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Other Discussions => Entertainment => Off Topic => Movies => Topic started by: Eja117 on May 27, 2018, 03:46:00 PM
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As a pretty big Star Wars fan (own all films except the recent ones. Read a few books. Read tons of comics. Watched all of the Rebels, Clone Wars, and the other Clone Wars cartoons) I do hereby endorse Solo, but the endorsement is not overly enthusiastic. Like....if your wife wants to watch something else or you're in the dog house already and going to see this would make things worse.....you can probably put this off.
I think I have to hereby rank the Star Wars films as follows (this is on a Star Wars scale of one to ten....on this scale a Star Wars 1 is like a 6 for any other movie outside of anything that takes place in Middle Earth, which are also off the chart)
Rogue One....11
Revenge of the Sith...10.1
Empire Strikes Back...10
Attack of the Clones...9.9
Last Jedi 9.7
Return of the Jedi.....9
New Hope...8
Phantom Menace...7
Solo.....6
Force Awakens...1
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I gave it an 8. I have no prob with the plot nor the characters nor the way characters were portrayed...although the Lando thing....eh.
Not the hugest fan of Disney using this franchise to push an agenda.
Clearly the first film that nakedly said out loud "We're gonna pimp this franchise for every cent and we're holding you hostage." I mean they ain't even pretending any more.
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It's ok. I think fans like lightsabers. That's missing except for the cameo. I won't spoil.
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Average
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I wonder what could be considered an average film. Like I still would say the worst Hobbit film (Battle of Five Armies) is still an above average film.
The film Short Circuit. I give that a 6. Back to the Future 3....6.
The original Ocean's 11. I got that as average.
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I couldn't finish it. I got bored. All the other Star Wars movies are great.
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My wife and kid liked it and my wife's not a huge Star Wars person, although the last time I said that she pointed out she has watched all the movies
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My wife and kid liked it and my wife's not a huge Star Wars person, although the last time I said that she pointed out she has watched all the movies
That still doesn't mean that she's a huge Star Wars person, though, lol ;D.
More importantly, how was Daenerys ;) ;D?
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very very good unlike some of the latest star wars movies
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As a pretty big Star Wars fan (own all films except the recent ones. Read a few books. Read tons of comics. Watched all of the Rebels, Clone Wars, and the other Clone Wars cartoons) I do hereby endorse Solo, but the endorsement is not overly enthusiastic. Like....if your wife wants to watch something else or you're in the dog house already and going to see this would make things worse.....you can probably put this off.
I think I have to hereby rank the Star Wars films as follows
Rogue One
Revenge of the Sith
Empire Strikes Back
Attack of the Clones
Return of the Jedi
Last Jedi
New Hope
Phantom Menace
Solo
Force Awakens
interesting because I rank it the other way around
Last Jedi was the worst imo
and I was not a fan of rogue one as I couldn't stand the lead actress, lead actor or Donnie Yen
I'm a fan of Force Awakens and Solo
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Planning on seeing it tomorrow IF the Cs win. If they don't will be sulking
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My wife and kid liked it and my wife's not a huge Star Wars person, although the last time I said that she pointed out she has watched all the movies
That still doesn't mean that she's a huge Star Wars person, though, lol ;D.
More importantly, how was Daenerys ;) ;D?
She's looks better as a blonde.
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My wife and kid liked it and my wife's not a huge Star Wars person, although the last time I said that she pointed out she has watched all the movies
That still doesn't mean that she's a huge Star Wars person, though, lol ;D.
More importantly, how was Daenerys ;) ;D?
I think Khaleesi is pretty overrated as an actress, but she was fine. Better than a lot of other "actresses" these days.
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I give it an 8 or 9. It was everything I was hoping to get from a Han Solo origin story. Great action, surprises, and excellent story of space scoundrels with hints at what made Han who he is.
The actors were fantastic, especially the young actors who played Han and Lando, I never once thought to myself during the movie that they were not Han and Lando. In fact I was quite impressed at how they captured their characters, and the story overall was true to the characters.
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I give it an 8 or 9. It was everything I was hoping to get from a Han Solo origin story. Great action, surprises, and excellent story of space scoundrels with hints at what made Han who he is.
The actors were fantastic, especially the young actors who played Han and Lando, I never once thought to myself during the movie that they were not Han and Lando. In fact I was quite impressed at how they captured their characters, and the story overall was true to the characters.
I guess I could agree with a lot of this
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Lol, Attack of the Clones over Return of the Jedi? A New Hope not even in the top 5? Sorry OP, but you’ve lost all Star Wars credibility with me after that ranking system. I’ll agree that Rogue One was a top 5 Star Wars film, but #1 overall? Trip-ping!
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Last Jedi was an objectively better film. Solo was all around pretty stupid. Felt like non-canon cartoon or comicbook content. Like a very expensive fan film. That said, it was fairly entertaining and fun. Solid 5.5 out of 10.
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Lol, Attack of the Clones over Return of the Jedi? A New Hope not even in the top 5? Sorry OP, but you’ve lost all Star Wars credibility with me after that ranking system. I’ll agree that Rogue One was a top 5 Star Wars film, but #1 overall? Trip-ping!
Rogue One was the most meaningful and redemptive. I like lots of lightsabers and the formative years of Vader and Kenobi more than little teddy bears. A New Hope was good but done on a shoe string budget which limited it.
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Lol, Attack of the Clones over Return of the Jedi? A New Hope not even in the top 5? Sorry OP, but you’ve lost all Star Wars credibility with me after that ranking system. I’ll agree that Rogue One was a top 5 Star Wars film, but #1 overall? Trip-ping!
In no particular order the best Star Wars films are New Hope, Return Of the Jedi, Last Jedi, Force Awakens and Rogue One.
Eja is a prequel apologist and hated the unoriginality of Force Awakens. Force Awakens did an amazing job at what it set out to do - essentially soft reboot the series by taking it back to basics and borrowing heavily from what people liked about the original.
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Lol, Attack of the Clones over Return of the Jedi? A New Hope not even in the top 5? Sorry OP, but you’ve lost all Star Wars credibility with me after that ranking system. I’ll agree that Rogue One was a top 5 Star Wars film, but #1 overall? Trip-ping!
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Lol, Attack of the Clones over Return of the Jedi? A New Hope not even in the top 5? Sorry OP, but you’ve lost all Star Wars credibility with me after that ranking system. I’ll agree that Rogue One was a top 5 Star Wars film, but #1 overall? Trip-ping!
In no particular order the best Star Wars films are New Hope, Return Of the Jedi, Last Jedi, Force Awakens and Rogue One.
Eja is a prequel apologist and hated the unoriginality of Force Awakens. Force Awakens did an amazing job at what it set out to do - essentially soft reboot the series by taking it back to basics and borrowing heavily from what people liked about the original.
The Magnificent Seven "borrowed heavily" from the Seven Samurai. Force Awakens was simple plagiarism of the laziest tired get the band back together kind. It was practically insulting.
Hey Kylo Ren. Sniffle sniffle.
I loved the first 15 minutes. Then everything after that was a joke.
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My wife and kid liked it and my wife's not a huge Star Wars person, although the last time I said that she pointed out she has watched all the movies
That still doesn't mean that she's a huge Star Wars person, though, lol ;D.
More importantly, how was Daenerys ;) ;D?
I think Khaleesi is pretty overrated as an actress, but she was fine. Better than a lot of other "actresses" these days.
I found her to be quite funny during an interview on The Graham Norton Show, so there's that ;D.
My wife and kid liked it and my wife's not a huge Star Wars person, although the last time I said that she pointed out she has watched all the movies
That still doesn't mean that she's a huge Star Wars person, though, lol ;D.
More importantly, how was Daenerys ;) ;D?
She's looks better as a blonde.
Not sure that I agree, although it seems to work just fine on the show, I guess.
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POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT! AVERT THINE EYES.
One thing I'm hearing in favor of the film is that it's pretty respectful to the previous cannon and comics of Han Solo. I can only think of a couple of those things. Maybe we can talk about that in a few weeks
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weekend #2 so bumparump
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Lol, Attack of the Clones over Return of the Jedi? A New Hope not even in the top 5? Sorry OP, but you’ve lost all Star Wars credibility with me after that ranking system. I’ll agree that Rogue One was a top 5 Star Wars film, but #1 overall? Trip-ping!
I should be more clear. I ranked them on my preference. Not based on whether they'd be worthy of an Oscar or something.
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I am probably going against the grain, but I gave it a 4. I am a huge star wars fan. But for me, this wasn't even close to Rogue One as a star wars anthology film.
The story was overly contrived to fit all explain as much Han Solo back story as possible. The music was a letdown from the recent films. I didn't really believe Emilia Clarke. She seemed a bit miscast and out of place and didn't give the best performance imo.
I love a new star wars film, but I was disappointed - even after going in with pretty low expectations.
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As a pretty big Star Wars fan (own all films except the recent ones. Read a few books. Read tons of comics. Watched all of the Rebels, Clone Wars, and the other Clone Wars cartoons) I do hereby endorse Solo, but the endorsement is not overly enthusiastic. Like....if your wife wants to watch something else or you're in the dog house already and going to see this would make things worse.....you can probably put this off.
I think I have to hereby rank the Star Wars films as follows (this is on a Star Wars scale of one to ten....on this scale a Star Wars 1 is like a 6 for any other movie outside of anything that takes place in Middle Earth, which are also off the chart)
Rogue One....11
Revenge of the Sith...10
Empire Strikes Back...10
Attack of the Clones...9.9
Return of the Jedi.....9
Last Jedi.....8.9
New Hope...8
Phantom Menace...7
Solo.....6
Force Awakens...1
Can I ask your age (which really means I’m interested in what order you saw these and when). Just curious if your preference is influenced by that. I saw them in the order they were made and it is blasphemy to me to have a new hope that low or two of the second trilogy that high.
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I am probably going against the grain, but I gave it a 4. I am a huge star wars fan. But for me, this wasn't even close to Rogue One as a star wars anthology film.
The story was overly contrived to fit all explain as much Han Solo back story as possible. The music was a letdown from the recent films. I didn't really believe Emilia Clarke. She seemed a bit miscast and out of place and didn't give the best performance imo.
I love a new star wars film, but I was disappointed - even after going in with pretty low expectations.
Emilia Clarke is just a bad actress
She'll make a career off the back of GOT but she's baaad at acting imo
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I was biased against the film from the beginning because I did think the guy looked like Han Solo at all. I did not like the casting, and he did not win me over. He would have been fine as a new character though. When McGregor did Obi Wan he tried to sound like him and the like and it was great, this guy did not try to be like Harrison Ford in the least way.
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I was biased against the film from the beginning because I did think the guy looked like Han Solo at all. I did not like the casting, and he did not win me over. He would have been fine as a new character though. When McGregor did Obi Wan he tried to sound like him and the like and it was great, this guy did not try to be like Harrison Ford in the least way.
Yeah, I felt the same way going into the movie. The only reason we thought he was Han was because they told us he was Han. I took me probably an hour in to suspend disbelief.
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I don't have huge problems at all with what they're saying here, but this definitely isn't the order in which I liked them.
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I was biased against the film from the beginning because I did think the guy looked like Han Solo at all. I did not like the casting, and he did not win me over. He would have been fine as a new character though. When McGregor did Obi Wan he tried to sound like him and the like and it was great, this guy did not try to be like Harrison Ford in the least way.
Yeah, I felt the same way going into the movie. The only reason we thought he was Han was because they told us he was Han. I took me probably an hour in to suspend disbelief.
Chewie was well cast anyhow.
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This is like week 4 and probably last call or so on Solo. I'm hearing a rumor that because Solo didn't do well Disney is putting anthology movies on hold, which is asinine. They'd make a billion dollars with Ewan McGregor back as Obi Wan and only the whole world wants to see it. If they wait too long and don't use Ewan I won't watch it.
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Gave it 8.5. How Chewie and Han first met....the imagery to young Han and seasoned Han is hilarious. I think Woody Harrelson was good not great. Introduction to the Millenium Falcon....lots of pieces that connect. That's just me.
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I finally got around to seeing it last night. I loved it! Much better than I expected. I disagree with those who say Alden Ehrenreich was a bad casting choice, I completely bought him as young Han Solo- I thought he got down the original's attitude and mannerisms down pretty well. Lando was great too. I gave it an 8.5. Yes I'm old enough to have seen the original movies when they were in the theaters.
IMO there have been far worse casting choices such as James McAvoy playing young Patrick Stewart in X-Men and Joseph Gordon Levitt playing young Bruce Willis in Looper. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't buy the younger guys being the same characters as the older in those cases.
It is too bad Solo hasn't done well in the box office and they are putting the other side projects on hold... I do really think they should still go ahead with the Obi Wan movies, I bet they'd be a lot more popular.
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This is like week 4 and probably last call or so on Solo. I'm hearing a rumor that because Solo didn't do well Disney is putting anthology movies on hold, which is asinine. They'd make a billion dollars with Ewan McGregor back as Obi Wan and only the whole world wants to see it. If they wait too long and don't use Ewan I won't watch it.
Those are just rumors, I think Obi-wan and Boba Fett are still on, but maybe delayed to make sure they get them right. Also Kennedy may be leaving in Sept, so they want the new person to have a say in the new stuff.
Of course it all could be true to, who know the way things are going. Keddeny, should get canned just for issue with the directors. Out side of Johnson she's had issues with all the first directors. Her poor judgement in hiring the 21 jump street guys for Solo, issues with Abrams, issues with Rogue one director. I think Johnson was the only one that she didn't have an issue with and that movie got some mixed review so to speak.
McGregor may be out because of conflicts of movies he's doing, so maybe they are using Solo to delay it to get him on board. Back up is Duogray Scott, which he actually looks like an older McGreagor.
And Logan director doing Fett,who I'm not a fan of, but with this director involve got me interested.