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Spoilers Star Wars: Solo - Grading and Discussion Thread

What would you rate it?

  • A+

    Votes: 7 4.5%

  • A

    Votes: 25 16.1%

  • A-

    Votes: 28 18.1%

  • B+

    Votes: 38 24.5%

  • B

    Votes: 24 15.5%

  • C

    Votes: 18 11.6%

  • D

    Votes: 12 7.7%

  • F

    Votes: 3 1.9%
  • Total voters
    155
Kemaiku said:
Getting tickled by a lightsaber, swooning into the arms of the person who cut you in half, without a single scratch and dying dramatically isn't that much of a showdown.
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This statement shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how that scene went down.

Probably one of the best lightsaber duels in the saga.

EnsignRicky said:
We didn't need those backstories in Episodes IV, V and VI, we knew twenty years in advance that we would get all that in Episodes I, II and III.
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"We" did? I certainly didn't. I certainly didn't ask for those stories and certainly didn't want them when they came out.
 
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I just bought the Paradise Snare so I can compare the original Solo origin story with this new, Disney one. Should be fun to see the differences.
 
Ouch time.....

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...fice-stalls-adrift-opens-number-three-1116670

Solo: A Star Wars Story, in its second weekend, continued to lose altitude. The space adventure from Disney and Lucasfilm attracted an estimated $29.3 million in North America, down 65 percent from the $84.7 million in claimed in its first three days. The film’s domestic tally currently stands at $148.9 million.
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Its worldwide total at this moment is $264.2 million.

Definitely not good news. It should have hit 500 million and above worldwide around Tuesday or Wednesday to be considered successful.

It should still hit 500 million in a few weeks but that's a hollow victory.
 
The Wormhole said:
Rey's parents were nobody low-lifes who drank themselves to death. I'm not really sure what there is here to build a two hour movie around.
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You trust Kylo to tell the truth? He was probably manipulating her.

Kemaiku said:
Getting tickled by a lightsaber, swooning into the arms of the person who cut you in half, without a single scratch and dying dramatically isn't that much of a showdown.
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You would be wrong there.
 
It’s obvious that no one will come around and watch “Solo” or give it a chance. And this is a damn shame, because I think it’s first-rate. Along with “Rogue One”, it’s the only Disney Star Wars movie that I have genuinely enjoyed.

It’s a damn shame that this film bombed at the box office. Right now, I’m at the point in which I no longer have any faith in the media and other movie fans, who keep praising films I despise and putting down films that I genuinely like. It’s becoming more and more common. I’m at the point in which I find it so hard not to shove my fist through a computer screen or a TV screen out of sheer frustration after reading one idiotic article or watching one video clip after another that blame the film’s content for its failure. I think “Solo” will be the last Disney SW movie I will bother to go see (and I plan to see it again real soon) for quite a while. I certainly have NO desire to see “Episode IX”, after being disappointed with “The Force Awakens” and “The Last Jedi”.
 
LJones41 said:
It’s obvious that no one will come around and watch “Solo” or give it a chance. And this is a damn shame, because I think it’s first-rate. Along with “Rogue One”, it’s the only Disney Star Wars movie that I have genuinely enjoyed.

It’s a damn shame that this film bombed at the box office. Right now, I’m at the point in which I no longer have any faith in the media and other movie fans, who keep praising films I despise and putting down films that I genuinely like. It’s becoming more and more common. I’m at the point in which I find it so hard not to shove my fist through a computer screen or a TV screen out of sheer frustration after reading one idiotic article or watching one video clip after another that blame the film’s content for its failure. I think “Solo” will be the last Disney SW movie I will bother to go see (and I plan to see it again real soon) for quite a while. I certainly have NO desire to see “Episode IX”, after being disappointed with “The Force Awakens” and “The Last Jedi”.
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This post is funny
 
Cutie McWhiskers said:
I never cared about Luke's parents either. And they got not one but three movies to gripe about sand getting into their buttcracks.
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We've known all along Luke's father was a heroic Jedi knight, and then we learn in Empire that he turned to the Dark Side and became Darth Vader. There's plenty of story to explore right there, moreso than there is about two lowlifes who sold their daughter for drinking money.
Tuskin38 said:
You trust Kylo to tell the truth? He was probably manipulating her.
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And exactly what is accomplished if Episode IX suddenly reveals she's the secret love child of Lando and Nien Nunb? One of the central themes of TLJ was deconstructing myths and this is expressed by taking the mystery of Rey's parents and origins that everyone was obsessing over since TFA quelling that. The point is we shouldn't care about Rey's parents, there is no story there. What matters is Rey's journey towards whatever role she plays in establishing a new Jedi Order or whatever it is Yoda has in mind for her and those books.
 
LJones41 said:
It’s obvious that no one will come around and watch “Solo” or give it a chance. And this is a damn shame, because I think it’s first-rate. Along with “Rogue One”, it’s the only Disney Star Wars movie that I have genuinely enjoyed.

It’s a damn shame that this film bombed at the box office. Right now, I’m at the point in which I no longer have any faith in the media and other movie fans, who keep praising films I despise and putting down films that I genuinely like. It’s becoming more and more common. I’m at the point in which I find it so hard not to shove my fist through a computer screen or a TV screen out of sheer frustration after reading one idiotic article or watching one video clip after another that blame the film’s content for its failure. I think “Solo” will be the last Disney SW movie I will bother to go see (and I plan to see it again real soon) for quite a while. I certainly have NO desire to see “Episode IX”, after being disappointed with “The Force Awakens” and “The Last Jedi”.
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Even though I jumped ship with Solo, due to the compounded dislike of both TFA and TLJ I do understand your frustration. I felt it years ago over the Transformers films. I just couldn't get why those films were making tons of money and people seemed to like them. They were garbage, but yet, something like Karl Urban's Dredd was completely ignored.

I have little desire to see Episode IX, though there is a sliver of curiosity about how much, if at all, they'll reverse or amend TLJ.
 
The Wormhole said:
We've known all along Luke's father was a heroic Jedi knight, and then we learn in Empire that he turned to the Dark Side and became Darth Vader. There's plenty of story to explore right there, moreso than there is about two lowlifes who sold their daughter for drinking money.

And exactly what is accomplished if Episode IX suddenly reveals she's the secret love child of Lando and Nien Nunb? One of the central themes of TLJ was deconstructing myths and this is expressed by taking the mystery of Rey's parents and origins that everyone was obsessing over since TFA quelling that. The point is we shouldn't care about Rey's parents, there is no story there. What matters is Rey's journey towards whatever role she plays in establishing a new Jedi Order or whatever it is Yoda has in mind for her and those books.
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Rian Johnson himself is already wiggling out of Rey's parentage. Just because Kylo Ren said they were nobodies, well, Obi-Wan told Luke that Vader murdered his father (albeit it, you can artfully say that's true, but Obi-Wan knew Luke perceived it much differently, as a physical murder. Also the audience took it that way as well, so that made the twist so wonderful when we find out who Vader really is).

Rey's journey is not altered by revealing who her parents are/were. Providing the knowledge of her parentage might root Rey more into the overall story of Star Wars, but also explain some of how she is so powerful and adroit in the Force with seemingly little training, and it also removes one more complaint from dissenting fans.

There is ''no story" about Rey's parents based on a decision that Johnson made, which felt like a contradiction to whatever Abrams was aiming for in TFA. And just because the theme of TLJ is about deconstructing myths doesn't mean the theme of Episode IX has to be. As much as TLJ wasn't beholden to TFA, why does Episode IX have to be beholden to TLJ? If anything I can see Abrams revisiting some of the ideas that Johnson tossed to the side.
 
Maybe it's higher than Anakin's?

Oh hell, they're going to go ahead and have her be the result of Snoke using the Midichlorians to impregnate someone on Jakku, aren't they? Just like Anakin's mother was impregnated by the Midichlorians at the behest of Palpatine and Darth Plageuis? I can actually see that, the story of her parents being nobodies is still true, but she ends up having some pre-ordained purpose in the Grand Scheme of Things after all.
 
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