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Your direct quote:
"...Nothing ground breaking, just a fun movie. A solid 7.5..."
If you really enjoyed it, you would've given it a 10 or even a 9 which is my point. You know Solo is a mediocre movie, but you're criticizing fans who want Star Wars to improve its quality. Stop expecting fans to lower their standards to meet yours.
If SW was always mediocre than there wouldn't be an issue. Disney purposely lowered the quality in order to rush films out for a quick cash grab.
"deal with it."
I have. Not only is Disney not receiving my money from the 2+ times I normally see a SW movie, buy a blue-ray and merchandise, but I've been able to talk several other people out of seeing it. I guess not all parents want to explain what a pansexual is to their kids.
"Star Wars isn’t yours"
But my money is. And Disney will be receiving a lot less of it from moviegoers for Solo. Hurrah!
YOUR 7.5 RATING is a mediocre one. It's fine that you can enjoy mediocre films. Like the Nirvana song goes, you're easily amused. The rest of us aren't and have decided to sit this movie out.
Your reading comprehension must be low or your memory bad since my previous posts have explicitly pointed out that my dissatisfaction with the Disney SW films has to do with lack of quality in its character development and storytelling as well as creativity.
Bad movies should fail. That's how we get better ones in the future.
I actually like supporting my boycotting comrades on the internet during these dark times of bad Disney SW filmmaking.
"But repeating it again and again and again is just doing so to annoy those that don’t feel the same way. "
If that's not the kettle calling the pot black. You've been supporting a movie that you admit isn't that good for days now. I could understand if you thought it was a great movie, but you don't (7.5). I hope you're a Disney shill and they're paying you well to troll the internet with your support of their mediocrity.
Denial without any argument means you have none to present.
Your denials are contradicting your previous posts when you admit that the SFX was groundbreaking. You also admitted that Solo is not a good movie which means you settle for mediocrity. Those who boycott aren't willing to accept bad filmmaking like you do.
A person can still be a Star Wars fan, but hate the Disney films. There's plenty of good Lucas Star Wars films, novels, shows and games that still exist no matter how much Disney wants to wish it all away.
It's also fun to watch KK Disney SW crash and burn!
UPDATE:
From Deadline.com
May 25 - 10:47AM: Industry estimates this morning are pegging around $33M today for Disney’s Solo: A Star Wars Story with a $80M-$90M three-day and $105M-$115M play over four days. That’s a very early read on opening figures, which do not come from Disney.
A pansexual is a person who is not limited by another person's gender, sexual orientation or gender identity. For instance, that person wouldn't care if a potential mate had gender reassignment. In SW, it appears to also include droids and space aliens.
"it’s about recapturing the magic of old serials..."
Not true. I saw Star Wars in the theater in 1977. Vietnam and Watergate had created a malaise in the U.S.. Americans were the bad guys and nobody could be trusted. Many films showed gray - no heroes. Lucas wanted to create heroes for a new generation in a movie about good vs. bad - no gray.
"not groundbreaking."
Not true. SFX, Dolby sound, CGI, CGI characters, digital film-making, first strong female lead.
Lucas raised the bar re: sci-fi movie quality. Disney is now trying to lower the bar by saying to accept their mediocre/bad films which can be made faster and easier than a quality film.
Lucas movies are filled with great artwork: music, costumes, props, sets, cinematography, fight choreography and original concepts.
There is thought behind the art and storylines like the Empire = Nazis; stormtroopers = skeletons; prequels theme of how does a democracy become a totalitarian state like democratic Germany becoming Nazi Germany; religious/spiritual themes about redemption and hope; small group being able to win over a large more powerful group (Vietcong vs U.S., Rebels vs Empire)
Star Wars was originally made for young adults, not young kids. Later, Lucas did try to appeal to young children with the Ewoks and Jarjar though.
All Disney SW films including Solo are basically recycling from Lucas 40 year old films and not even well. You like the Star Wars brand. Slap the SW label on any recycled crap and it's SW. What I always liked was the original art, messages and story-telling which are now missing.
I'm open-minded. I already heard what was wrong with it. What do you consider great about it?
Exactly. Why would anyone think Boba Fett would be a good film under KK's management.
Disney Star Wars:
The scripts are horrible. Little to no character development. Constantly ripping-off the original trilogy like this one does. No original conceptual art. Too afraid to take risks. Mediocre to bad special effects. Mindless shallow plots. Lazy execution. You wrote "nothing groundbreaking". I expect to see groundbreaking in a Star Wars movie since Lucas pushed his films into new territory. Lacks the visual, historical, political, moral as well as philosophical and spiritual messages that Lucas' films had. Dumbed-down generic films. Offensively racist and sexist even though KK goal is the opposite. BTW, Lucas' movies were very "SJW", but he concentrated on good story-telling and characters which ended up being the main focus.
Lucas wasn't always successful, but he had the courage to take risks. Disney is just recycling his 40 year old films ad nauseam.
If Disney can't produce a quality film that's worthy of the Star Wars name, then they deserve to be boycotted. Stop supporting mediocrity.
What was great about it?
We'll find out he's transgender.
It sounds like 2/3 of the movie is crap.
Princess Diana was an aristocrat and the marriage was a disaster.
I believe the royal family changed for the better since Diana and Sarah. They appear to be more supportive and give more leeway. Harry and Meg will also have more freedom than William and Kate since he's farther from the throne.
I was impressed with how Charles made sure that Meghan's mom felt welcome. I just read the Gospel Choir was his suggestion, too.
I thought you were going to write it would be difficult for her because she's an actress and they need more freedom. Meghan seems to like the spotlight, knows how to handle the press, likes charities, and I read was very flexible. Her personality and Diana's good upbringing of her sons gives them better odds.
Already opened in France on Wednesday. Paris one day movie ticket sales was the #1 most popular movie. But, it's a far cry from other Star Wars movies:
Solo - 2,372
Rogue One - 6478
The Last Jedi - 13,190
The Force Awakens - 16,415
Update China:
China Midnight openings:
Yen:
TFA 16M
Rogue One 3.7M
Last Jedi 3.5M
Solo 0.75M = $120,000 dollars
They expect total 10 million dollars total in China. A flop!
TFA made $124m; Last jedi $42.6m
It sounds like the droid needs to be in the Me Too Movement.
Isn't the royal family roots really German? Prince Phillip is Greek and Danish? The irony is Meghan's father is a WASP with origins from England which may make her more British than the royal family.
The royals have to work for their perks. I read that Kate is on maternity leave. I didn't know they had that.
Diana was a very hands-on mother and William appears to want the same experience for his children. I notice that he accompanies George around a lot and is holding his hand.
Why do you believe Meghan will have more trouble than Kate?
I hope you're wrong about Harry's marriage. So far, I like the support she and her mother appear to be receiving from the family. Nothing could be worst than her father's nutty relations.
The comments are interesting since they're mainly disinterested or negative about Solo.