OT - Solo: A Star Wars Story

[Msubulldogfan1]

This was actually pretty good, dunno why it got such bad reviews and bombed at the box office. I liked it way more than Rogue One and the Last Jedi honestly.

 

[civildawg88]

It bombed because of the abortion called the last Jedi. People were still pissed at that movie. Solo would have done much better if it was released a year later

 

[MSUDawgFan86]

Solo was pretty good. That’s funny you say that CivilDawg because I call it The Last Abortion when I Reference it. The Last Jedi was such a god awful movie it has tainted everything Star Wars related. I wish they would pull an X-Men and undo it somehow like they did X-men 3.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

They need to have Ron Howard direct the rest of their movies, or get the whedon brothers on it. Rian Johnson is aweful.

 

[QuadrupleOption]

This was actually pretty good, dunno why it got such bad reviews and bombed at the box office. I liked it way more than Rogue One and the Last Jedi honestly.

Ditto. I think I liked it because it was free to be a funny, wild, weird heist movie and it didn't get all bogged down in all the super-serious pathos that the main trilogy has gotten caught up in. It delivered. I hope Disney doesn't pull the plug on potential future installments because I think it could be a great series in its own right.

 

[MSUDC11]

I think there’s some Star Wars fatigue right now. Prior to The Force Awakens and Rogue One, you usually had a three year gap between movies. Then you had no movies between 1983 and 1999, and then no movies between 2005 and late 2015.

Now, they’ve put out four movies in two and a half years. The Last Jedi was controversial at best, and terrible to some (I thought it was flawed but mostly good). It was such a divisive movie that it stopped being fun to talk about Star Wars because people had such strong opinions one way or another.

Solo wasn’t a movie people were begging for to begin with, and then it came out at a really bad time. Only 5 months after TLJ, and only a couple of weeks after Avengers: Infinity War which was an enormous hit. I’ll be honest, I’m a big Star Wars fan and I still haven’t seen it, though I’m sure I will soon.

Episode 9 comes out in December 2019, then I bet you won’t see a Star Wars movie for a few years. Which is probably a needed break for most.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

I watched TLJ in theatres and wasn’t a fan. I bought in on Blu-ray the day in came out and I’ve tried to watch it 3-4 times. I don’t think I’ve made it passed Fin fighting Plasma. It’s weird, but even after watching it (partially) all those times, I still don’t know if I dislike it or not. It’s not like the clone wars where I know, without a doubt, that it is garbage.

 

[The Fatboy]

I don't believe there is a such thing as Star Wars fatigue. You don't see it with other franchises.
It's ****** fan boys that are the problem. Everyone has their own ideas about what it should be about or how the story should be told. Not everyone is going to be happy. The Last Jedi was a good movie. No Luke didn't go out the way I wanted but he didn't have to. It was still pretty badass. Plus we don't know how the upcoming part of the story. He could play a part in that.

 

[LTblows]

Really enjoyed Solo, TLJ, and the final half of Rogue One.

TLJ is my favorite SW film because you see things in that film you never see anywhere else- heros failing, negative/permanent consequences coming from bad decisions. Lots of surprises, and it expanded the mythos. All great things, with exception to Mary Poppins Leia- that was horrendous.

 

[hdogg]

It bombed because of the abortion called the last Jedi. People were still pissed at that movie. Solo would have done much better if it was released a year later

FINALLY someone has the same take as me on this topic. I saw some long movie-critic analysis of why Solo didn't do well, and they blamed everything except for the last jedi.
After reading it, I said the same thing - most people didn't like (or 17 hated) the last jedi, and Solo came out 7 months later. Rian Johnson is solely to blame for Solo being a "flop" by star-wars standards. Funny how it would be a success by any other standard.
Even my 8-year-old son didn't really like the last jedi. That says a lot.
And what the hell was that "We are gonna save the world by saving what we love instead of killing what we hate" or whatever that line was when Quinn was about to ram the ATAT? It makes zero logical sense - ZERO - but makes the hippies feel good.
Ok - I need to stop before I go into a rant...

 

[StillTbonewannabe]

I don't believe there is a such thing as Star Wars fatigue. You don't see it with other franchises.
It's ****** fan boys that are the problem. Everyone has their own ideas about what it should be about or how the story should be told. Not everyone is going to be happy. The Last Jedi was a good movie. No Luke didn't go out the way I wanted but he didn't have to. It was still pretty badass. Plus we don't know how the upcoming part of the story. He could play a part in that.

I liked Solo, it was a lot better than the Last Jedi. I watched Last Jedi in the theater and then bought it on Itunes hoping I would like it more. I still don't care for it and I have watched it once since the theaters. The plot was Extremely weak and the plot holes are too numerous to go over. Somethings you look over if the movie is good but it just amplifies it if the movie isn't that good.

My wife likes Star Wars movies but isn't what you would call a fan. She hated the movie and it had nothing to do with Luke dying or anything else. I personally didn't mind the way Luke went out, it was the other crap.

Rey basically being as strong as Vader after a few days of training. No one letting Poe in on the plan even though he is crucial to the Resistance. The entire casino planet was basically worthless. Fin going toe to toe with a badass when he was a janitor. Turning the ship around and ramming the Empire ship, could have been done with at least an android instead of your military leader or minimum a low level person. Making General Hux into a caricature ( I kind of laughed with the Poe deal but it kind of ruined the Hux character).

There was a few scenes like the Poe X Wing scene at the beginning that I thought was badass, also the Luke ending. Most everything else was just kind of meh or what the hell.

 

[00Dawg]

I thought it was good...

and that was even with dealing with watching it in 3D despite specifically buying non-3D tickets (and the movie not being designed well for 3D). The explanation of certain parts of SW lore were excellent, and the Easter eggs were great. It was opening night where we attended, and a few spots of the movie got audible approval from the audience.

I do think the timing of it was bad. I don't know why Disney insisted on getting away from a single SW movie delivered every holiday season.

As for the Last Jedi, it was an up and down movie. After rewatching it, I didn't hate how Luke was handled as much, but the whole space chase and separate hacker thread were just abysmal. You also have believability issues with supporting character behavior and some of the actions (suicide by lightspeed lit my SW nerd friends up). On the other side of the coin, the Rey/Kylo interaction was great, Yoda's appearance was awesome, and the opening space scene was one of my favorites. Given that the whole theme came down to "let go of the past", I'm willing to give them a pass.

For reference, I think Rogue One is the best SW movie to date, and I'm old enough to have seen RotJ in theaters.

 

[vhdawg]

The fine folks at How It Should Have Ended nailed all the problems with The Last Jedi. And I agree wholeheartedly that Solo bombed because of negative reaction to TLJ.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCB8DUGpYQQ

 

[Shamoan]

with disney shelling our 4.05 billion for the franchise, i dont see them taking a breath. they might let up a bit, but i suspect they are going to keep them coming rather steadily.

 

[DawgInThe256]

I thought it was fun, which is all I wanted it to be. One of the co-writers was Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote the screenplay for Raiders of the Lost Ark. It has the feel of an Indiana Jones movie.

 

[11thEagleFan]

Will check out Solo based on the recommendations here. Hated TLJ. I know a lot of fans overreact with the “it killed my fandom” posts after certain movies, but it killed any enthusiasm I have for Episode IX, and I have no plans to see it.

 

[aTotal360]

Because it sucked. The humor tried to be like a Marvel movie. The acting was mediocre. And the SJW robot was annoying. IMO Chewy was the best character by far. He stole damn near every scene he was in and does't even speak human.

 

[Joe Schmedlap]

Solo was barely mediocre. TLJ was trash. Rogue One was quite good.

 

[Grove Sh*tter]

I would prefer Ozarka: A Swag Update

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Because it sucked. The humor tried to be like a Marvel movie. The acting was mediocre. And the SJW robot was annoying. IMO Chewy was the best character by far. He stole damn near every scene he was in and does't even speak human.

The robot was annoying. The rest of the movie was okay but it was pretty predictable to me. TLJ was so terrible it might just screw us all out of any good movies. I won't go into detail and drag it all out but it just had too many BIG changes in Star Wars lore for most fans' sake. I thought the first new movie had promise because of JJ Abrams and hopefully, he can fix some of the problems Johnson created. I have watched all of the first six and seven countless times. I just can't do that with TLJ. I actually liked Rouge One in spite of the CGI Lea. I was REALLY hoping for an Obi-Wan movie with Ewan Macgregor but he has enoug sense not to get involved with the current bunch of bozos in charge.

At least I have Deadpool and Marvel.

 

[aTotal360]

My biggest complaint was that it didn't feel like a SW movie AT ALL. It was SW imagined from Marvel Studios. And don't get me wrong, I like Marvel movies. This movie felt like Seinfeld directed by Adam Sandler.

 

[guy from tweeter]

I watched TLJ in theatres and wasn’t a fan. I bought in on Blu-ray the day in came out and I’ve tried to watch it 3-4 times. I don’t think I’ve made it passed Fin fighting Plasma. It’s weird, but even after watching it (partially) all those times, I still don’t know if I dislike it or not. It’s not like the clone wars where I know, without a doubt, that it is garbage.

I was indifferent to the Last Jedi in theater. I recently watched it again on a flight and it might be the hardest rewatch I can remember. Any seen without Luke or Rey is excruciating. Just terrible

Watched Solo this past week and thought it wasn't anything special but not bad either. Much much better than TLJ

 

[Bulldogg31]

If 17’ng Uncle Owen had just let Luke go to Tosche Station to get those power converters none of this wound have happened.

He got what he deserved. **

 

[Mjoelner]

For reference, I think Rogue One is the best SW movie to date, and I'm old enough to have seen RotJ in theaters.

Agree and I'm old enough that I saw A New Hope in a theater. For those complaining about The Last Jedi, while not great, compared to episodes 1, 2 and 3, it's on par with Citizen Kane or Gone With the Wind. (Just remember Jar Jar, the kid Anakin and the 20 something Anakin and you'll agree)

And, although The Force Awakens isn't my favorite, my all time favorite Star Wars scene is the end of that movie when Rey is holding out the light saber to Luke. The look on her face coupled with what you know Luke had been through was pretty powerful.

 

[dickiedawg]

I really liked The Last Jedi. I thought The force awakens was just OK. Rogue one was really good and I liked Solo a lot, too.

 

[Chesusdog]

Solo was fine. Not great, but it was worthy of the Star Wars name. TLJ was utter crap and has turned longtime fans against the franchise. Too much shitting on existing lore and canon, too much unnecessary fat asian girl contributing nothing to the story, too little advancement of the plot, Snoke is utterly meaning and disappointing, and Admiral SJWs hyperspace kamikaze move makes zero sense. If it was that ******* easy they could've just had droids make that sort of move against the Death Star and all the other star destroyers. I had no real problem with Finn, Rey, Leia, or Luke. The story needed more of them and less ****** agenda pushing by Rian "subverting expectations" Johnson. The people helming Disney's Star Wars division need to be kicked to the ******* curb.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Never saw Solo. I didn’t like all the stories about the reshoots and such. I may see it on DVD later on—FWIW, I rarely see movies in cinemas now. I only saw Black Panther on a plane.

Rogue One is the best recent Star Wars movie.

I’m not a big fan of the Canto Bight storyline with regards to how it works within the film’s plot; however, it works in that The Last Jedi might be the most significant recent Star Wars movie in that it potentially frees the movie universe from being All About the Skywalkers.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

My biggest complaint was that it didn't feel like a SW movie AT ALL. It was SW imagined from Marvel Studios. And don't get me wrong, I like Marvel movies. This movie felt like Seinfeld directed by Adam Sandler.

Yeah, I think it felt that way too. I didn't really care for the guy playing Han or Bettany and I usually like him. I kept expecting him to let a Mr. Stark slip. It was also a very, very bleak color palette.

I'll quit beating it up except to say it was also stupid of the folks at Disney and Lucas Films to attack the fans because they didn't like SJW and this. They totally took all of Luke's cool and manhood and made him milk gigantic cows and drink weird milk... did they expect them to say thanks.

 

[00Dawg]

Thanks for this. My kids and I had a good laugh.

 

[StillTbonewannabe]

Never saw Solo. I didn’t like all the stories about the reshoots and such. I may see it on DVD later on—FWIW, I rarely see movies in cinemas now. I only saw Black Panther on a plane.

Rogue One is the best recent Star Wars movie.

I’m not a big fan of the Canto Bight storyline with regards to how it works within the film’s plot; however, it works in that The Last Jedi might be the most significant recent Star Wars movie in that it potentially frees the movie universe from being All About the Skywalkers.

One of the only things I liked about Last Jedi.

 

[PearlRiverCoDawg]

I liked Solo better than any of the previous new age Star Wars movies, just ahead of Rogue One.