I saw Solo this afternoon. I liked it. It wasn't mind-blowingly good (i.e., it wasn't Black Panther), but it was a fun two hours. There was a strong film noir feel to several plot points, which I enjoyed. The actors playing Han and Lando were plausible. Seeing how Han and Chewie met was fun, and seeing the Millenium Falcon all shiny and new was also kinda nifty. So if you have a spare afternoon or evening and $10 (depending on location) you could do worse.
Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Calli - May 28, 2018 12:35:37 pm PDT #1547 of 3463
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Fiona - May 28, 2018 9:35:28 pm PDT #1548 of 3463
I agree. While there is quite a lot of box-ticking about it, Solo is still a good way to spend some time, better than some of the reviews are suggesting. Mainly because of the actors (though admittedly I'm still a little bit in love with Alden Ehrenreich after Hail, Caesar!).
Jessica - May 29, 2018 8:28:10 am PDT #1549 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Huh - I was really disappointed in Solo, and I don't think I had very high expectations. I think the actors did their best with the material they were given, but to me it was really obvious that half the movie was scrapped and reshot. (Emilia Clarke's character in particular, I feel like they didn't decide on a direction for her until very late in the game, so from scene to scene she was playing it one way or the other but without a consistent throughline.)
I'd rather see a movie about Lando and his droid co-pilot. Or about Thandie Newton and Woody Harrelson.
Jesse - May 29, 2018 9:01:27 am PDT #1550 of 3463
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And did I just hear that a character was re-cast from Michael K. Williams to Paul Bettany? That sounds like a downgrade.
Una - May 29, 2018 9:21:54 am PDT #1551 of 3463
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Solo had an awful lot of fridging of females for manpain. I would have had no problem with Woody Harrelson's character trading places with Thandie Newton's. That said, it's a fun heist movie--I do enjoy a good caper. Donald Glover was as brilliant as I expected, and Ehrenreich did a pretty good Young Harrison Ford impression.
Scrappy - May 30, 2018 5:04:11 am PDT #1552 of 3463
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I enjoyed it. It was not great, but I had a good time.
EpicTangent - May 30, 2018 6:34:39 am PDT #1553 of 3463
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Yeah, I found it formulaic, but fun.
Steph L. - Jun 04, 2018 6:30:19 am PDT #1554 of 3463
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I've been living under a rock, because I just learned today that Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer are filming a new Top Gun movie.
If it's not about Maverick and Iceman spending 30+ years of domestic bliss together after the events of the first movie, I'm going to be really disappointed.
Jesse - Jun 04, 2018 7:25:43 am PDT #1555 of 3463
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
They are WHAT??
And I'm pretty sure you're going to be disappointed.
Steph L. - Jun 04, 2018 8:30:35 am PDT #1556 of 3463
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And I'm pretty sure you're going to be disappointed.
Booooooo.