I went in with low expectations and walked out satisfied. Solo is pretty good. Is that a high enough standard for any Star Wars movie? That's a worthwhile discussion for another time. For now, let's focus on this movie.
All my concerns, all my worries about why the movie might bomb, melted away as I watched. Alden Ehrenreich is a good young Han Solo. He's not Harrison Ford, which was my concern, but no one is. It's an unreachable bar. Give the guy a fair shot to play this cool, funny, confident and somewhat naïve version of Han. He won't blow you away, but he won't greatly disappoint either.
Ehrenreich's performance is a microcosm of the entire movie-pretty good, not incredible. I'm okay with that.
Donald Glover as Lando is even better than pretty good. He owns each scene in which he appears. The movie was off to a slow and clunky start until he showed up and infused the story with some much needed suave and energy. Ehrenreich seemed to feed off his presence. Glover made him better.
The plot is a bit light. That may have been intentional, so there is more to explore in future Solo and Lando movies. But this movie did enough to keep me interested. When those movies come out, you can bet I'll buy my ticket.
All my concerns, all my worries about why the movie might bomb, melted away as I watched. Alden Ehrenreich is a good young Han Solo. He's not Harrison Ford, which was my concern, but no one is. It's an unreachable bar. Give the guy a fair shot to play this cool, funny, confident and somewhat naïve version of Han. He won't blow you away, but he won't greatly disappoint either.
Ehrenreich's performance is a microcosm of the entire movie-pretty good, not incredible. I'm okay with that.
Donald Glover as Lando is even better than pretty good. He owns each scene in which he appears. The movie was off to a slow and clunky start until he showed up and infused the story with some much needed suave and energy. Ehrenreich seemed to feed off his presence. Glover made him better.
The plot is a bit light. That may have been intentional, so there is more to explore in future Solo and Lando movies. But this movie did enough to keep me interested. When those movies come out, you can bet I'll buy my ticket.