Solo: A Star Wars Story

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info: 25 May 2018

Director: Ron Howard
Writer:Jonathan Kasdan and Lawrence Kasdan
Running Time: 2 Hours and 15 Minutes

Staring: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Joonas Suotamo, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Paul Bettany and Jon Favreau

Rating? PG-13

SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS

IMDB: 7.2 of 10

MY RATING: 7

STORYLINE

During an adventure into the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion.

MY REVIEW

I don't know if you guys know this, but I am a huge Star Wars nerd! Crazy right?!?! Well, This movie was much anticipated and the lingering questions for me were: 1) was Alden Ehrenreich going to be acting like Harrison Ford acting like Han Solo or was he going to place his own stamp on the role. Answer Below. 2) What foolishness was Disney going to do to my Han? Again, answers below.

For me, this was a fun ride. Yes, I did find some of it a little over the top and it could have been a little better, hence the 7 and NOT a 10!!

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• It told a story. I will give it that. It was not overly complicated. It was not overly dramatic. It was a story. This is why I give it a 7. Could have been better. I know this was a point of contention and the re-writes were plentiful, even causing almost a year of additional filming. Good job, but you did not wow me Ron Howard.
• Personal Letter to Alden Ehrenreich. You did a good job with Han. I was truly afraid that you were going to be acting like Harrison Ford playing Han Solo. You did not. You brought yourself to the role and I personally enjoyed your spin. It was subtle, but it was Han.  
• Personal Letter to Disney. Okay, you did just about right with this one. Please keep the the middle of the road and DON'T fuck up the rest. 
• Solo/Chewy chemistry.

What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• As a Star Wars fan, I did find the fact that they overplayed the moment when Han gets his gun. I mean, seriously, I get it. His gun, I seeee it!! 
• A bit on the predictable side. The story is a bit less dramatic than I would have liked. I understand they are pandering to a  whole new generation of Jedis who don't have the years and YEARS of watching Episodes 4, 5 and 6 a billion times.
• Khaleesi needs to go back to Game of Thrones. Yeah, not a huge fan of her portrayal of Qi'ra.

On a more personal note..... 

So, good for me that I had a special tee shirt to wear to the opening of Solo. It's my swag from Star Wars Celebration last year in Orlando. Star Wars 40th Anniversary. Needless to say... you can see from the pics that I was adorably cute to see Solo!! Perfect timing to get the Perfect middle seat that I love and get my obligatory "shoes on the seat" photo before the movie started.

Captain America: Civil War

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info: 6 May 2016

Director: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
Writer: Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
Running Time: 147 Minutes

Staring:  Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johanssen, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Paul Bettany and many manny more!!

Rating? PG-13

SPOILERS? NO

REVIEWS

IMDB: 8.3 of 10

MY RATING: 8

STORYLINE

With many people fearing the actions of super heroes, the government decides to push for the Hero Registration Act, a law that limits a hero's actions. This results in a division in The Avengers. Iron Man stands with this Act, claiming that their actions must be kept in check otherwise cities will continue to be destroyed, but Captain America feels that saving the world is daring enough and that they cannot rely on the government to protect the world. This escalates into an all-out war between Team Iron Man (Iron Man, Black Panther, Vision, Black Widow, War Machine, and Spiderman) and Team Captain America (Captain America, Bucky Barnes, Falcon, Sharon Carter, Scarlett Witch, Hawkeye, and Ant Man) while a new villain emerges.

MY REVIEW

Well, let's just go ahead and be honest with ourselves for a moment. This is much less a Civil War and more of a Super Hero's fighting with each other War. I mean, it's not bad,  and overall, it was pretty impressive IN SPITE of it being just a Super Hero movie. I do love Tony Stark, well, Robert Downey Jr.. Yes, I know, it's supposed to be all about Captain America, Chris Evans, but he just doesn't do the same thing for me that good old RDJr does for me!! (I mean that in a very nice way!

I could pass for a super hero?

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• Direction: I feel like Anthony and Joe Russo did a good job juggling between A-Listers in this story. We all have our favorites in the Avengers and yes, this IS a Captain America movie, but there are a lot of stars who showed up!! I am NOT complaining!! Jeremy Renner's appearance does make me a very happy girl! And the ICING on the cake was bringing in the unexpected like Spiderman and Ant-Man (PAUL RUDD)!! Freaking Genius!
• Flow: The story flows pretty nicely from the first to the second act and then into the third is where it falls apart for me. (See below)

What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• THIRD ACT!! The villain is just not villainous enough for me. He's not interesting, bot bad. His story doesn't work for me at all!
• CAMERA WORK!! The camera work is the one thing that annoys me when they try to get all artsy and get on the hand-held shaky cam. NO!!!!!! I hate that!

Other than those little hiccups, I did love this movie. It was pretty great!! Nice emotional pieces to give the story just enough for me to possibly see it a second time!!

On a more personal note..... Yesterday, we adopted a new little guy! This is little Rocket J.! (I don't know what the J. stands for yet, I guess he'll have to earn his middle name!