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Might be totally alone here but I'm still cautiously optimistic about this movie, despite all the production horror stories.

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I'm into it too, I like everybody involved and I like random non-Skywalker star wars stories. Hearing whispers from script-reading nerds that this has some nods to the original EU, I'm all for that
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You can already see that from the trailer.

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I was pretty bummed that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller didn't get to see this thing through to the end but I'm still pretty excited for it. Dude playing Han doesn't look/sound/act like OG Han at all though. Granted I'm judging that from just a few small clips in a trailer but it is concerning that a movie called Solo doesn't do very much to showcase the main character. Probably just reading into things too much.

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This will be better than the Kenobi movie
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Can't wait for this:


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the big shot gangster is jabba btw
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Messy film overall, but I still dug most of it. Ehrenreich won me over as Han; the chemistry with Chewie was the biggest highlight for me. It's well paced for the most part and the gags felt way more natural here than how they did in The Last Jedi. My biggest issue was the rest of the supporting cast being such a mixed bag and the admittedly wet blanket ending. None of these factors spoilt the movie for me though as there was still lots of fun throughout.

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Glad to hear you liked it, I'm really looking forward to it just because I love these dumb movies unconditionally, but the negative reviews I read were disheartening.
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Fuckin' Ayyyyyyy, this piece of shit is TANKING.

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Box-Office Preview: 'Solo' Headed for Lowest Opening of Disney 'Star Wars' Movies

Unless it comes in ahead of projections, the Han Solo origin story will post the lowest domestic opening of the four films and come in behind fellow stand-alone pic Rogue One, which debuted to $155.1 million in December 2016. Force Awakens, which continued the main franchise after a long absence, debuted to a then-record $248 million in 2015, followed by $220 million for Last Jedi, a follow-up to Force Awakens.
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‘Solo’ Currently Flying Low For Disney ‘Star Wars’ Opening With $105M-$115M 4-Day
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Thought it was really solid. Not a whole lot, but as a set-up story it's perfect. I agree with Spartan, Aldren won me over as Han. He nailed all the nuances in the character. Glover was surprisingly great as Lando too. I thought he would play that role up a bit much, but he didn't. It was a perfect balance and sounded just like Billy Dee at times too.

This and Rogue are my two favs Disney releases. Love the Chewy relationship as well. It was important to showcase that in this movie. Some crazy cameos too like Darth Maul. I don't think anyone expected that. Woody is Woody and by that I mean can play any role in any type of movie. Paul Bettany always plays a creepy character really well. I still want to fuck the shit outta Daenerys. Enfys Nest looks like Maya Rudolph. Happy Wicket (Ewok) returned. Would have loved to seen a glimpse of Jabba at the end or something from Boba. My only gripe was L3. I hate that forced comedy and you can tell it was clearly a Disney move to do that. It takes you away from the movie when you hear those pop culture references and slapstick lines. But honestly, a really solid flick. This shit on The Last Jedi IMO.

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Best star wars movie since og trilogy. Because it doesn't bog itself down doing major service to the fucking star wars universe. It gives some obligatory minor service and some of that is even incidental (ie world jumping and barely/not explaining shit). This was actually a pretty solid fucking sci fi film made for families. A fucking home run smash as far as I'm concerned. Actually entertaining. Actual if imperfect progression of solo as character (though some of it was really well done in my opinion) interesting if imperfect perspective on Lando. Chewie shit was good. The chick shit is cool the villains are imperfect but work. But most importantly 1) the style isn't super retarded and actually really works most of the time and 2) it doesn't go out of its way to do anything remarkably stupid and get dragged down into an abyss a la the casino bullshit of the previous title. The stupidest shit with the fembot is mercifully cut off. Minor detail is that fembots map shit helps make solo and Chewie and the falcon better than they would otherwise be which is garbagey and takes away from the adventuring rogue mystique that dude has always had but is again minor because at a certain level maps are just maps. Also the ending they don't show of some unknown gangster on tattooine or whatever...just feels like a bit much. Other than that an actually pretty solid movie jam packed full of sci fi shit that gives the universe its proper role as a structure and not as a character. That's a massive achievement in this franchise at this point in time and it hasn't been true since the og trilogy.

This movie 'failed' at the box office because people are stupid and listen to the horrrrrrible critics and pre info on movies which we used to not even fucking have so why bother paying attention to it? And because it caters to actual actual good movie sensibilites which the franchise has managed to groom out of its fan base and avg consumers in general.

And because they overreached in the timing sense. One star wars movie max per year which is still a lot in my opinion especially considering the output quality. The last one was last December right? This one mid year and another next year? I mean what is this the marvel shit? Yeah right. Marvel has quantity because they had decades to figure out how the quality of each character worked and they built up to it. And star wars is failing in this way if they really want to run that kind of model. They don't have enough settings or characters that they don't kill off. That said doing these little one offs are sweet and if solo becomes iron man ish and can keep it quality then cool.

In my opinion they should take the franchise and give it this kind of tone. We don't need 4 characters spending precious screen time pacing back and forth with a look on their face at something the empire has done. We know how we feel about that. We know how they feel about that.

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Agreed. Best Star Wars movie since Jedi. Just fun.

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most people ain't feeling Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo. I am one of them. FUCK THIS DUDE AS HAN and you're NOT getting a trilogy out of him unless you love to burn money and embarrass your franchise's future

WORST casting error in a decade. Dude just does NOT have the rogueish charm of a young Harrison Ford. Weak dialogue delivery, mediocre acting ability, inconsistent depth. who's dick did he suck off spectacularly at Lucasfilm? Jeez, there were fucking reports of his trash acting during production. Dude was taking ACTING LESSONS DURING the making of this? That news leaks, and y'all still went ahead with this guy, after changing 2 directors who also shit the bed on A Solo Story? These people make some hilariously bad decisions and stick to their guns cause of a heavy ass ego. This Han Solo isn't the People's Han Solo, I don't care if Harrison Ford said "I watched this movie twice!" :larry:

some of y'all may enjoy it, but MOST people in the world did not. Numbers, reviews, cultural pulse all says so...

some of the driving scenes felt like he was in cruise control, not actually racing for his life

I've never seen a Black woman die so pointlessly, and sacrifice herself so fast without exploring any other options :nut:

Chewie and Lando did the lion's share of heavy lifting for me in this

fuck a robot? wow they don't even have fleshy portholes

Woody Harrelson was solid but this movie played it too safe, so it's not resonating with impact for many

the Millenium Falcon played its spaceship role better than Alden Ehrenreich played Han
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did you guys have any issues with it looking dark?

trying to see it today and wondering if there's a specific projection type i need to avoid or something
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MB not liking it just makes it that much better for me. Thanks for that.

Nerds on reddit recommended making sure that the theatre has the brightness turned up on the projector.... I wouldn’t go that far. The first few scenes are pretty low light. Not a big deal for me.

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thanks, spent way more time googling this than necessary and it seems completely arbitrary based on projector settings in each theater like you implied
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Hahaha

And yes, the kid isn’t Harrison Ford, but someone doing a Harrison Ford impression for the whole movie would have been silly. Not sure what people would have wanted.

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Worst performance from the franchise yet; estimates have it losing approximately $30-40,000,000 on the low end. It could be as much as $70-80,000,000 once the dust settles.

Fell off 65%+ over its second weekend.

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Loved it, probably my favorite since Jedi as well. It hit a really good balance of being separate from the dominating narrative of the franchise while still giving great takes on characters that I'm already invested in. And it's just a really fun action packed adventure story, it captures the spirit of the old pulps that drove Lucas in his 80s glory days better than any other recent entry into the canon.

There's definitely some stuff to nitpick, but i'm very satisfied on the macro points. They nailed Han and Lando, the action was cool, tons of awesome creatures, jokes mostly landed. The retcons establishing the big moments in Han's mythology were a bit strained but none were wildly groanworthy, good enough. I wish there was more Paul Bettany, he had the markings of a good villain and was cleverly staged in a way that didn't really need much exposition or insight into his motivations.
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Seriously, the best star wars movie out of the new batch. Great chemistry between han and chewie. Great chemistry between Lando and the robot. What was pleasantly surprising was the fight choreography of Daenerys targaryan's fight scene. She impressed me.

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Glad you guys liked it too. It sucks that the marketing campaign couldn’t connect. Perhaps people have a Last Jedi hangover and they should have waited until late summer. I may go see it again this weekend.

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Star Wars Han Solo FLOP and fan boycott: 'Kathleen Kennedy GONE by September'?

STAR WARS Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy has been savaged by fans and faces a box office office disaster with Solo A Star Wars Story. A new Hollywood report says a "changing of the guard" is coming in September.
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Kennedy practically OWNS Lucas. She is and has been the most powerful woman in Hollywood for two decades now. Nobody bounces her, she bounces them.

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Really doesn't look that way any more; read the tea leaves.

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Hollywood insider Ankler has allegedly felt a great disturbance in the Force – Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy is set to walk away from Star Wars this September as the Powers That Be seek to bring in “new blood at the helm.”

Before we continue, this is nothing more than a baseless Internet rumor at this point and should be treated as such, but it’s no secret that The Last Jedi proved divisive among fans, resulting in the sequel’s lowly Rotten Tomatoes Audience score and, in the most egregious case, torrents of abuse and harassment being directed at Kelly Marie Tran (Rose Tico), who has since deleted all her social media accounts, prompting an industry-wide condemnation of those toxic Star Wars ‘fans’ responsible for making Tran’s life a misery since December.

It’s a troubling development for the Star Wars community, which often prides itself on inclusion and diversity. But for Lucasfilm brass, it’s now being reported that Kathleen Kennedy’s days at the helm are numbered, as there’s now “talk” of the executive vacating her post by September.

While Kathleen Kennedy worked wonders relaunching this property from the abyss of the Lucas prequel trilogy and turning it into a bigger than ever all-devouring cultural force, there has to be more than some thought that it’s time for new blood at the helm. The talk out there is of a September changing of the guards. We’ll see.
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