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News Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Historical Construction/Impressions
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mickEblu
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And you are?
Disney Irish
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I hate to break it to you, but this thread has been all over the place since the first day with everything randomly related to Disney and the parks.
britain
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I hear what you’re saying, but it’s not like we’re sharing lengthy reviews in the middle of the Pixar Pier thread. Having said that, I will refrain from adding further Solo thoughts here.
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Phroobar
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Disney Irish
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Hide the stash man! It's the Laww!
Professortango1
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I understand the dedsire for failure. Entertainment follows trends so when you see trends that you feel hurt the art you love, you hope they fail so these destructive trends might end. That's why so many root for Pixar Pier and even Toy Story Land to fail.
With films, this push for franchises and milking every penny out of a franchise even if there is no story needing to be told, many long for the days when movies started with a good idea for a story rather than creating similar content to be consumed like fast food.
l will see Solo, but I'm not hyped. I just saw a Star Wars movie less than a year ago. I feel like the movie is just going to string together moments aludded to in the original trilogy. Friends have said it was okay. Not horrible, not great, just fine. Not every movie needs to be life changing, but for awhile each if the Star Wars films were a major cinfematic event. Now, it's just another film franchise pumping out films on a schedule.
TROR
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Yep. I remember seeing The Force Awakens with my friends. It was a ton of fun waiting in line for hours and being so excited to see this new installment of this franchise I love. Now? I have a chance to see Solo for free and I might not even take it. That's not a good thing and I know I'm not the only person who feels this way.
Ismael Flores
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Just saw solo I really enjoyed it it was fun lots of action great backstory for solo and chewy I wouldn’t mind seeing it again and probably will.
Theater I went was not packed but I couldn’t get tickets for anything until 9:40 when I got there at 7.
I thought I would not have a problem since it’s playing in quite a few screens every 30 minutes
Theater I went was not packed but I couldn’t get tickets for anything until 9:40 when I got there at 7.
I thought I would not have a problem since it’s playing in quite a few screens every 30 minutes
Disney Irish
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To use the analogy I used before, wishing something fails because you want it to stop is like wishing someone crashes their car so there will be less cars on the road. In the end it doesn't change anything.
As for Solo, I think you are going to be surprised. Is it a masterpiece of a film, no. But is it enjoyable, yes. As you said not every film needs to be life changing. But at the same time an enjoyable film is still an enjoyable film. Because at the end of the day going to watch a film is about escapism, escaping life for that 2+ hours. Solo does that, allows you to escape for a period of time.
dweezil78
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I'm excited to see it. My only issues, thus far, are that the character types in commercials all seem so obvious. Like I fully expect both Woody and Emilia to somehow screw over Han at some point. Maybe one of them will actually be redeemable, maybe one dies saving him in the end... that sort of thing. I hope I'm wrong! Other than that, looks like a fun popcorn flick. What else can you expect from a movie that really should be called "When Han Met Chewie (and Lando)?"
britain
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Yes but couldn’t you tell that Vader was the bad guy? I count the predictability of the twists as vital ingredients in any “Star Wars takes ‘genre X’ and puts it in space” film. The fun is seeing HOW it checks those genre boxes.
Okay, no more film commentary from me. Shutting up!
TragicMike
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dweezil78
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Big difference between a clear protagonist and antagonist (who was marketed as such) and uninspired, predictable character development. But again, I haven’t seen the movie yet and could very well be wrong!
Professortango1
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That's a poor analogy. People don't want one less film in theaters, they want studios to stop pushing franchises beyond their artistic potential and greenlight more original films. That would be like wishing for a safety recall to correct an issue you discovered.
Also, a car crash is a violent tragedy which affects people on a personal level. Injury, death, financial hardship. A movie underperforming at most results in higher ups being let go. This isn't the norm, and these individuals are established enough to not be in any financial danger. A bomb movie means investors don'tmake money. The impact is spread across a multitude of people who knee the risks.
Disney Irish
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The analogy works because the car in this case in Star Wars not all films. They want less Star Wars films to be made hence the analogy of less cars on the road as a result of the crash.
Professortango1
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You didn't read what I wrote before. It is hoping studios don't push franchises past limits, not about Star Wars films indivually. We want studios to stop only banking on "sure-fire" hits like Solo and instead have more variety. Having these films not live up to box office hype helps. Transformers has been pulled recently, and while not the end of the war for good film, a sure small victory.
Disney Irish
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I read what you wrote and understood it fully, I don't think you get what I was trying to say. I can understand why you and others want Disney to stop producing Star Wars and Marvel movies. My point was though that wanting a specific movie to bomb is not going to help that. There is too much invested in Lucas and Marvel for it to just change direction based off one single film potentially bombing. It would have to take a string of films bombing for them to change direction on Lucas and Marvel. Which likely won't happen.
I'm going to add, Disney is not just putting out Star Wars or Marvel films, They have other films being produced now, including live action remakes and ones not based on a specific franchise including Nutcracker, Artemis Fowl and Nicole. So there is variety being produced.
I don't know maybe you only want one-off type movies where there is no sequel. However that isn't what the majority of movie goers want today. They want continuation of stories based on characters that appeal to them. That is what movies studios are doing. Now sometimes it doesn't live up to the hype. And that is ok, but overall Disney appears to be able to handle it just fine.