(review of criterion’s “50th anniversary” cut)
really disappointed i didn’t like this one more than i did. a 70’s revisionist western with a soundtrack by bob dylan?!? sign me up! unfortunately, i was pretty uninspired by this. maybe it’s because i’ve seen some similar movies recently that i liked more (mccabe & mrs. miller, unforgiven) but this felt like a retread to me. maybe that’s unfair because one of those movies came out way later, but this just didn’t feel like…
slick. stylish. thrilling. alain delon is cool as hell.
i would like to see columbo get involved in this case
I got to see this movie at an early preview for free and I have to say, this is the movie-going experience I’ve been waiting two years for. This movie is so fucking bizarre that it really just needs to be seen to be believed. I was never interested in Shyamalan before this but this movie made me a believer. I can’t promise that everyone will like this movie but I had a great time watching this. Check it out with some friends at the midnight movies if you’re curious.
The main issue with this movie is that it just has no identity. Yes, it’s about Han Solo. But what is it about? What themes drive this movie forward? This movie’s biggest fault, in my honest opinion, is that the romance falls completely flat. It seems like the main emotional beats in this movie seem to come not from Han’s friendship with Chewie, or even with Lando. Rather, whenever Qira and Han reunite on screen, the filmmaking - the swelling…
