Star Wars

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JPGJOHNNYG

Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on December 16, 2017, 10:41:08 PM
Quote from: gallsman on December 16, 2017, 10:36:47 PM
Solo is a "Space Western" apparently.

Well then maybe a bobba fett film will be decided by the success or lack of of Solo. Even if solo sucks though the box office will be gold

Just a thought though for all I know bobba fett could have a huge role in the solo movie. Anybody heard any rumours?

Tony Baloney

Quote from: clarshack on December 16, 2017, 10:42:30 PM
overall disappointed with the Last Jedi. a couple of 'wow' moments not enough to save it imo.

anyway for me:

ESB
ANH
R1
ROTJ
TFA
TLJ
ROTS
AOTC
TPM
Up until the last hour I would have said it was a good addition to the set but the last hour moved it into the "great" category for me.

laoislad

Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 16, 2017, 09:30:03 PM
Quote from: gallsman on December 16, 2017, 08:52:35 PM
Rogue One
Empire Strikes Back
The Last Jedi
A New Hope
The Force Awakens (because it was the exact same film as ANH)
Return of the Jedi
Revenge of the Sith
The Phantom Menace
Attack of the Clones
I think that is same as me. I don't bother ranking the first 3.
They're all shite Tony ya bollix
When you think you're fucked you're only about 40% fucked.

gallsman

Sure you've not seen any of them. Too busy drooling over Debbie McGee doing the splits on Strictly  ;)

Syferus

#199
Just seen The Last Jedi. I'd have pretty high expectations for a Star Wars film, they just mean a lot more to me than something like Marvel, even if it's the marketing media machine those movies aspire to be.

That said, apart from Finn having little of consequence to do I enjoyed it a lot. That whole casino escapade was pointless and stretched the overall running time for little effect. I loved the Rey-Luke-Kylo scenes on Skellig Michael, though. But surprised by death of spoilers ahead Luke while Leia survives, given she really has to die in the final film. Each movie will contain the death of one of the original trio. Maybe that's the point? Given Yoda came back to set fire to a tree, Luke will probably be back in the next film anyways

Some beautiful cinematography, and with TLJ the new trilogy is standing on its own two legs now and well set up for a finale of its own rather than simply aping plot points from the old movies.

JPGJOHNNYG

The Solo film looks pretty good, the trailer was worth the wait. Yer main man still looks piss poor though surely there were other actors who looked and sounded a bit like Ford.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9PkToULL1c

Syferus

Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on February 05, 2018, 05:01:48 PM
The Solo film looks pretty good, the trailer was worth the wait. Yer main man still looks piss poor though surely there were other actors who looked and sounded a bit like Ford.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9PkToULL1c

It looks like a steaming pile of hot garbage.

Those that complained about The Last Jedi are about to see what a bad Star Wars film actually looks like.

JPGJOHNNYG

Quote from: Syferus on February 05, 2018, 05:03:48 PM
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on February 05, 2018, 05:01:48 PM
The Solo film looks pretty good, the trailer was worth the wait. Yer main man still looks piss poor though surely there were other actors who looked and sounded a bit like Ford.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9PkToULL1c

It looks like a steaming pile of hot garbage.

Those that complained about The Last Jedi are about to see what a bad Star Wars film actually looks like.

I though last Jedi was good. I loved rogue one so hoping this is as good. Heard so many negative things about this one can surely only get better

Eamonnca1

Solo looks good so far, despite the negative press surrounding the production.

BTW, ever wonder why the Millenium Falcon looks so strange? Ever wonder how it's a "freighter" despite not having a whole lot of room for cargo? Apparently it was a "tugboat" type of thing. Used for pushing containers.



Hence the slot in the middle and cockpit on the side.

Eamonnca1

Quote from: gallsman on December 16, 2017, 10:36:47 PM
Solo is a "Space Western" apparently.

Star Wars worked best when it was a western. Out in the middle of nowhere, lawlessness abounds, gangsters run the place, and galactic politics are far away and only get mentioned in occasional conversation. The prequels got bogged down in politics and that was a major factor in their insufferable boredom.

Syferus

#205
It was originally designed by the directors as a space comedy (why Kathleen Kennedy expected anything different when she hired the directors of the Lego Movie is beyond me) and this movie is sure to be an absolute tonal mess with Ron Howard tasked to make a conventional action movie out of a film that had shot 95% of its footage when he arrived. It will be fun to try to cherrypick the scenes that are obvious reshoots. Even the trailer was straining itself at the seems trying to make it look halfways serious.

I love Star Wars but anyone not expecting this to be a mess is setting themselves up for a very obvious fall.

oakleaflad

Quote from: Syferus on February 05, 2018, 06:03:37 PM
It was originally designed by the directors as a space comedy (why Kathleen Kennedy expected anything different when she hired the directors of the Lego Movie is beyond me) and this movie is sure to be an absolute tonal mess with Ron Howard tasked to make a conventional action movie out of a film that had shot 95% of its footage when he arrived. It will be fun to try to cherrypick the scenes that are obvious reshoots. Even the trailer was straining itself at the seems trying to make it look halfways serious.

I love Star Wars but anyone not expecting this to be a mess is setting themselves up for a very obvious fall.
I've read/heard 80% of the film is reshoots so you might be better trying to cherry-pick which parts aren't reshoots. I had next to no expectations for this due to the bad reports but I found the trailer decent and will watch it.

JPGJOHNNYG

Saw Solo last night. Not bad considering all the production problems. 7/10. The main guy is badly miscast, its like the adventured of Han Solos shorter brother. Other than that though quite enjoyable. Interesting cameo at the end setting up more sequels for disney

AZOffaly

Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on May 24, 2018, 10:28:35 AM
Saw Solo last night. Not bad considering all the production problems. 7/10. The main guy is badly miscast, its like the adventured of Han Solos shorter brother. Other than that though quite enjoyable. Interesting cameo at the end setting up more sequels for disney

See I can't understand that shite. I love Star Wars, but the suspension of disbelief needed to think this lad is the same Han Solo that appears in IV is just too much. If you're casting for an actor that is supposed to be a younger (but not child!!) version of someone like Harrison Ford, you at least need to have the same height and at least a passing resemblance.

Tony Baloney

Quote from: AZOffaly on May 24, 2018, 10:32:26 AM
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on May 24, 2018, 10:28:35 AM
Saw Solo last night. Not bad considering all the production problems. 7/10. The main guy is badly miscast, its like the adventured of Han Solos shorter brother. Other than that though quite enjoyable. Interesting cameo at the end setting up more sequels for disney

See I can't understand that shite. I love Star Wars, but the suspension of disbelief needed to think this lad is the same Han Solo that appears in IV is just too much. If you're casting for an actor that is supposed to be a younger (but not child!!) version of someone like Harrison Ford, you at least need to have the same height and at least a passing resemblance.
Are you not already taking quite a leap for the story but the actor's height is a problem  ;D...

Young Han Solo finds adventure when he joins a gang of galactic smugglers, including a 196-year-old Wookie named Chewbacca. Indebted to the gangster Dryden Vos, the crew devises a daring plan to travel to the mining planet Kessel to steal a batch of valuable coaxium. In need of a fast ship, Solo meets Lando Calrissian, the suave owner of the perfect vessel for the dangerous mission -- the Millennium Falcon.