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Red Cup, a Star Wars Story
Jun. 20th, 2018 10:20 pmi finally saw Solo. i came out of it thinking that it was an okay movie. it's not holding up to any post-film scrutiny, and the more i think about it the less i like or endorse it.* i know that i blew past some spoiler reviews on my reading list, but failed to bookmark them. link me in comments?
i would have enjoyed it 1000% more if this same story was told with all-new characters, or if they had made adventures of the scum and villainy of Clone Wars or Rebels. i generally love capers. i would watch the heck out of a Hondo Ohnaka movie. as it was, i felt like the film couldn't decide if it was a "Han Solo origin story" or "a story with Han Solo in it". i don't know yet which one i actually wanted.**
( spoilers )
*i briefly visited r/starwars to look for chatter on it, but the comments are full of people who think wrong thoughts.
**unlike Thor, where i definitely wish it had gone 100% fish-out-of-water rom-com where Thor discovers Toaster Strudel are even better than Pop-Tarts. also, i didn't ask to know anything more about Solo. i am reminded of a Patton Oswalt bit, where he talks about why the prequels didn't work for him.
i would have enjoyed it 1000% more if this same story was told with all-new characters, or if they had made adventures of the scum and villainy of Clone Wars or Rebels. i generally love capers. i would watch the heck out of a Hondo Ohnaka movie. as it was, i felt like the film couldn't decide if it was a "Han Solo origin story" or "a story with Han Solo in it". i don't know yet which one i actually wanted.**
( spoilers )
*i briefly visited r/starwars to look for chatter on it, but the comments are full of people who think wrong thoughts.
**unlike Thor, where i definitely wish it had gone 100% fish-out-of-water rom-com where Thor discovers Toaster Strudel are even better than Pop-Tarts. also, i didn't ask to know anything more about Solo. i am reminded of a Patton Oswalt bit, where he talks about why the prequels didn't work for him.
