely an explanation, we're supposed to be sympathetic to them? "So, we're actually the good guys, okay? Because the other gangs are bad!" And then the Fallen Captain took off her helmet. Oh my God it's... a random girl? They played that up like we were supposed to recognize her or something. I liked the actress though, from the two minutes she's in the film.

I expected to not like Emilia Clarke going into this but I was pleasantly surprised. Could have been that she just looked really good in contrast to the "leading man".

All in all I'd be happy to watch a movie focusing on Lando, Kira, or hell even Fallen Captain girl. I'm reluctant to give Solo another shot, unfortunately.

More Maul and make Kira a Sith apprentice.
 
Aztechnology

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I finally saw Solo last night. I really didn't like how they handled Han in the end. Not so much the Kira part. That worked. Just how they keep handling characters in the franchise and reconfiguring them to suit whatever narrative they want.

There were good parts. Some I would have liked to see flushed out more. Like Hans time in the academy or during the war (I actually liked that Han finally got a real backstory of sorts) But I get why they didn't/couldn't. But I ended up being dissapointed how they redeveloped his character in the end. And there were pacing issues and unecessary characters. I'm not exactly sure what purpose L3 served that lando couldn't have overall.

Other than being the witty Droid and the political statement she embodies which was a bit off for the tone I felt it should have. Not saying they couldn't do what they did, it still makes sense. But they were so focused on making everyone heroic. That it failed for me.

Edit: You know, I don't think I actually have a problem with T3 at all thinking about it. I think it's just the incessant need to have everyone be paragons that bothers me. I would have liked to see more Lando though.
 
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mangopositive

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David Incorporated Esq. said:
Surprised at the positivity. I was bored throughout and wanted it to end, my wife (out of town but watching at the same time because we're cute as hell) actually left during the first card game.

I didn't expect it to be great, but I at least thought it would be fun. But everything was just so sanitized and bland for it to have any charm.

Felt like a made for TV Syfy movie with a big budget.
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Really? I mean... REALLY? Your wife walked out while y'all were watching it at the same time in different cities? I mean... I don't mean to demean your wife who has terrible taste, but your wife has terrible, awful, you should probably leave her except that you agreed with her awful, terrible taste. It's okay not to enjoy it as much as us. It's not okay to invent a made-up story to reinforce your hyperbole.
 
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^ mixed, 64% audience at RT.

mangopositive said:
Really? I mean... REALLY? Your wife walked out while y'all were watching it at the same time in different cities? I mean... I don't mean to demean your wife who has terrible taste, but your wife has terrible, awful, you should probably leave her except that you agreed with her awful, terrible taste. It's okay not to enjoy it as much as us. It's not okay to invent a made-up story to reinforce your hyperbole.
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I saw it at 3:30 eastern and she saw it at 3:45 Central. I saw the whole thing but she left during the first card game.

For the record we both love Fury Road and The Witch, among other things, so it's not like we have bad taste thanks very much. It was just a lifeless movie to us.
 

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Saw it it this afternoon and enjoyed it. It was cool to see the crime world of Star Wars in a main line movie. I hope they do a sequel.

I think the current box office gross would have been easier to swallow for the studio if it wasnt for budget baloonig due to reshooting most of the movie. Seemed like the intention of the movie was too be like one of the smaller budgeted mcu movies. Hope these characters/actors get another shot at this without the production bagage.
 
ghostemoji

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I saw it last night, in a 90% empty theater.

I had no idea what was going on when Darth Maul showed up. Spent a lot of time wondering how old Han was before getting home and realizing they've done a lot of work on Maul's character in a bunch of stuff I've never looked at.

I liked it well enough.
 
VorpalNonsense

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ghostemoji said:
I saw it last night, in a 90% empty theater.

I had no idea what was going on when Darth Maul showed up. Spent a lot of time wondering how old Han was before getting home and realizing they've done a lot of work on Maul's character in a bunch of stuff I've never looked at.

I liked it well enough.
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Maybe they should have made his robot legs more obvious if it left you confused. Guy gets chopped in half, disappears for a while, shows up again with robot legs. I think it's fairly self explanatory even without the cartoon stuff. Dude got himself a new pair of legs, said "fuck all that noise" and went into business for himself.
 
The Mad Mango

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This was really bland. Like, blander than most Marvel movies even. Hopefully Lucasfilm takes a hint from the box office and gets more adventurous with these one-offs. Let's see something unconnected to any of the trilogies.
 

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David Incorporated Esq. said:
^ mixed, 64% audience at RT.


I saw it at 3:30 eastern and she saw it at 3:45 Central. I saw the whole thing but she left during the first card game.

For the record we both love Fury Road and The Witch, among other things, so it's not like we have bad taste thanks very much. It was just a lifeless movie to us.
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this is such a weird comment

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my brother saw it, he said it was pointless and that Rogue One was better.
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okay?
 
Brakke

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Really regret seeing this earlier. Incoherent nonsense that was just DESPERATE to prove it's Star Wars (tm).

That Darth Maul bit was ~egregiously~ bad.
 
BizzyBum

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So what I don't get is they drop the bombshell that Maul is alive, but this takes place before Episode IV, so where is Maul during IV-VIII?
 
Brakke

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"I don't know if he means 'family' or 'tribe.'"

"What's the difference?"

who wrote this schlock
 
Chumley

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I can't believe I'm saying this but Emilia Clarke ended up being better here and better cast than Donald Glover was.

Glover IMO basically just tried to do an impersonation of Billy Dee the whole time. Alden was fantastic, and Emilia for the first time since the very early days of GoT actually put in a performance.
 
siteseer

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not bad but not the best of star wars (ot). i guess i'm just a nostalgic asshole. but i would definitely see any solo sequel if they made more. didn't like that han grew up as basically a child slave but whatever, also didn't like the bad guy turns freedom fighters reveal. liked l337, lando, qi'ra. i think the actor is too short to be han but did a decent job of it. i would like to see more adventures with han and chewy, pre-ot.
 
Gamer @ Heart

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Chumley said:
I can't believe I'm saying this but Emilia Clarke ended up being better here and better cast than Donald Glover was.

Glover IMO basically just tried to do an impersonation of Billy Dee the whole time. Alden was fantastic, and Emilia for the first time since the very early days of GoT actually put in a performance.
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Omg. I'm not alone. I feel the exact same way. Glover never clicked for me, but Emelia was given way more meat and she delivered imo.
 
Iceternal

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Einchy said:
It has, though? Have you read this thread at all? It's pretty much ranges from people thinking it's pretty good to loving it and barely anyone actually disliking it. The reception has not been """""mixed""""".
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You just choose to ignore the negative impressions.

I thought it was by far the worst Star Wars movie and I will never watch it again
 
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