Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Thoughts on Solo


I saw Solo this weekend and was pleasantly surprised. A two word review: "Surprisingly worthwhile." A few other thoughts:

-Some people complain this movie isn't necessary. What Star Wars movie after the first three has been?

-I've disliked some of the Disney Star Wars movies for trampling over the former stories, now discarded, in books and comics that I grew up with. Solo's origin trilogy sucked though, so no complaints here.

-The main thing for me is that there's very little to be annoyed with in this movie, and nothing that makes me want to scream at the screen like Rogue One and The Last Jedi (man, I HATE that movie).

-Alden Ehrenreich does a good job as the title character. He doesn't do a Harrison Ford impression but is definitely making an effort to be like Ford. I was quite satisfied.

-Lando is a lot of fun and could have used more screen time.

-There's a cool cameo near the end of the film.

-Shockingly, I would be up for a sequel, especially if Han and Lando had an adventure together.