I have heard that loads of people are going to not watch Solo because they no longer trust Disney with the franchise after the terrible Last Jedi. Which is a shame, because this film is genuinely good.
The film ultimately works because, unlike Rogue One, Solo just says "yeah, let's just have fun." The result is a film that is an absolute blast to watch and littered with so many references that not even the most avid Star Wars fan will be able to pick up all of them in one watch (at least, Fandom didn't notice the refurence to Felucia, so assumed they didn't).
However, it is bogged down a bit by the de-noodlising. They started with the Kessel Run and the legendary game of Sabacc and just ran with it from there. Heck, do we really need an explanation for why Han refers to the Falcon as she?
(Although, admitedly, L3 is the best part of the film, so I can let that part go).
Also, Dryden Vos never really meets his full potential. He's always too far away from the plot to come across as the villain...except when the heroes fight him directly. And kill him. However, the set up for that one character kinda made up for it, even if that character is a little overused by this point.
Overall, Solo lacks the interesting characters of Rogue One and is bogged down by denoodleisation (and I want to use that word more), but at the end of the day it's just a standard action flick. And as an action flick, it's an absolute blast.
An Absolute Blast, but not much else.
I have heard that loads of people are going to not watch Solo because they no longer trust Disney with the franchise after the terrible Last Jedi. Which is a shame, because this film is genuinely good.
The film ultimately works because, unlike Rogue One, Solo just says "yeah, let's just have fun." The result is a film that is an absolute blast to watch and littered with so many references that not even the most avid Star Wars fan will be able to pick up all of them in one watch (at least, Fandom didn't notice the refurence to Felucia, so assumed they didn't).
However, it is bogged down a bit by the de-noodlising. They started with the Kessel Run and the legendary game of Sabacc and just ran with it from there. Heck, do we really need an explanation for why Han refers to the Falcon as she?
(Although, admitedly, L3 is the best part of the film, so I can let that part go).
Also, Dryden Vos never really meets his full potential. He's always too far away from the plot to come across as the villain...except when the heroes fight him directly. And kill him. However, the set up for that one character kinda made up for it, even if that character is a little overused by this point.
Overall, Solo lacks the interesting characters of Rogue One and is bogged down by denoodleisation (and I want to use that word more), but at the end of the day it's just a standard action flick. And as an action flick, it's an absolute blast.