See now that's a movie I'd watch.The Last Jedi sucked too. It might have been even worse than 1-3. Solo says “hold my beer”.
Second Solo trailer makes the movie look a lot better than the first. Solo, Chewbacca and Lando are 3 of my favorite characters in the Star Wars universe, so this movie should be pretty hard to screw up. Also, bringing Ron Howard in is like pulling out the 5 iron for a drive. The movie isn't going to be great, but it probably won't be shanked into the woods.
It’s been a while since Ron Howard did something great.
When was the last time he did something that sucked?
I liked Rush. Inferno did well at the box office.
Howard can't save this movie if the script is a steaming pile, but he can salvage something entertaining if there is anything to work with in the script and the actor that plays Solo doesn't completely suck.
Nothing sucked. But nothing was particularly great.
I think the Glover is really strong casting. Harrelson has matured into playing the gruff old guy really well. I think the Solo actor seems too innocent, but that's just my bias of Han always being the cool guy from birth. I agree with the opinion that this will probably be entertaining, but not epic.
I will get skewered for this, but I think people in their 40s - 50s have romanticized the original trilogy. They were groundbreaking because of their effects, but the stories and the acting are definitely overrated. I think the prequels sucked, but that didn't make the originals better. I personally think VII and VIII have been perfectly strong additions. My main critique would be that the originals kept things a bit simpler and the new ones have too many storylines going on at once. I think Rogue One was probably the best of them all (other than knowing approximately how it would end).
I agree Chuck. I've tried re-watching the original trilogy recently, and I couldn't finish. No movies have ever gotten more of a nostalgia bump than SW. I grew up w/ them. Used to watch Episode IV almost daily. To me they haven't held up all that well.
The prequel trilogy was just plain awful. There's no way they were better than the recent Disney entries in the franchise.
Aaaaaand you’re wrong.
I just shared the originals with my stepson a few years back. The story had him absolutely captivated. The look on his face when he found out Darth Vader was Luke’s Dad and then found out that Leah was his sister was priceless.
This is what the new movies fail to recognize. Star Wars is about the Slywalker family as much as it is about the pew pew.
Rogue One is the best of the new ones for sure.
Lord of the Rings age worse than Star Wars. I can't believe that Peter Jackson got away with something like 20 hours of screen time for those movies. They seem trite and tedious now.
I think LOTR were reasonably well done. The book can be pretty ponderous at times.I really enjoyed the LOTR franchise when they came out, but have little interest in watching them now. I thought the first one was the best and Jackson was allowed to be progressively more indulgent. Too long, poor editing at times, needless diverting from the plot lines in the books. He was given absolute carte blanche, and look what a disaster the Hobbit trilogy turned into. Now THAT was a terrible trilogy!
Lord of the Rings age worse than Star Wars. I can't believe that Peter Jackson got away with something like 20 hours of screen time for those movies. They seem trite and tedious now.
The Hobbit was unwatchable. I never even bothered with the final movie. Awful, awful, awful.I really enjoyed the LOTR franchise when they came out, but have little interest in watching them now. I thought the first one was the best and Jackson was allowed to be progressively more indulgent. Too long, poor editing at times, needless diverting from the plot lines in the books. He was given absolute carte blanche, and look what a disaster the Hobbit trilogy turned into. Now THAT was a terrible trilogy!
For the time being, Star Wars films won't be getting any first weekend money from me. The Last Jedi killed my enthusiasm, and even worse, my kids enthusiasm as well. I will simply need to hear from people that have seen the movie before I cough up for all of us to go see it.