Solo: A Star Wars Story - Anatomy Of A Failure
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- The not-so-hotly anticipated bluray/digital release of Solo: A Star Wars Story is upon us. Why did Solo become such a forgettable commercial failure? Let's find out!
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Solo: A Star Wars Story
Flight school flunkie and petty criminal Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) gets recruited by Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson) for an intergalactic mission backed by gangster Dryden Vos (Paul Bettany). He teams up with his future Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo), his childhood friend Qi’Ra (Emilia Clarke) and suave smuggler Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover), owner of the Millenium Falcon. Thandie Newton, Jon Favreau, Warwick Davis and Phoebe Waller-Bridge co-star. Directed by Ron Howard. Written by Jonathan and Lawrence Kasdan 
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Boys and girls. Winter arrived here in Krakozhia in full force and gave me a bit of a cold. Hopefully the VO audio is still okay.
get well soon !
-- from California, where I'm wearing a t-shirt :P
I'm sorry
Tom Hanks.
Krakozhia is not a real place
I beg to differ:
ruclips.net/video/_RXWVJ41C7o/видео.html
is this place from the movie terminal?
"You can no longer sell these movies on name and nostalgia alone"
Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker
Palpatine is back
I'm worried
Don't be worried. just stop caring. These movies aren't good enough to put energy into. Just let the past go. Kill it if you have to. Hyuk hyuk hyuk.
They're selling it as the conclusion to the whole Skywalker Saga, so it has an easy hook for audiences there. Otherwise I'd be worried too.
Exactly
Greetings from the future: you were right to be worried lol
@@waverunner6 Lol
I saw people walking out, and they were showing it on a plane.
Folks!
b r u h
Bwhaahahaha xD
HTF did I lose to the first comment?
Bahahaha🤣🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
A trilogy, eh?
Solo, Duo and Trio?
Han trio 👏
Lol
Squad: cries after being left out
i want _Skywalker: A Star Wars Story._ i want to watch him slowly grow up and do farm work and chores in the desert.
AND GET POWER CONVERTORS FROM TOSHE STATION!!!
@@wjzav1971 ruclips.net/video/rpUkokRx3-k/видео.html
@@chedsalvia6270 Hell, yeah. That's what I'm talking about.
WE NEED A TV SHOW!
🤣
"I never did catch your name."
"Saul."
"Saul?"
"S'all good, man. Get it?"
"So low a star wars story"... Man, I feel like tht kid in the class that makes a fantastic joke a little too timidly and then someone overhears it, thinks it's good, steals the guy's thunder by yelling it out so much louder and EEEEVERYBODY roars.
Any year a Star Wars movie is less memorable than a Mission: Impossible movie is probably a bad year for Star Wars.
To be fair, it was less memorable than Jurassic Park too. But I think it at least surpassed Ocean's 8
Well that movie was pretty fucking good
Paul Julian last 3 mission impossible movies were amazing so bad comparison pal
Star Wars was the cultural event of my generation. Disney Star Wars isn't even a cultural event of any time period.
People aren't even debating Solo. Everyone's just collectively shrugged and forgotten about it. It's remarkable only as a barometer for the state of the franchise.
Now we know how he got his name. Before I thought that solo was just his name. Now I know the important truth and am enlightened. I can sleep at night now.
7:29 - "Young Salacious Crumb: A Star Wars Story"
I am _absolutely_ sold. XD
I’m down with that being real
One of the main issues I had with the film, aside from having no good villain, was the lack of a main overall plot. Rogue One might have it's issues, but at least we as an audience are constantly aware of what the end goal of the plot is (getting the plans), and it is kept consistent throughout the movie in order to get a big pay-off on the final act. Solo, in my opinion, lacked that plot consistency, where I felt that every act was standing on its own and was not building towards any goal or objective.
The goal the entire time was for Han to make his break to get a ship and save Qi'ra...
Im still confused on who the villain is
It keeps changing
It did feel like self-contained shorter movies cobbled together.
@@Nocturnalux More like jammed together with a hammer.
Haha “so low” that was good
I've never heard that one before
So low even Anakin had the high ground.
I think the thermal detonator thing was even lower. Was that actually in the movie? owch.
More Star Wars jokes for the mentally ill fanbase.
Gadiel Gonzalez well done, I like it, good comment
When Disney said they were going to release one Star Wars film each yea, my first thought was that,
1. You're going to over-saturate the market
2. You're going to try and use nostalgia to make useless prequels
3. The films won't be intelligent
Rogue One worked because it was a "meanwhile, in another part of the galaxy" film.
Last Jedi didn't work because the new trilogy didn't fix its story arc, and doesn't have a consistent writer.
Disney, as always, is blind to the fandom. They're arrogant pricks who still think they know what's best. They killed Pixar, now they're killing Star Wars.
Rogue ome mainly worked bc they had the best big scale battle in star wars ever
@@fabianstobbe3743 big facts
I mean, yeah pretty much
It feels like they're trying to do Marvel in reverse. Marvel gave all its characters an origin in their own films, so someone said that they should do the same for Star Wars.
Of course, the main problem is that we know where they end up, you can't do it in a linear fashion like Marvel. Han Solo is a cool character, but am I really bothered by where he came from? Not really. The character has already been developed. Their invulnerable plot armour doesn't help, either.
With this franchise Disney isn't really sure how they want to execute it. They need to really flesh out a novel for 10 years before releasing anything.
What they are producing right now with Star Wars are cheap taudry paper backs. Doodles of notes without years of testing if the new theories can exist plausibly to the lore.
If Disney won't take the time like they did building Marvel then I won't spend another dime.
Except that George Lucas was the one who initiated a Solo backstory movie and included the idea in what was sold to Disney. So really it just follows Lucas's concept of prequelizing what we already know.
@@Playhouse76
Disney never let's George Lucas have full reign when he feels the story calling for it.
There are many reports on Disney's shady practices about this.
Exactly this point. No point in making a Solo origin story, because we already saw how he turns from a bad boy into a good guy. This movie just shows it the other way around again. That's also why I hate the idea of a Joker origins movie, because his unknown former actions and whereabouts make the character more mysterious.
Also, seeing Han become a selfish guy with a big ego probably wouldn't be as interesting as seeing him find his heart and soul.
That distorted Mickey Mouse voice was just creepy.
This movie is the cinematic equivalent of plain oatmeal, without the cinnamon or brown sugar or anything.
But at least oats are good for you.
This isn't.
@@audiosurfarchive True.
Idk, to me I’d consider it to be store brand oatmeal that’s actually really good but you don’t think it is because it’s generic store brand and you just walk past it
Wdym, it's a great movie!
I respectfully disagree
4 years later, and I still enjoy this film. The cinematography was too dark, and there were some strange choices, but I still enjoy it MORE than the sequel trilogy.
Tbf this movie wasn’t exactly bad. It wasn’t great but it wasn’t too terrible to watch either. It was just decent. This was also a highly unnecessary story that added nothing towards the overall plot whatsoever.
I mean, they deleted the EU so that they could make canon the fact that Chewbacca ate humans before joining Han Solo. How that fact alone doesn't make you despise the existence of this movie, I have no idea.
Hey well food is food and if your a 10 ft creature that can rip off your arm easily while it’s in a starved state, you might as well just sit down and accept your faith. Still doesn’t change the fact that this movie added nothing towards the story unlike Rouge One which actually explained why the Death Star had such a huge and easy weakness.
Rogue One was one of my guilty-pleasure favorites of 2016, partially because of that. I still don't relinquish my argument, though. The look on my mother's face every time I remind her that Chewie canonically eats people (and she saw A New Hope in theaters) is both amusing and saddening.
Oh Disney. Why did you have to make a good character into a monster that eats people. But also seriously did they just carry Chewie to that planet or was he already there? I’m still confused on why he’s stuck there during a planetary conquest. Why is he even there in the first place? Shouldn’t he be in the mines or imperial facilities working like how Disney already showed that Wookiee’s are forced into hard laboring jobs because of their strength. Why is he being treated like a pet Rancor? I’m still confused
Sure it was necessary! We learned that super-mega-hyper-whoopee fuel is stored in containers! And is worth a lot of money! That's awesome!!
The ending monologue makes me sad because since then with the lone exception of the Mandalorian, every single Star Wars product has relied almost entirely on nostalgia
And even the mandalorian kinda does
Dude I fucking love your content. It takes a lot for me to try out new channels but the way you break things down analytically while keeping things fun and engaging is truly special. Keep up the good work!
Just get the team that made the “Mandalorian” to make everything
Maclaren hmm but you admit it’s great... just not “that great”... don’t you think Mandalorian is more engaging than Solo? Solo is ok but just ok, Mandalorian is great but isn’t that great 👍
Maclaren isnt the “new” in Mandalorian just that it’s competent? Like it tells a story, the stakes are clear, everything is understandable, there are actual characters that are unique and memorable... Star Wars has been relying on its nostalgia as a crutch but Mandalorian is the first Star Wars product that could stand on its own.
Maclaren I’m not saying it’s the best show ever- I’m just saying Disney or whoever should hire the Mandalorian team’s people or at least hire them as consultants because the Mandalorian team is doing a great job
@@maclaren9645 did you changed your mind after the season finale?
@@maclaren9645 I agree with your point the "filler" episodes, I watched everything 2 times and in the the second watch i wanted to skip the episode where he gets stuck in the ice and the one they help the village, but the point that the stormtrooper doesn’t hit anything, I don’t even care anymore lol, they’ll never hit anything, they're a joke in the community, so they made the Darktroopers to give some tension on the luke scene, but the rest for me was perfect, the star wars feeling I been craving for a LONG time, (And I liked that beskar is laser proof, and I understand your point of being very OP, they could do it there he doesn't have the FULL beskar armor but only some parts)
As for me, the Rogue One was the best and the only original Star Wars movie since Disney bought Lucasfilm.
Not enough aliens, good movie, but no memorable aliens
@@alexzabala2154 Yeah, I mean the K-2S0 was fine, but nothing special. The movie had great action, fairly good cinematography and ok story (but it still boggs me that is the best Star Wars has to offer these days).
True
@@alexzabala2154 Two-Tubes? Bor-Gullet? Pao? Bistan? Moroff? Also why the fuck would the amount of aliens that you do or dont like have any bearing on whether or not the movie is good?
Rogue One is one of the best SW movies in my opinion. Head and shoulders above all of the new ones
Honestly, i hear this thing about "Star Wars Fatigue" thrown out a lot. And it's just really not true. There is no fatigue with Star Wars as a franchise. It's just that really, Star Wars has never been at such a low before. Since Disney took over and started producing Star Wars movies, they just weren't good. Episode 7 was okay at best. It wasn't awfull, it wasn't even bad, but it was nothing special either. Episode 8 was straight up trash. Some people say that Rogue One was good, and i can see why, but Solo was meh, and Rise of Skywalker was also simply not good. So out of 5 movies, 2 were somewhat passable, 2 were awfull, and only one could be called good. That is the problem. If they kept making good Star Wars movies then nobody would have an issue with that. But they don't. They are making trash. And it doesn't matter if they release one trash movie every month or one trash movie every decade. If all they make is trash then of course people will grow tired of it. Not because there are too many movies coming out, but because all of them suck.
I like this comment, thank you for manifesting my thoughts into words
Exactly! The Star Wars universe is huge and a good story could be made about ANYTHING happening in that universe, but the people at Disney aren't creative or imaginative enough to explore any of that potential. Instead they just keep rehashing the same stories with the same characters in the same 50 year timeframe.
To be honest, I did get very tired of all the endless Star Wars films of late, but yeah, I would have been less tired had they been good.
@@handsdowntoo7150 they should explore the old republic.
Fair point
I strangely loved it but got why it wasn’t successful enough.
But then the same could be said for rogue one, i guess that was momentum from tfa compared to tlj so it shows people want quality star wars and will commit if it is done right
I was surprised at how much i liked it. I was expecting a shit show after TLJ. Ron Howard did a great job
I liked it too
1) no lightsabers
2) burden of continous failures + SJWism of the previous 3 movies that released just before it ( Force awakens, Rogue One, Last jedi ) ( p.s they only earned money based on the super hype for the return of star wars )
Conor M. Its not strange that you loved it, so did a lot of people
Marvel creates the MCU, and everyone wants to copy it...
Are you forgetting who owns both of them? Maybe there is a correlation to their similarity, which I’ll let you find out for yourself
@@commenter126 Damn, you're fucking stupid.
dawg star wars has always had an expanded universe 💀
My only problem with your channel is that I don't get enough of your quality content
I'm glad Anthony Ingruber wasn't cast as a young Han Solo in the end, he shouldn't have been wasted on such a shit film.
I was hoping this movie could've been something like "X-Men: First Class" for Han, like he starts the film being one character, then by the end he's changed and some of his objects like the blaster or the Falcon have a significance like Magneto's helmet did. But no, it's just the same character only younger, he has little to zero development and he picks random objects around, his name was taken from an imperial guy, and the movie makes references to other movies, constantly remind you that you're watching a movie.
Sad thing is a series of edutainment made for TV serials done in homage to the ones that Lucas and Spielberg grew up with managed to give Indiana Jones an origin story that shows us how Indie became Indie with a fraction of the budget Solo got. And how he got the skills he has was done in a logical manner that shows character development. His cultural skills come from going all around the world from a young age because Henry Sr was going from one dig site, library or lecture in his hunt for the Grail. He has good if very dirty fighting skills because he's a WWI veteran which also gave us why he is rather jaded by the main movies. Indie is probably the most famous fictional member of the Lost Generation. They managed all this character development in shows whose primary writers thoughts weren't on that but on having Indie in as many famous events and meeting as many famous people as possible because the show was edutainment coming off of the success of shows like Wishbone.
How can there possibly be tension when you know that the principal characters cannot die?!?
I'll see your comment and raise you Clone Wars S7E11.
So the question is "how to build tension when you already know where your character is gonna end up?"
@@extratao50 and the answer is that you cannot.
I would debate that you can still create tension by having people the MC loves be in danger. Leaves the audience wondering: is this why/how he became a selfish, uncaring smuggler?
@@patrickmartin7692 "the answer is you cannot"
I'm guessing you didn't watch The Clone Wars show? S6E4 is a great example of how tension can be built despite the viewer knowing that all of the efforts in this episode are ultimately futile.
It's possible. It's just that there aren't too many good examples because the people in charge of prequels are often uncreative, uninspired, and unpassionate studio execs.
Liked because of the intro. Loved the analysis as well, although I like Solo way more than the Last Jedi.
Rushil Popat Who wouldn’t?
I'm gonna have to disagree with that. TLJ is a way better film than Solo
KillaKam You must not have watched either then, lol
either way, it is a low bare to jump.
Tbf, it could be argued that solo didn't flop because it was bad. It flopped because the movie before it was bad, leading to people not caring enough about solo to go see it. So in away your opinion might indeed echo many fans who didn't like TLJ, except you went to see solo but they didn't.
That building explosion made me lmao 😂
That beginning deserves an Emmy alone, that was truly beautiful.
I can't be the only one to hear "Soylo" in my head every time I see the word solo...
I was so uninterested in this movie that I still haven't watched it
I felt the same way. I was suprised when I actually enjoyed it
So disinterested that you watch videos ABOUT Solo? HAHAHA
@@alexzabala2154 No, I watched because 1: I'm subscribed to Filmento and I enjoy his content and cinema overall and 2: I wanted to understand why I was so uninterested in a movie, particularly a Star Wars one. Use your brains before spewing shit please
It's an ok movie, nothing special though.
I was uninterested during the whole viewing of the movie.
“So-Low” 😂😭😭 had to thumbs up this vid just off that
greedy for a trilogy leads to loaner, leader han solo into a friendly, people pleaser who'd probably wouldnt shoot first, then precedes to do that...
At least you remember The Last Jedi.
Yeah, I wish I wouldn´t.
I was looking forward to a story about Han and Chewbacca incrementally bonding as a through-line of the movie.
instead that just felt like one scene and they fell into place like a set of action figures a kid improvises make-believe with.
I few years ago I actually drew out some concept illustrations for just a story idea I had about 18 year old CYNICAL Han being a stowaway on a Corelllian cargo ship commandeered mid-trip by the Empire and then leaving Han stranded on Kashyyyyyk (however that's spelled) where he encounters Chewbacca and eventually assists him in emancipating some of the wookies from the labor camp that once was Chewbacca's village...
sort of a mix of elements from War of the Planet of the Apes, and The Great Escape movie, but in STAR WARS style.
Just an idea I was imagining to illustrate key frames from for an art challenge, But I think the core aspects of a Chewie and Han being forced together and having a lot of distrust and tension until begrudgingly bonding and selfish Han having a rare moment of loyalty and saving Chewie might have been what I was missing from the Disney movie.
They didn't make me care about his bland and clean cut girlfriend. Possibly with a different actress... like Zoe Kravitz, from Mad Max Fury Road. at least she wouldn't look and act just like Leia...
but would've cared a lot more to develop the relationship between Han and Chewie.
Yea that movie had no balls. For one thing the love story was really distracting from the character itself of a young man just trying to survive. Or her saying that is a "good guy and hero" trying to make him likeable was missing the point. There was no edge to the character in the movie. They Disney-ed the Hell out of the movie and Ron Howard didn't help in this department. We are supposed to eventually like characters with how they grow out of situations, how they survive and the funny situations being organic, not forced. As opposed to them trying to force comedy.
I really liked the idea you thought about and created about Han going to Kashyyyk. Honestly that premise sounds infinitely more enticing and enjoyable than this movie.
To be honest I liked Solo despite its many problems. The action scenes were really good (the train heist was awesome and the entire sequence for the Kessel Run which includes the mines was cinema spectacular personally) but I do agree with a lot of things you said.
L337 was terrible, love interest was bland and could've offered more, Becket was similar in that regard. Paul Bettany's character was awesome and would've loved him to be more integral to the film. Maul was pointless though I am not too bothered (would've preferred it if it was a 10 second reveal rather than a mini-scene). Lady Proxima could've been really awesome if she was connected to Crimson Don and more important to play etc.
Mainly the problems with this film lie with the fact it didn't focus on the characters. They could've been awesome and truly special but they were underused and messy that it didn't really make for a compelling conflict. Hints of it were there, but only hints.
AGAIN I absolutely LOVE your idea about Kashyyyk, and I may even try to create a head-canon about that, but as for now I want to wrap my thoughts on Solo in a simple way:
A decent and fun film that fell short of its potential and was handled poorly, but despite its flaws is something that you could watch through once.
Love you're idea. It's a shame it would never get made.
Funny. I think I saw something similar is Star Wars Rebels, though scaled back.
@@rurallawwildwest9679 that's cool. I haven't watched the animated show, yet.
'Last Jedi' Killed the Franchise and 'Solo' was a casualty.
So much this. Solo is a decent movie, but it really was set up for failure.
Yea, Solo wasn't perfect and had plenty of flaws, but it was crucified for TLJ's sins a lot harder than it otherwise would have been criticized.
The Force Awakens killed the franchise long before Last Jedi did.
@@HOTD108_ The last Jedi is hands down the worst Star Wars movie ever made. It's absolutely beyond terrible in basically every imaginable way. I'm sorry but, the people you are talking to are either completely clueless about Star Wars or they are straight up stupid and have no taste.
I feel like fans took their anger & frustration over Last Jedi, on Solo. Solo was punished for the sins of Last Jedi. I actually like Solo. Not loved, but like. I also like The Force Awakens, but that was due more to nostalgia. (because I grew up watching episodes 4-6) I thought Rogue One was great. Last Jedi & Rise of Skywalker make Episodes 1-3 look like masterpieces. (I actually really like episodes 1-3. Not like, not love, but really like)
Your so right on this and your other star wars coverage. This is the only franchise that could rival the MCU in love, box office, and frequency of release if they just kept the lore/universe consistent and gave us great new characters to care about.
When Han signed up for the imperial army, I was so excited to see a dirty sci fi ground war for at least an act, but no, Disney had to take something interesting and slam a man eating chewbacca in the middle of it
I think solo is the iron man 3 of movies. Underrated and unappreciated.
The fact that Disney decided to do a Movie about a throwaway line from the first movie amuses me
I did see Solo in theatres - technically free, the website I review for purchased a couple tickets for us - but while I can't say I hated it, if TLJ was the first SW film to confuse me thoroughly with its conflicting tone, awkward shift in plot and universal structure and the disrespectful way with which it treated its supporters and its characters, Solo was the first SW film to bore me. It's not even the matter of making the goddamn Kessel Run dull either, which in itself is a feat, but from the start this film didn't _need_ to exist. No film does, technically, but fundamentally we already got an 'origin story' for Han in ANH and its follow-ups. He's a silver-tongued, acerbic lone wolf of a gangster who eventually comes to embrace a noble cause and also find love along the way. None of this added anything to...anything, with the lone exception of Maul's cameo that probably won't go anywhere. Countless small nods that prove anticlimactic like Woody Harrelson just giving Han his iconic blaster and dropping references to the old EU that only die-hard fans will get because nostalgia.
If TLJ was akin to expecting a five-course meal and getting a banquet served with a thick coating of dung because the chef thought it would be a novel tweak on an established concept, then Solo is the equivalent of cinematic gruel. It's digestible, but flavourless and lacking in any real reason for existing.
All the movie did was check the "what we already knew about Han" boxes. Here's how he got his name, this dude gave him his blaster, here's where he met Chewy and gave him his nickname, here's the Kessel run and how he won the falcon, here's why he shoots first... Blah!
Ah yes, I should instead mindlessly consume and applaud whatever I watch like some dull-witted clod, because critical thinking is for idiots who care about what they spend their time on.
Good advice, Rasmond.
I rather not digest dung.
Solo was the first movie since episode 1 that wasn't 'empire' vs 'rebels'. I give it credit for doing things to make the universe feel larger instead of working within the same box all other star wars media seems to be stuck in
It was a somewhat entertaining movie not horrendous to me. Comparable to Rogue one for me although Rogue One had Vader at the end as fan service while Maul was cheesy. I still find it better than Last Jedi tho. I saw Last Jedi in theater with my gf who isnt too familiar with star wars so when Leia did her force bs in the vacuum of space I was kinda embarrassed by it tbh.
The Vader scene and K2 were the only things I didn't hate about Rogue One. Darth Maul felt awkward in Solo, but it was such a little amount of screen time that I didn't really care.
What did your gf think of The Last Jedi?
Oof
I literally fell asleep in the middle of watching this on New Year's Eve...
I think solo underperforming in the box office was really good. Lucasfilm has now realized that when overexposed to Star Wars it grows old fast. They just need more time in between films and the movies will continue making a lot of money
I disagree about it being overexposed. Marvel releases 2-3 films a year and only The Incredible Hulk could really be considered a failure. I think the problem is more with bad and unfulfilling stories. TFA was just ANH remade for modern times with tons of interesting questions. The problem is all the questions in TFA are proved to be bullshit in TLJ and basically mocks anyone that wanted an interesting and compelling answer which really devalued the new trilogy as a whole to me. All that interesting setup in TFA was just thrown out like trash and really just made me not want to keep watching.
IMP4CTSnS ok but comparing the mcu and Star Wars is like comparing apples and oranges. Marvel has over 50 years of comic history to just pluck anything from. Where Star Wars is a new ongoing story being written and created not just pulled from or inspired by. Star Wars is very unexpandable as it is right now and tlj was a way to get away from the same Star Wars story we’ve seen a hundred times and push the franchise in a new direction. There is no way episode 9 can just be a rehash of rotj now because of the events of tlj. Star Wars will eventually be able to release movies every few months but first they need to get out of the storytelling rut it’s been in ever since the first film in 1977. Marvel has many different franchises where as Star Wars is just one franchise, in every film the good guy fights the bad guy with the lightsaber and the thing blows up. Also every answer we got in tlj was pretty clear from the get go in tfa for me at least, and snoke really doesn’t matter snoke represents everything that’s holding Star Wars back as a franchise so killing him is rian Johnson’s way of launching the franchise forward
Wrong. The future of the franchise is dead. What's the point of watching the mandolorian when we know that no matter what happens it all leads up to the dogsbit that is episode 8 and 9.
Starwars is dead and Disney killed it.
I guess this will teach them to hire a director for the long run and to have a script writer have a 3 arc story well written before going in to the theaters. A valuable lesson for the next phase of the MCU.
It's the only star wars movie that made me fall sleep in cinema, and I saw The Phantom Menace without even yawning.
i think the thesis that han is the “good guy” is part of why i actually like it so much. han in a new hope is gruff, selfish, but ultimately, deep down, a good guy. this is what leads him to stick with the rebellion and become a hero despite his impulses not to.
Solo is supposed to be the charismatic ruffian scoundrel. Now the redo of the Mos Eisley scene does show Greedo shooting first so maybe some viewers don’t realize that, by A New Hope Han is supposed to be a remorseless killer, but ultimately decides to risk his life to fight along side Luke (someone who he has only known for a few short days, but has had enough experiences in those short days that it’s a believable twist that he does rescue Luke in the nick of time.
The theatrical release cuts out the scene that shows how Chewbacca got his name. He's always chewing a space-rawhide, known as "bacca". So naturally, Han comes up with his nickname. Just brilliant back story, like so much in this film. Bonus fact: Chewy's real name is Bob.
I’m really sad, because Han Solo has been my favorite Star Wars character since 1st grade. It sucks how much of an injustice they did this amazing character.
Let's not gloss over the actor they chose for Solo. There was a better choice.
This guy has the coolest thumbnails.
At the beginning of A New Hope, Han cares only about his friend Chewbacca and is cynical about fighting for a greater cause. Therefore, Solo: A Star Wars Story needed to be a journey tracking his loss of faith in causes, but finding redemption through a single friendship. A great arc for this would be if he is betrayed by a friend, but joins a cause (The Empire?) in Act 1, has a false victory by fully committing to the cause and believing he needs to no friends in the middle and discovering the cause to be hollow, but being saved by a friend (Chewbacca) at the end of Act 2, thus creating a 3rd Act Climax of Han escaping with Chewbacca for a life of smuggling for a perfect entry into A New Hope.
To me, I didn't see Han Solo. I was curious what they do with the character, but in the end, that wasn't Han Solo for me.
The only one who did a decent job I think was Donald Glover, I think he sold Lando decently...
Filmento you're a legend ✊🏿
I got hooked watching solo... finished watching it actually in one sitting.
"so low" haha. This is just full of comedic gold
It made less money than Twilight?
I mean, goddamn, we boycotted the movie to send Lucasfilms a message about The Last Jedi but two years ago this would've been heresy!
I don't think it was the boycott that did it.
1. Despite a vocal minority, audiences loved TLJ.
2. Nobody wanted a Solo prequel in the first place.
45% on Rottentomatoes with actual restrictions against posting 1% scores?
"Vocal Minority" doesn't even cover the tip of the iceberg.
@@Necroxion
You know, not everyone on the planet who saw Episode VIII in cinemas is registered to leave user reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Almost every notable film critic is, though.
Dear Lord. I for one didn't "boycott the movie to send Lucasfilms a message", I just didn't see Solo because it looked like a really boring movie that was receiving unimpressive review scores. Plus, I had recently seen Infinity War twice, so I was kind of uninterested with the cinema for a bit.
Jed Malig "...we boycotted the movie to send Lucasfilms a message about The Last Jedi..."
I really don't get this mindset. Why boycott a movie because of another movie? I didn't see Solo because I hate prequels, especially if it tries to explain the origins of a great character (and, in doing so, ruins the character). But if Solo had turned out to have been terrific with stellar reviews, then I would've happily stood in line to buy a ticket.
I didnt even enjoy the fact that the last part was filmed in my home island, i just was completly out of the experience
its not the boycott its because no one wanted this film
Exactly, I never even heard about the boycott. I just didn't watch it cause this movie didn't interest me.
We already know how Han ends up, we've already seen him get developed from a selfish smuggler, to a hero of the rebellion. Nobody asked for it, so why is everyone giving credit to the boycott?
Little Cat Productions Obi Wan, Yoda, Windu etc. would have been much more interesting.
No, it's because all Star wars fans are miserable, entitled, losers.
Funny thing is, I went to see it specifically because of the boycott; I had zero interest in the movie. If it hadn't been for the basement dwellers telling me I needed to stay away from it I would have saved my money and seen something else.
Doesn't help that most of the time when people online seem to be dreading a movie's release or say they won't see it, it winds up a hit anyways. See: Venom, Captain Marvel, Aladdin.
There's so many channels like yours who do great breakdowns of movies and the subcount is always so low. I hope the algorithm blesses you and you get a video that gets a million views more than the others for seemingly no reason.
The reviews didn't matter to me. TLJ didn't matter either.
I didn't watch it because I just didn't think it would be interesting. Solo's arc for me was complete. It didn't need a prequel. We already saw him grow from a scoundrel (ANH) to his death as a hero.
You are also right in that this did not add anything to the franchise. I did not think Solo would add anything of value to the current story of Star Wars. Even if it did, as a prequel for a dead character, this is the type of movie one can safely skip on the theater and just wait for it's release on home video or TV.
Great video again! I always enjoy your stuff. 👍
The Last Jedi basically ruined my excitement for new Star Wars movies. I still have no desire to watch this movie.
Tell us how you feel about curly fries and whole milk
@Ryan Bell your shaming tactics are no good here
THE EDITING, I SWEAR ITS A MASTERPIECE XD
Oh my god, that beginning was classic!
11:03 Michael bay when he farts
This movie wouldn't have flopped if Lloyd and Chris weren't fired. Those two are talented directors.
You must be finnish, its just that lovely accent
Just picked that too, lol
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14:25 As someone watching this 5 years later, this is funny, but also depressing.
To be honest, TLJ wasn't even that memorable. I remember the isolated moments of stupidity, but the parts between were so dull that I often have trouble piecing the plot together in my memory.
I think Chewbacca is in handcuffs for at least fifty percent of his scenes in every Star Wars film.
Unfortunately, I remember TLJ. Wish I've never seen that crap.
William Shatner, it has been said, stated that the best thing to ever happen to Star Trek's TV show was: ending it at the 3rd Season. Had Season 4 & 5 continued without cancellation, the show would have ultimately met its permanent death. Without a vision Kathleen Kennedy hoped SW would survive on nostalgia alone. Nice reveal, Filmento!
This was a good movie. Ron Howard did a great job. I hated TLJ. TFA was so so. This movie was actually entertaining.
We don't know if Howard did a great job cause he didn't direct the whole movie.
"I don't have people, I am alone."
"Han Alone, next!"
"And you're from Corrilia, ha?"
"It's my home"
"Home Alone, next"
Solo is a great western movie. And it is so infinitely more coherent than both previous two movies together... I loved it; simple, awsome, to the point. Yes, it had obvious flaws, but it was a solid experience overall. Too bad Johnson killed the franchise just before it came out... I am sure that if Solo came out before episode 8, it would have been considered as good as Rogue One.
"this is a thermal detenator * click click *, and i just armed it" that was a dr who joke from 2010
Lando was my favorite part of the movie. Wish they had focused more on him and less on the completely irrelevant snarky robot.
Corellia, Imperial Academy, Smuggler, Kashyyyk, Chewbacca.
Full plot already done.
kisham Literally the only source material used.
I honestly don’t think it was that bad.
I don't think it was bad, per se. It just didn't have any impact.
Part of the problem is, there were no stakes. Nothing that we saw on screen has any implications for the wider universe. The only questions it really answered were trivial questions about Han.
Even the prequels were trying to answer an important question: How did Anakin become Vader? How did the Republic fall?
The most consequential question Solo answers is, "How did Han get the Millennium Falcon?" And it's not that I don't care, but I don't need a whole movie to explain it.
Nah, people are just salty about the last jedi, they boycotted solo which influences the reviews because of saltiness
They are taking it out on the star wars brand
it's ok.
@@akamundi864 that's only part of it, mostly no one wanted to see a young solo
Solo biggest problem is lack of marketing, lack of publicity, people still thinking it's coming out in December...
Well I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I liked this film. In fact, I liked it that much that I bought it on 4k for £25.
4:32 "who's that?" it's always a good thing to have the dramatic reveal of the scene's major antagonists be followed by the protagonists not having a clue who they are or why they're there. it's film making 101, really. it comes right after "always have hostile contempt for your audience (ex. _The Last Jedi.)_
Let's just forget what Disney made okay
14:00 Darth Jar Jar! I knew it!!
I honestly really like this movie because it isnt a force heavy and grand epic star wars film
Its just chill and here for a good time
Ya I like it a lot too! Not quite as good as Rogue One but a billion times better than the sequel trilogy
I could see that
Why is no one mentioning the big mistake in this movie of not casting Anthony Ingruber for the role of Han? He is litteraly the young Harrison Ford!
This movie was so unnecessary, at this point, I feel like they want to make movies about Luke and Leia's everyday lives prior to the events of the first trilogy
Blue milk: a star wars story
@@tomerohanabentzvi9866 lmfao XD
watching this in 2020. i had case of sudden burst of uncontrollable hysterical laughter. oh those times when we try to predict the future...
I consider it a failure but only financially. From its announcement everyone thought that a Solo prequel has no reason to exist and the movie confirmed that. So basically it did exactly what we expected and on its own merit, every aspect of it was competently made and fun to watch. I wouldn't call that a failure, although I do agree that after the petty death threats following TLJ they should have delayed the release to December. Maybe then it would have made more money.
Luke Van Branderplank It also failed to excite the fan base. Stop sugar coating the reality.
You poor optimistic fool, almost 4 years later and nothing has improved.
I'd call it a failure, but more because it's just... wrong. In so many ways, on so many things, it's just plain wrong. Flatly incorrect. It takes an established setting, with an established history, and just screws up all over the place - even if Disney owns it now, they don't have the right to change what's already been pre-established about how the universe works and what's happened in it before. That's actually one of the big reasons why *every* one of the 'new' Star Wars movies has been a pathetic failure.
My favourite, by some margin, of the Disney Star Wars Films. I thought it was a fun space adventure for the most part, and it remains the only Disney Star Wars film I've watched more than once.
Never watched it, don’t think I will, unless I’m forced down a chair
It's isn't bad but it's very bland
It's not that bad, so you would rather watch some numptys RUclips video than the actual film?
ringoice360 funny my brother watched it he said he didn’t pay attention to the whole movie, I assume the movies boring or just dumb
"Everyone liked *this* character! Let's make a movie about him!"
The solo film is better than the last jedi if you ask me.
I agree, but they are still really bad movies.
Solo is the cinematic representation of the colour beige
Movie was a cinematic failure. Acting was shoddy (except for Paul Bettany), lighting was terrible, plot was uninspired. The whole thing just felt rushed and cramped at the same time.
This was so funny, I literally cried laughing at this 10:51 😂😂🤣
Thank you so much @Filmento, God bless you man