Doesn't she want to see how the Falcon made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs, though?
Fe's criticism seems solely focused on hating action blockbuster movies as a general rule. Okay, sure, if you fundamentally hate action movies then you are incapable of realizing any value in these movies. IMO that isn't a fair criticism. It makes you a poor judge of them, because you're judging them on a set of criteria they've pretty clearly told you they aren't pursuing. Are you asking for a slow burn, arthouse series with slow burn payoffs? Because for a series of continuing superhero movies that sounds pretty awful. Sin City, maybe? Fans who read comics and these characters enjoy them because of those traits, not in spite of them.
I'd also challenge the notion these movies are dumb or poorly made. They contain some of the most highly creative set pieces in any blockbusters that have come out save for maybe Mad Max: Fury Road. GoTG, Ant-Man, Dr. Strange all contain unusual creative directions unique and appropriate to their characters. The characters also evolve—Thor changes significantly from Thor 1 to Thor: Ragnarok. They have just enough depth to them. Age of Ultron is the only movie in the franchise that didn't deliver any real advances (except the introduction of new characters).
The MCU movies haven't yet made a huge misstep that imploded the franchise. That's what I find most remarkable—they actually executed a plan over 18 movies with the same characters that culminated in a final end point. I actually think that's how these comic continuum universes are best presented. I look no further than X-Men and DC and see how quickly the wheels come off their ambitions to appreciate what I've had the last 10 years.
Originally Posted by rezo
I brought it up in this thread about Han Solo because the preview for this movie looks bad. Star Wars has only been back for 4 years and the bloom is starting to come off the rose. TFA was fun. Rogue One had terrible character development, and ruined most of its action sequences with unsatisfying deus ex-style saves, The Last Jedi was a terrible mess of high minded philosophy that didn't want to get its hands dirty in pragmatism (and when it did, we got the warp-jump battering ram), and Han Solo looks like a low substance cash-in. I want to know what to expect out of these movies. Maybe having them so close together has exposed their shortcomings too blatantly.
Originally Posted by rezo
I feel that there is definitely a glut of Star Wars on the market right now. It's a big galaxy and it could tell a whole lot of stories and frankly I'm capable of consuming quite a lot of it but it's no longer the "event" that it used to be, and is in danger of turning into something most people flat out don't care about. They can say some of the movies are "side story" and some of them are "main event" but they all say Star Wars in the title and releasing them so close together does nothing but diminish the franchise.
There is a digital streaming network that Disney is working on that will have a live action TV series, and there will at some point be another animated show since Rebels just ended its run, Rian Johnson has been given the go ahead to create another trilogy of movies that takes place in a different time period from the current one, and then the Game of Thrones dudes have been hired to do something which might be that live action TV series but it could also be something else. Frankly right now this policy of releasing so much of it reminds me other nothing more than what Activision did to Guitar Hero. Release a shit load of product in a short period of time and then wonder why people weren't buying plastic guitars anymore. And then blaming anyone but themselves.
UCB is so good.
Went and saw it.
It's ok. Not a trash fire by any means, so I guess Ron Howard did his job and delivered something competent. Never really bought into youngin as Han but he didn't do anything to make me cringe. Basically the movie didn't need to happen. It's a collection of "oh and this is how that becomes a thing". I feel like there was hopes of turning it into a series of movies based on Young Han, and since youngin is signed for three movies I suppose that's true. But I don't think that's going to happen based on how few people were in the theater.
I also guess it's no surprise but Donald Glover knocks it out of the park. There are even points where I almost believe he's matching the voice perfectly.
Seeing Darth Maul on screen with robot legs was nice, as it affirms everything that happened in the two animated series is taken seriously. And they got the actor to reprise his appearance. Though they got the voice actor from the show for his lines for some reason.
Oooh, also remember that game Masters of Teras Kasi? That wretched wretched fighting game that made zero sense? It gets a reference, and I think I liked that more than most of the rest of the movie.
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