I saw it today for the first time. I put it off partly because of no babysitter and partly because of TFA & TLJ. I was one of nine in the theater.
It was okay. Not good, not bad. I had very low expectations for this and the first part of the movie did nothing for me until he hooked up with Chewie. The car/speeder chase felt dumb and much lower speed than the craft name led me to believe. The snow world was okay but Corellia sucked. The desert planet and mining planet were not bad but the only good visuals were during Kessel run. Why did they feel the need to include a tentacle monster? especially one with poor dexterity and coordination? Did they not listen to Kevin Smith's rant about studios making a Supes film?
Glover was great as Lando. I-can't-say-his-name was decent as baby Han; not so much to start but he definitely grew on me. I never saw anything pointing at Lando being pan-sexual. The droid was odd, maybe a bit too colorful. Bettany was great as always, so was Woody. Khaleesi was okay. I'm not a huge fan of her so I'm trying not to let that bias me. She just did not seem cold enough to be a syndicate Lt, let alone a badass. Also, I recognized but couldn't place Favreau as the voice of Artie but he did well.
Why was Buzz Lightyear st the first sabacc game? has that been discussed?
The Maul reveal had been spoiled for me and seemed like not a big deal. His lightsaber use across a hologram seemed over the top.
The best part of the movie was the music with hints of previous music played throughout. The falcon was the other great part. Seeing it newer and nicer before Han got ahold of it was nice. I enjoyed seeing the hologram chess game aboard the MF. heh, its initials are MF.
I did not like the brief Wookie cameo on Kessel. Why wouldn't Chewie steer them towards the MF?
This was essentially a heist movie but the train job, the mine robbery, and the last twists of who is betraying who all seemed too neat and wrapped up with little prep and explanation.
Did anyone else think that they protrayed Han as not just naive but also a bit dumb in this movie? Woody, Thandie, and others paint his as naive but the movie also seems to make Han look dumb at times. It did not detract from the movie for me but it just seemed odd.
Some of the stuff I did not like (besides everything before Chewie) included the diet stormtrooper scouts that Han was in when he met everyone. Why would the empire have these troops and stormtroopers? plus it's a peeve of mine when the lead character does mot look the role so they are more recognizable i.e. JLaw as Mystique without being blue, Chris Evans in IW without the Cap cowl, etc and couldn't they have had an idea of how to make Han distinguishable to the audience while leaving his mask on, such as when Finn was smeared with blood? He lost his mask in the battle and never replaced it after the battle.
Props for including Willow in the movie and showing his face. How old is that dude anyway?
that's all for now. what easter eggs did i miss in the movie?
