I also want to hit on how Han Solo really has no consistent development in the movie. I did not see a big arc for him in the movie. And when he said “No, I’m a terrible person”, I was just flabbergasted. The whole exchange there was trying to paint Han Solo in this jaded anti-hero way, when really, in the context of his actions in Solo, there is absolutely no reason to see him as anything else than a good guy. Not even close to an anti-hero, or the roguish, jaded Han Solo that we meet in A New Hope. It felt like the movie was trying to shove it down our throats that yeah, Han Solo is jaded and not a good person!
Yeah, my biggest complaint about the story: it’s not about Solo, it’s about some random dude called Solo by a random imperial recruiter who pretends to be Solo but who’s so deeply in love and so good inside that he can’t be Solo… but he tries to be “bad”, “rogue” and “scoundrel”. There is no way this guy becomes the Solo I know from the OT. Being on the edge isn’t part of the Solo seen in Solo. It feels forced and unatural. He’s more a young Starlord than a young Solo.
So, as a “young Solo” flick, it doesn’t work for me. Sadly, as a “space op action flick set in the SW universe”, it doesn’t work either (the dumb story is a mess - ridiculous plot twists -, characters aren’t interesting, the cinematography is off with an ugly brownish look, I find the humor very childish… and it’s even a bigger mess when compared to the OT !).
Music is good though, it’s still something 😄 (and Chewie is cool… but Chewie is always cool, no matter what)