Alden Ehrenreich was absolutely fine as young Han Solo in what I assume - based on the ending, which flawed me and sent me down a serious Google rabbit hole, it must be said - was supposed to be a trilogy of movies that perhaps takes Han Solo up to the moment he walks into the Mos Eisley Cantina to meet Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi?
My problem is that it's hard to see anyone other than Harrison Ford playing Han Solo, even a young one, even as good as Alden Ehrenreich was. Donald Glover also reminded me of a young Billy Dee Williams, so Lando was covered off well. And who doesn't like seeing Chewbacca?
Impressive set piece action sequences and visuals (as we've come to expect from Star Wars), a pretty good plot and that surprising finale. All good, but Solo just didn't do it for me like the three Skywalker trilogies and Rogue One did.
Not a bad film, but still my least favourite Star Wars one.
My problem is that it's hard to see anyone other than Harrison Ford playing Han Solo, even a young one, even as good as Alden Ehrenreich was. Donald Glover also reminded me of a young Billy Dee Williams, so Lando was covered off well. And who doesn't like seeing Chewbacca?
Impressive set piece action sequences and visuals (as we've come to expect from Star Wars), a pretty good plot and that surprising finale. All good, but Solo just didn't do it for me like the three Skywalker trilogies and Rogue One did.
Not a bad film, but still my least favourite Star Wars one.