:lol
Exactly how fast *were* they all going? You keep making up all kinds of numbers and “facts” because:science but for all of your smug, “I have the answer-to-everything”, long-winded replies, your explanations amount to nothing.
We don't
know how fast, which is one of my issue with the sequence -- lack of referents. But it also doesn't matter. All ships are accelerating. Whether it's from 20mph to 30mph or 50,000mph to 70,000 mph or whatever isn't relevant. All of them are accelerating. The Resistance ships are able to accelerate faster. When a ship runs out of fuel it stops accelerating. It doesn't
stop. It just isn't going any faster, so the ships that
are still accelerating will leave it behind. But...
If the scene has to be explained, th n it just wasn’t very good.
Exactly. That was one thing the sequence dropped the ball on. The other being that it made no sense. I'm not trying to excuse or justify the plot point, just correct some misinterpretations of it.
If people thought Leia looked like Mary Poppins, it’s because she did. You don’t see it!? Terrific. Enjoy your movie.
My whole point with
that is that it's definitely subjective, not the objective Truth™ being asserted.
These are only minor infractions which helped add up to a movie that half the fan base despises, and one big reason that many of said fan base apparently decided they’ll sit this movie out.
Oh, I definitely hold TLJ up there (down there?) with AOTC as the film I like least. Both have bits I like, some that I like a lot, but other bits are awful, and the overall mix is less than satisfying. I don't
despise either of them, but I definitely ride the fast-forward button with both (moreso with AOTC, though, actually). What bugs me is people using their attitude about the one to inform their attitude about the other. The whole evolution of Solo-the-film, for me, went from vaguely curious to cringing to frustrated to guardedly hopeful to somewhat enthusiastic. It should not be punished for TLJ's failings.
Most of Solo's issues... aren't.
I never expected or demanded an actor who was a Harrison doppelganger. I've seen way too many instances over the years of actors picked to play younger or older versions of another actor who look nothing like. Most relevantly, River Phoenix as Young Indy, and Ewan MacGregor as Young Obi-Wan. But they made the parts their own, and I can see them growing into the character we already knew. So I was more willing to give Alden a chance than some.
And I have known since the '90s that if they ever showed his backstory on-screen, they'd tick off the joining the Empire, meeting Chewie, getting kicked out of the Empire, meeting Lando, winning the
Falcon, and doing the Kessel Run boxes. What mattered more to me was how they chose to show those, and I am largely satisfied with the creative choices. I like the references to Legends/EU material that got worked in. I like L3 over Vuffi Raa. Much as I would have loved to have seen Han's time at the Academy, I'm okay with that sequence being cut for narrative purposes (and for the cute segue: "We'll have you flying in no time." *cut to Han flying through the air from a nearby explosion*)
I like it. Not everyone will, but the vast majority that have seen it do, a little or a lot. Me? This is one I'm going to enjoy watching over and over. *shrug* YMMV. But I do think the fence-sitters and punishing-TLJ-by-not-seeing-Solo folks are in the minority of those who have skipped it (at least, so far). In the last month, I've seen Infinity War twice, Rampage and Deadpool 2 once each, and then Solo twice opening weekend. A lot of people don't or can't afford to go to the movies that frequently. Or don't have the groups of friends that I like to see movies with that are part of the draw of the experience for me, as opposed to always going with family or alone. But I've seen a lot of "uff... maybe in a week or two, I'm movied out right now" sentiments. We'll have to wait and see, but I still feel this one will be a slow burn, not a crash-and-burn.
