She's fast enough for you, old man.

[lunabee34]

1. We saw Solo. I was extremely skeptical but ended up very pleasantly surprised by how good the movie is.

I really wanted someone who looks and sounds more like Harrison Ford in the role, but the actor did a really good job of mimicking the cadence of Ford's voice and capturing his mannerisms.

I love Woody Harrelson so hard; I kinda want him to be the grizzled and pessimistic mentor in everything after Hunger Games, Zombieland, and now Solo. His betrayal of Han hurts, but I love that his death scene just confirms that, yes, Han shoots first. LOL

I love that Kira didn't betray Han. I knew she was going to run out on him in the end, but I didn't realize she'd be running to the Dark Side of the Force. I thought she was going to set herself up as the new leader of the Crimson Dawn.

Han is so sweet in this movie; he's like Luke in A New Hope. He's not naive like Luke, but he's optimistic and believes the best of people like Luke.

Love everything with Han and Lando; wow, Donald Glover really inhabits that role. Amazing performance. I love that Han beats him at his own game. Fantastic. In the day since we watched, I've started looking at reviews, and I see that some people think this movie means that they don't see each other again until Empire, but IDK why.

Love everything with Chewie and Han. Oh, my heart. Their friendship is so awesome.

Enfys Nest is a terrible name. Horrible. Threw me out of the movie every time anyone said it, mostly because I had no idea what they were saying and thought it was Infant Mess or something like that.

I sincerely thought that Enfys Nest was supposed to be Woody Harrelson and Thandie Newton's daughter, but I guess not. That was a weird moment.

Now we know why Threepio thinks the Millennium Falcom speaks with a weird dialect. LOL

Is all the stuff about Han's background EU canon, or did they make it up for the movie? Anybody know?

On the whole, two thumbs up!

2. Emma and I watched The Hitman's Bodyguard last night. So much fun, y'all. It's like an AU Fury and AU Deadpool go on a road trip. It's really violent but very, very funny. If you like Deadpool, you'll like this one.

3. watch them rolling back by napricot; Infinity Wars Spoilers; Bucky/Steve

“The journey to reach Thanos will take some time. We will spend that time getting in touch with our feelings and loving each other and our beloved lost comrades. We will share and communicate! We will build a bifrost of love and thus reach our beloved dead even across the voids between planes! In this way, we will make sure they remain connected to us.”

“Gross,” mutters Nebula.

“And then! We will murder Thanos with our bare hands!! Is that understood?!” finishes Thor, roaring by now, a bright, crazed grin fixed on his face. Sparks of lightning are crackling off of him. Steve inches his chair back from him, just in case.

Comments

[chelseagirl]

I'm hoping to see Solo this weekend; we'll see. Glad you liked it. I've been hearing a fair bit of "meh" but mostly from folks who are invested in Extended Universe and etc. I only know the movies, so whatever.

[lunabee34]

I hope you like it. I only know the movies, too, and it worked pretty well for me.

[china_shop]

I'm so glad you liked Solo, yay! I think I was in the wrong frame of mind for it, when I saw it, plus I kept liking characters who then died, which made me additionally pouty. ;-P

Yay! :-)

[lunabee34]

*nods*

I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes you're just not in the right mood for whatever it is.

[jackandahat]

I love Hitman's Bodyguard! So many good parts - though honestly, my favourite has to be Nick Fury and a busload of nuns. With singing.

[lunabee34]

OMG, yes. Emma and I died laughing at that part. And Deadpool's just sitting there stoically listening to the rambunctious singing. LOL

I also loved the song Samuel L. Jackson sings in the car; a full version of it with music plays over the credits, and he also wrote the song! Wild.

[independence1776]

I haven't seen Solo and won't until it's out on video, but I'm not avoiding spoilers so I can actually answer your Han's-background question.

Copying from an article on Tor: "Much of the character’s backstory from the Legends canon was preserved for the sake of the film: his childhood on Corellia, stealing on behalf of another to survive, his enrollment in the Imperial Academy, his meet-cute with Chewbacca while he’s trying to leave the Empire."

[lunabee34]

That is cool! Thank you. I was hoping his backstory was building on EU elements.

[princessofgeeks]

I also thought they were signalng that Enfys was Woody Harrelson's daughter! I still think that's possible. Maybe they left that for the next director to take up or to ignore.

I saw some speculation that trolls are intentionally bombing this movie on Rotten Tomatoes and that other fan-drive review site.

I have no idea what all the meh is about this movie. It was thoroughly enjoyable and I am looking forward to seeing it again.

[lunabee34]

Oh, good. I'm glad it wasn't just me who thought she might be his daughter.

I don't get the meh either. I thought it was a perfectly fun movie; I don't think it deserves an Oscar or anything, but most of the movies I enjoy watching don't deserve Oscars. LOL

[torachan]

Yeah, the way she very dramatically removed her mask like it was supposed to be some revelation, I thought for sure she was going to be his daughter, but it doesn't seem like that was the case.

As for her name, I could tell it was Enfys Nest (well, not the spelling, obvs) but didn't realize the first few times they said it that it was referring to a person. I thought based on nest that it was a place. (Especially since it sounds like Enfy's Nest, which sounds like even more of a place name.)

I really liked the film overall, though.

[lunabee34]

Like I told princess upthread, I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who initially thought she was supposed to be his daughter.

As far as her name goes, I have realized in the past few weeks that my hearing has gotten even worse than it's normal sucky. LOL I just couldn't make heads or tails of it while listening.