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.
And did I just hear that a character was re-cast from Michael K. Williams to Paul Bettany? That sounds like a downgrade.
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.
I enjoyed it. It was not great, but I had a good time.
Yeah, I found it formulaic, but fun.
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.
They are WHAT??
And I'm pretty sure you're going to be disappointed.
Can we assume they won't be playing volleyball?
Some of them would need walkers, I'm afraid.
