Review Time: now if the truth was known I
have seen this film twice at the cinema, because when I went to go and see it
the first time, I struggle to put everything down in its original review and I
either forgot or couldn't remember or something else, that I kept adding or
taking away bits and pieces that eventually the review looked like a complete
mess [I know my reviews are basic anyway, but I do have standards] yes now and
again I do, do some research on these projects which is okay but researching an
entire film title is definitely not okay. Basically that is how we reached this
point, yes this film is good but it does have problems.
Fundamental elements: there are words on
screen, subtitles and interpreter elements, background music, cultural
elements, time jumps and place jumps. Now the movement and feel of this project
is strange, I don't know how else to put it really, because the best way for me
to put it is like this; it doesn't move or feel like a Star Wars film and then
at some point it does [but when it does move and feel like a Star Wars film it
remains throughout the rest of the film.]
Storyline: this in itself is complicated
[for everyone that is reading this review I am now going to try and be vague,
if you have seen this film this element will make sense and for those that haven't,
it shouldn't give too much away hopefully.] So with that being said here we go,
they should have done more with the long time jump and place jump with words on
screen, in fact it would have been nice to see maybe some scenes of what
happened to the character that Han had to leave behind or whenever Han goes to
sleep we get rotated backwards possibly into the past to begin with and every
time we rotate backwards, they bring this character's timeline forward as this
character gets slightly older every time just to see what is happening with
this character or something to that effect, then rotate back to the present day
when Han wakes up, so it creates a good back-and-forth and it wouldn't have
taken much maybe just some little bits and pieces, just until these two
characters are on the same timeline, this very rough idea of mine would have
done really well for the character developments and many other things as it
relates to this character.
But in
reality we get told little bits and pieces [if that] or shown a small number of
scenes or sequences of what this character can do, I am talking about something
which is worthy of being a Mic Drop and that is as much as I can say without
going on and on about it, But slightly moving on now to the rest of the storyline
briefly it does what it is meant to do [the origin storyline of Han Solo.]
Artistic visions/Action sequences: the artistic visions are clear to see be it in the landscapes or
costumes or accessories or anything else, this film has always something to
offer and the action sequences are enjoyable and entertaining as well.
Performances/Comedy level: they are all
reliably good, they all bring something to the table which let’s be honest when
you're dealing with a film connected to this kind of franchise, you need to
bring something to the table in one way or another because if you don't the
individual or individuals will stick out, but in this case they don't have to
worry about things like this. The chemistry between the characters is at
different stages which simply put I mean something like this; these characters
have known other characters for maybe a longer or shorter time or just met or
something else, so their chemistry works really well and briefly there are some really good
comical moments.
This film receives: 7/10, now as I have already said I have seen
this film twice, I have this feeling that this project is always going to be
difficult to mark, it really doesn't matter how many times I see it in the
future, but with taking everything into consideration it just about does enough
to get given this mark, even at this point of this review I am still wondering
about this mark, don't get me wrong I am okay with it at the point of this
review going out, but it is one of those films where, if you sat down long
enough you would confuse yourself by what mark to give this project, now I am
thinking about it of what I can remember about every Star Wars related film
project [in some cases I haven't seen these titles for a long time,] but my
point is this; I think this would be the first one that as it relates to a
mark, it has really given me a headache.
I am sitting here wondering if they are going to
do anything about the Mic Drop element or just leave it, which the way it has
been shown based on my opinion they should do something with it or based on the
information in front of me at this point, they shouldn't have made quite a few
references to it in one way or another if they weren't going to do anything
with it and on that note I am going to finish it there.
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