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Post #1211376

Author
Smithers
Parent topic
Solo: A Star Wars Story — Official Review and Opinions Thread — SPOILERS
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Date created
26-May-2018, 8:48 PM

MEH, started off really really bad. 40 minutes in, I was in agony, every line was cringe-worthy, there were too many references/fan-service moments, and characters spent a lot of time talking about things vs. letting the audience see it. Once we meet Lando the movie really picks up, lots of fun moments are sprinkled throughout and the action scenes were shockingly suspenseful as well! I liked how they DIDN’T include Jabba, Boba Fett, Leia, young Luke, or any of that kinda crap in there. The actor playing Han Solo was all over the place though, he wasn’t written to have an arc and the character seemed to constantly shift from coward to clever over and over again. I liked that there were a few genuine surprises in there near the third act and I thought it was great that the mentor dude gets shot (first) and the girl completely screws Han over, that was very anti-Hollywood of them. The Darth Maul scene was dumb and ill-fitting, I’m sure it’s just set-up for the Obi-Wan movie or something. Saw Gerrara’s humanized extremist rebels was a cool addition, I like Now I’ll just list all the things that really pissed me off:

  • the humour (the theatre didn’t laugh once it was that bad)
  • Han speaks wookie
  • Solo is a name made up by a random imperial guy
  • Han works for the empire
  • Han putting the dice on the mirror 2900 times
  • Han getting his signature blaster from the mentor dude
  • Han pretending a rock was a thermal detonator
  • Lando’s droid talking about equal rights (the audience groaned) P O L I T I C A L C O M M E N T A R Y
  • Woody Harrelson’s crew showing up and then dying right away