So, I got out of SOLO...
May. 28th, 2018 02:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladyofleithian...and it was much, much better than I expected it would be. (There, I said it!)
Good things:
-Han. Alden Ehrenreich actually did a good job with the part. True, there were parts where he seemed like a separate character from the Han we know, but then again, this isn’t ANH Han. This is Han before a lot of stuff ultimately wore him down. And he had a lot of badass moments — for example, we actually get to see the Kessel Run.
-Qi’ra and Han’s relationship. Not gonna lie, Emilia Clarke and Alden Ehrenreich have a ton of chemistry together, and I actually started shipping them more than Han and Leia. Oh yeah, I said it.
-Dryden Vos. He was evil, but he also proved he had other sides to him, like how much he trusted Qi’ra.
-Maul made one hell of an entrance. I knew Maul would show up because I was spoiled ahead of time, but his entrance was amazing.
-Qi’ra wasn’t as good as Jyn or Rey in the white-brunettes category, but she was definitely a good, well-acted villain. I’d consider her probably Star Wars’ first live action female villain that’s actually good. (Phasma, as much as I love her dearly, was badly treated by The Last Jedi) She’s not really evil; she’s actually got a sympathetic backstory behind her (she and Han grew up as street rats on Corellia under a truly awful regime) and she seems genuinely pained when she has to betray Han. So...bravo, Emilia Clarke. You gave us a really interesting, complex villainess.
-Enfys Nest. What a badass lady. I absolutely adore her.
-The humor really landed. Unlike The Last Jedi, there were actually some funny lines and the humor didn’t feel out of place.
-The emotional moments really landed too. The beginning with Han and Qi’ra getting separated, the scene near the end with Qi’ra looking outside the viewport window separated from Han again, Lando’s droid’s sacrifice...it all worked. Really.
Things that bugged me:
-Killing off Thandie Newton’s character. I liked her, so it really sucked that she died.
So overall? I liked it. I recommend you see it.
Good things:
-Han. Alden Ehrenreich actually did a good job with the part. True, there were parts where he seemed like a separate character from the Han we know, but then again, this isn’t ANH Han. This is Han before a lot of stuff ultimately wore him down. And he had a lot of badass moments — for example, we actually get to see the Kessel Run.
-Qi’ra and Han’s relationship. Not gonna lie, Emilia Clarke and Alden Ehrenreich have a ton of chemistry together, and I actually started shipping them more than Han and Leia. Oh yeah, I said it.
-Dryden Vos. He was evil, but he also proved he had other sides to him, like how much he trusted Qi’ra.
-Maul made one hell of an entrance. I knew Maul would show up because I was spoiled ahead of time, but his entrance was amazing.
-Qi’ra wasn’t as good as Jyn or Rey in the white-brunettes category, but she was definitely a good, well-acted villain. I’d consider her probably Star Wars’ first live action female villain that’s actually good. (Phasma, as much as I love her dearly, was badly treated by The Last Jedi) She’s not really evil; she’s actually got a sympathetic backstory behind her (she and Han grew up as street rats on Corellia under a truly awful regime) and she seems genuinely pained when she has to betray Han. So...bravo, Emilia Clarke. You gave us a really interesting, complex villainess.
-Enfys Nest. What a badass lady. I absolutely adore her.
-The humor really landed. Unlike The Last Jedi, there were actually some funny lines and the humor didn’t feel out of place.
-The emotional moments really landed too. The beginning with Han and Qi’ra getting separated, the scene near the end with Qi’ra looking outside the viewport window separated from Han again, Lando’s droid’s sacrifice...it all worked. Really.
Things that bugged me:
-Killing off Thandie Newton’s character. I liked her, so it really sucked that she died.
So overall? I liked it. I recommend you see it.
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Date: 2018-05-29 06:01 am (UTC)You are not the only one. I totally agree with you!
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Date: 2018-05-29 08:54 pm (UTC)I thought they got Han down to a t. It really felt like watching a younger more naïve Han, but you can see his older more cynical self coming through. Ron Howard and Alden Ehrenreich redid scenes over and over again until they got it right, and it shows.
There's been a lot of bad publicity about the movie, which I think is unfair. In fact, it reminded me a lot of watching the OT, which can only be a good thing for all of these critics.
Maul was the only part I was meh about, but I'm old school about him, I didn't care how he was brought back, or the retcon in the Clone Wars series.
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Date: 2018-05-29 09:05 pm (UTC)And yes to all your comment. Seriously.
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Date: 2018-05-31 02:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-05-30 11:58 pm (UTC)It wasn't fantastic, but most of the side characters were really good.
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Date: 2018-05-31 02:35 am (UTC)I would have liked to have seen what Mr Howard could have done from the start, especially with that cast.
But yes, it felt like Star Wars, if from the seedy side of town. Although my own headcanon prefers Han having been in a planetary militia that got -rendered unnecessary- by the Empire, and had to go out on his own. Plus... I think, on every planet the Falcon stops at, there is a 'Droid rebellion very shortly... ')