Movies: Solo: A Star Wars Story, 25 May 2018 Release (Early reviews are in)

[Mr Fahrenheit]

"Fired Han Solo Directors Had Reportedly Turned Character Into Ace Ventura"

hahah

I can picture Han kicking his smuggled cargo to Jabbas palace

 

[x Tame Impala]

...it could work

 

[Jussi]

"Fired Han Solo Directors Had Reportedly Turned Character Into Ace Ventura"

hahah

Alllllrighty then!

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

Let me guess. White space devil, white space devil

 

[Tawnos]

Disagree.

If you watch ANH or ESB today you'll see those two movies are paced exceptionally well. It took until TFA to get another well paced Star Wars movie and Rogue One has major pacing problems if you ask me.

The movie is still good but pacing is one of those things that everybody picks up on, most people don't realize what they are picking up on but they feel something.

I feel like you just reinforced his point.

 

[kingsholygrail]

If it's true that they were making the movie way too much of a comedy, I could see why everyone got fired basically. That's pretty rough.

Let me guess. White space devil, white space devil

"That's it! This white space devil thing has gone far enough!"

 

[Fugazy]

Alllllrighty then!

 

[Jussi]

http://www.thewrap.com/lucasfilm-unsatisfied-alden-ehrenreich-han-solo/

 

[HanSolo]

"Fired Han Solo Directors Had Reportedly Turned Character Into Ace Ventura"

hahah

Well if this is true, it's hard to be mad at Disney for canning them.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

I feel like you just reinforced his point.

I think that what kicked off the craze were two exceptionally well made movies. In that sense, I think the critical side of things comes in here as I really wouldn't consider any other Star Wars movie remotely close to ANH/ESB.

I took their comment as "the original trilogy wouldn't survive the critics today" and I disagree. Except RotJ but the critics weren't kind to it, especially since it is pretty bad and only held up by the pitch perfect finale.

 

[Jussi]

I think that what kicked off the craze were two exceptionally well made movies. In that sense, I think the critical side of things comes in here as I really wouldn't consider any other Star Wars movie remotely close to ANH/ESB.

I took their comment as "the original trilogy wouldn't survive the critics today" and I disagree. Except RotJ but the critics weren't kind to it, especially since it is pretty bad and only held up by the pitch perfect finale.

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/return-of-the-jedi-1983

http://www.starwars.com/news/critical-opinion-return-of-the-jedi-original-reviews

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

I wonder if the original trilogy and most 80s sci-fi/fantasy movies are legendary in retrospect (to my generation, anyway) because we as kids didn't feel the need to call attention to ourselves as such masterful movie critics, or the need to ***** and moan about the things that weren't a perfect fit. We just enjoyed the ride and talked non-stop about what we loved.

The Force Awakens and Rogue One were faithful to the Star Wars mythos. Sounds like the changes to Han Solo are for the better as well.

And the fact that it is merely a "fun ride", and nothing more, is what I hate about TFA. Though I readily agree it is fun.

 

[Preds Partisan]

OT, but the world was a slightly better place with Nightline in our media world. Also, John Simon is a tool.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Solo: A star wars story

http://jam.canoe.com/Movies/2017/10/17/22759211.html

 

[johnjm22]

An odd name IMO.

Not much ring to it.

 

[Bjorn Le]

It's a horrible name but I have more faith with Ron Howard in control and how fast he wrapped up production. I don't think Howard would finish if he was satisfied.

Still, I really struggle to have interest in this. The name doesn't really help. Is it a play on words? I really don't know what it's supposed to be. It's just awkward.

 

[Tawnos]

The name of the movie is Solo. The rest of it is just what they’re putting on the anthologies. No one calls it Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but that is the official title.

 

[beowulf]

Ok the title of the movie is a little uninspired.

 

[Kaapo Cabana]

Simple. I like it.

 

[MadDevil]

Ok the title of the movie is a little uninspired.

What else would they really call it though?

Under 12 Parsecs?
Never Tell Me The Odds?
When Han Met Chewie?

 

[beowulf]

When Han met Chewie for sure.

 

[NyQuil]

Perfect Strangers.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Ron Howard Reportedly Reshot More Of Solo: A Star Wars Story Than We Thought

Guess it was bigger problem then originally thought whatever original directors left Disney with

Will be interesting to see what final product is and find out just how much of it is Ron Howard's reshoots and how much is leftover from original directors

 

[discostu]

What I don't understand is why they wouldn't push the date off if it needed extensive reshoots. They're releasing this in May, during a very crowded summer of their own releases (Avengers, Antman and Wasp, Incredibles 2 and some others), and the December release has worked so well for the relaunched Star Wars films. It seems like it would work better for a lot of ways.

I feel this film will be the lowest of the most relaunched Star Wars films at the box office. After the prequel trilogy, I feel people aren't clamouring to see the origin stories of these characters. The fact production has been troubled probably won't help the excitement either.

 

[MadDevil]

I do think this is probably the riskiest film they've tried so far. They have to nail a younger version of one of the most beloved Star Wars characters of all time. I actually kind of feel sorry for Ehrenreich. As if playing Han Solo wasn't a big enough task, now with the problems they've had in production, it's even more important that he pulls it off.