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I won't go so far as to say it's garbage, but it's by far the most overrated Star Wars movie or TV out there. It's a nice enough sci-fi war movie, if one with poor pacing, very thin characterizations, and a "main character" who just sort of gets carried along by events. Still, you throw a coat of Star Wars paint on top and add enough fan service to start a brothel, and suddenly it's all "DAE the best ever?!?!?!?"
I like the climactic space battle quite a bit, really.
Solo felt more like the original Star Wars movies than Rogue One to me. Rogue One felt like a generic pre-war/spy movie with sci-fi and a fictional setting than a star wars movie.
I mean technically the original Star Wars is just a generic heroes journey with sci-fi and a fiction setting.
Solo put the yeehaw back.
Star Wars was yeehaw in space.
Yeah the fact that it took a serious tone for some reason makes people revere it... Even though it does basically nothing with that serious tone other than say "hey guys remember that Star Wars exists?"
If that's your bag and you haven't yet watched The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare yet, you should!
It's actually really good and the true story is even wilder than the movie:
Trailer:
https://youtu.be/zvwDen1Wrx8
Two books on it:
https://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/titles/damien-lewis-3/the-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare/9781529432336/
https://academic.macmillan.com/academictrade/9781250119032/churchillsministryofungentlemanlywarfare
Here's where it gets wild... The missions covered in the film, in real life, had zero casualties. Obviously Guy Ritchie/Jerry Bruckheimer wouldn't let that stand. :)
The other wild part... one of the British staff people involved in organizing all this was Ian Fleming.
Yes... THAT Ian Fleming!