I don’t like to call Frankenstein’s creation a ‘monster’ because he seems pretty chill, so I just call him Frankenstein’s lil boi
*new yorker accent* yeah, that’s guy’s just Frankie’s kid, what’s it to ya?
“Yeah that’s Frankie’s kid, his pop dont treat ‘im right, neither do most people round here, but he ain’t a bad kid, just in a bad sitiation”
Saturday, January 5, 2019
I saw Solo (2018) tonight
Meh.
It was competent, but couldn’t decide if it wanted to be light-hearted adventure or a gritty sci-fi noir heist deal.
Alden Ehrenreich gave an uneven performance as Han, at least to me– sometimes he was charming, sometimes he was stiff. I don’t know if this is intentional or not since this is supposed to be about Han forming his “scoundrel” identity, but I also think it could have been from the chaotic production Solo was encumbered with. Donald Glover was fun and Emilia Clarke was surprisingly poignant. Woody Harrelson was solid. And Vision was there… that was weird.
Lots of OT references, par the course for these films. The action was good. The music was nice. I liked the western and noir aesthetics– the bar scene was very cool, I admit.
I will say of all the Disney SW films, I thought this one was the best. I can take or leave TFA, Rogue One bored me, and TLJ is a movie I’ve gone from disliking to just complete apathy. Solo has fun moments at least… but it’s nothing that makes me want to sit through a whole trilogy.