Solo: A Star Wars Story

#151
#151
I didn't like it, either.

Although, I like Chewbacca as a character more than Han now.
 
#152
#152
BigOrangeTrain said:
Hard to believe people are saying this was a good movie. This movie sucked terribly. I mean the last jedi was horrible but this movie takes the cake. Easily the worst movie to be associated with SW.
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I don't know about the worst SW movie. I didn't spot Jar Jar anywhere in this movie. I thought it was ok. My kids liked it.
 
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#154
VolsSportsFan said:
Sadly it's only going to bring in a little over $100 million, by far the lowest opening for any of the latest SW films and about $30-$50 million under what they were wanting.

Personally I think going for a May release was a big mistake; they have way more competition with big blockbusters and I think the past 3 years had established a new SW movie as a Christmas time thing. I think it would have done better opening in December.
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I remember hearing the original plan was to release a movie every Christmas for 6 years.

Why did they deviate from that?
 
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BigZiti09 said:
I remember hearing the original plan was to release a movie every Christmas for 6 years.

Why did they deviate from that?
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I think it was because of the reshoots. This was supposed to be an entirely different film with more slapstick humor until the original directors were canned.
 
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davethevol said:
I think it was because of the reshoots. This was supposed to be an entirely different film with more slapstick humor until the original directors were canned.
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Right but this December is still going to be without a SW film. They moved it up, not back.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
Right but this December is still going to be without a SW film. They moved it up, not back.
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I think for some reason they panicked because of all the turnover and negative early press about the movie, so they thought it would do better in the spring rather than Christmas. I'm not really sure why they came to this conclusion, maybe there is data that supports that they would make more money as a May release, but from the time they said it was a May release I thought it would get lost in all the other blockbusters.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
I think for some reason they panicked because of all the turnover and negative early press about the movie, so they thought it would do better in the spring rather than Christmas. I'm not really sure why they came to this conclusion, maybe there is data that supports that they would make more money as a May release, but from the time they said it was a May release I thought it would get lost in all the other blockbusters.
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Especially when Disney knew IW would still be pulling in audiences a month in and they had to know DP was going to have a strong week 2.

It’s almost like they wanted to throw this out and be done with it.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
I think for some reason they panicked because of all the turnover and negative early press about the movie, so they thought it would do better in the spring rather than Christmas. I'm not really sure why they came to this conclusion, maybe there is data that supports that they would make more money as a May release, but from the time they said it was a May release I thought it would get lost in all the other blockbusters.
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I got the feeling they wanted to distance it from the other Star Wars movies.
 
#164
#164
Didn't like overall but parts were fun. I think they picked the wrong actor for Han. I had no issues with the plot itself, it just wasn't well done.

The Chewbacca backstory was pretty cool, though.

The cameo at the end had me rolling my eyes. I mean, really? However, for those that have watched the rebels series, it could tie in well with a Obi-Wan stand-alone.
 
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rjd970 said:
Didn't like overall but parts were fun. I think they picked the wrong actor for Han. I had no issues with the plot itself, it just wasn't well done.

The Chewbacca backstory was pretty cool, though.

The cameo at the end had me rolling my eyes. I mean, really? However, for those that have watched the rebels series, it could tie in well with a Obi-Wan stand-alone.
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There is a good youtube vid about that, you might want to see it.
 
#166
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rjd970 said:
Didn't like overall but parts were fun. I think they picked the wrong actor for Han. I had no issues with the plot itself, it just wasn't well done.

The Chewbacca backstory was pretty cool, though.

The cameo at the end had me rolling my eyes. I mean, really? However, for those that have watched the rebels series, it could tie in well with a Obi-Wan stand-alone.
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That's what I'm hoping. If the rumored plot for the Obi-Wan movie is right (some local farmer dispute or whatever), Darth Maul could be controlling the group causing the problems and that could lead to Kenobi/Maul Round 2. That alone would be worth it considering the Ginn/Kenobi vs. Maul fight was one of the few redeeming parts of TPM.
 
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#167
#167
I really, really enjoyed this movie. Don’t understand all the hate for it, but to each their own. I’ve liked the stand alone movies more than the sequels up to this point.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
That's what I'm hoping. If the rumored plot for the Obi-Wan movie is right (some local farmer dispute or whatever), Darth Maul could be controlling the group causing the problems and that could lead to Kenobi/Maul Round 2. That alone would be worth it considering the Ginn/Kenobi vs. Maul fight was one of the few redeeming parts of TPM.
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Well it would actually be round 3 or 4 (I think they faced off at least twice in Clone Wars). Plus the Kenobi/Maul Story was wrapped up in Rebels. They would have to do some cannon gymnastics to make that work within what was already done in Rebels.

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Just got out of Solo. I thought it was pretty good overall. A bit sluggish at times. Thought it was a solid backstory on Han and Chewy. Tied into the heart of his character really well. I got a good kick out of all the Easter eggs. From Chewy tearing off arms and Lando’s bounty hunter disguise from RotJ all the way to Han and Lando doing a reverse of their greeting in Empire. I actually thought they set up a sequel really well.

So is Qi’Ra a force user and Maul plans on training her? We’ll probably never find out.... in a movie at least.

Oh and Donald Glover absolutely nailed Bill Dee’s cadence.
 
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burntorangeVOLffle said:
Well it would actually be round 3 or 4 (I think they faced off at least twice in Clone Wars). Plus the Kenobi/Maul Story was wrapped up in Rebels. They would have to do some cannon gymnastics to make that work within what was already done in Rebels.

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Just got out of Solo. I thought it was pretty good overall. A bit sluggish at times. Thought it was a solid backstory on Han and Chewy. Tied into the heart of his character really well. I got a good kick out of all the Easter eggs. From Chewy tearing off arms and Lando’s bounty hunter disguise from RotJ all the way to Han and Lando doing a reverse of their greeting in Empire. I actually thought they set up a sequel really well.

So is Qi’Ra a force user and Maul plans on training her? We’ll probably never find out.... in a movie at least.

Oh and Donald Glover absolutely nailed Bill Dee’s cadence.
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Glover did justice to Lando’s character, more than I even thought he would. I don’t think Qi’Ra is a force user, Maul probably just wants to keep his business dealings going smoothly and having her take over for Dryden would make the most sense imo.

On a separate note, I absolutely loved Enfys Nest’s theme music.
 
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#170
Rockytoptalker said:
Glover did justice to Lando’s character, more than I even thought he would. I don’t think Qi’Ra is a force user, Maul probably just wants to keep his business dealings going smoothly and having her take over for Dryden would make the most sense imo.

On a separate note, I absolutely loved Enfys Nest’s theme music.
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What made me think that is we didn’t actually see how she took out the mine foreman. Then Maul said something about how closely they will be working together.
 
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burntorangeVOLffle said:
What made me think that is we didn’t actually see how she took out the mine foreman. Then Maul said something about how closely they will be working together.
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Good point. It’s interesting to think about, maybe we’ll get to find out if they ever get around to making that Obi-Wan stand alone.
 
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#172
burntorangeVOLffle said:
Well it would actually be round 3 or 4 (I think they faced off at least twice in Clone Wars). Plus the Kenobi/Maul Story was wrapped up in Rebels. They would have to do some cannon gymnastics to make that work within what was already done in Rebels.

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Just got out of Solo. I thought it was pretty good overall. A bit sluggish at times. Thought it was a solid backstory on Han and Chewy. Tied into the heart of his character really well. I got a good kick out of all the Easter eggs. From Chewy tearing off arms and Lando’s bounty hunter disguise from RotJ all the way to Han and Lando doing a reverse of their greeting in Empire. I actually thought they set up a sequel really well.

So is Qi’Ra a force user and Maul plans on training her? We’ll probably never find out.... in a movie at least.

Oh and Donald Glover absolutely nailed Bill Dee’s cadence.
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Something I loved

Han shot Woody Harrelsons character first. The “Han shot first thing” has always been a big deal since Lucas changed it.
 
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#173
#173
I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would actually. Much better than TLJ imo. Nothing extraordinary but a decent a Star Wars movie nonetheless.
 
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