Solo General Discussion Thread

There is a lot about DLF I find confusing....the constant plot switches in TROS (Palpatine wants Rey dead - no, he doesn't; Chewie's dead; no, he isn't, Threepio's lost his memory; no he hasn't) are worse than the odd things their staff tend to say...

 

I believe "Solo" failed because Disney Studios was stupid enough to release the movie some five months after "The Last Jedi", instead of waiting until December 2018. And I suspect the studio did that because they wanted to release "Mary Poppins Returns" for the holiday/awards season. And that plan certainly went bust. I've encountered too many comments from others who had express regret for not seeing "Solo" in theaters . . . after they had seen it on DVD and streaming.

 

Sorry, but I don't buy that the film underperformed to the tune of a billion dollars in its projected global box office revenue because of its release date.

 

The release date did effect Solo, even Bob Iger admitted as much.

 

Considering Solo came out 3 weeks after Infinity War (yes it was still doing good numbers in that time), like a week after Deadpool 2 (highly anticipated), and a month before The Incredibles 2 (highly anticipated and 10 years since the first film). There's not a lot of breathing room for Solo. So yes, the timing of Solo was not good and any block buster would of done bad in place, especially a film that wasn't liked since Day 1.

No matter how much I hate to admit this, Star Wars isn't the power house once it was. Sadly, MCU took it's place with the void that star wars left during 2006 to 2015. Hopefully one day Star Wars can get the crown again.

 

It will.

Sooner rather than later, if Grogu decides to stretch his acting chops and become a movie star.

 

I liked it...far more than TROS.

 

After all of this time, do we still the same way about "Solo" that we felt before. I stand by what I said when this movie came out. Solid movie.

 

S:ASWS is one of the most Star Warsy movies to ever Star Wars, and it is easily in my top 3 SW pics. I love it to pieces, every moment of it, and all the ways it enriches the setting while taking us on a wild, powerful, and emotional ride. Yup, I love some S:ASWS, me!

 

The only blemish on Solo that I can see is the latent sense of its troubled production. It's remarkable that it is not far more apparent. But there's still an undercurrent of it not being the optimal version of the movie that was conceived by Kasdan.

Other than that, it is a joy and a delight that earns its place at least as well as the frankly, in my opinion, over-praised Rogue One.

 

I have to agree with this as well as @Angelman 's well-known love for Solo. It gets better with every viewing, and honestly, for me, the production woes and rumors only add to the adoration. OF COURSE, the movie about everyone's favorite scoundrel should be asterisk-ed with controversy.

And I find it silly to compare Solo to Rogue One, and I'm loving that we are getting this different vein of Star Wars with R1, Andor and presumably The Acolyte. S:ASWS is for the 10 year old inside me, R1 is for the adult.

 

The only complaint I think I have about this one is that the troubled production meant reshoots that conflicted with Michael K. Williams' schedule, which led to the villain being recast and reconceptualizing. I adore Paul Bethany and Dryden Vos, but I bet we missed out on something really special with MKW's leonine alien kingpin crime boss!

And now we'll never get MKW in Star Wars, sadly...

 

I must say I love even more everytime I see it.
Is like an old fashioned movie like when I was a kid. I enjoy every second of it, every peace of music, every character, every ship, location and set pieces. The sense of adventure is majestic. All flows perfectly for my taste.

My only complaint is it hasn't a sequel with same actors.
Hope to see Lando show one day.