Solo: A Star Wars Story

So Solo: A Star Wars Story is the movie no one asked for but got anyway, but judging by some of the trailers, looked like it had some promise. The film tells the origin of Han Solo and how he met Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca. Alden Ehrenreich plays Han Solo, and Donald Glover plays Lando Calrissian. I'll give the movie where credit is due, Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover are great in their roles and try their best to save this movie because this movie is a massive pile of shit! I loved The Force Awakens, Rogue One and The Last Jedi (seriously, I don't give a fuck what people think of The Last Jedi), but this movie, holy fuck it is horrible! This movie has some of the worst pacing I have seen in a movie in a long time! This movie is ungodly boring, this movie is about 2 hours and 15 minutes, but it really feels like double that time! I am not joking when I say this, the first act especially DRAGS on forever and immediately after the first act is done the movie does a time jump! The pacing is not only too slow, but it is choppy as fuck as well! Some critics are calling it fun summer entertainment, HOW???? Deadpool 2 was fun summer entertainment, this isn't! There isn't a single memorable action scene in this trainwreck. The action is lifeless and dull, it brings nothing to the movie! Also, the humor in this movie is horrible and does not land at any point in this movie! This movie confuses references for humor. References alone is not comedy, references are comedy when you use them for a joke. I saw this in a theater in Winnipeg, and seeing this movie, maybe a handful of people chuckled during these references, not laughs, chuckles. How I can describe a lot of this movie is basically that one Captain America meme from the first Avengers movie that says I UNDERSTOOD THAT REFERENCE or some shit like that. The villain is forgettable and boring and you could easily take him out of the movie. Visually this movie is dull as shit, it doesn't come anywhere close to being as visually spectacular as The Force Awakens, Rogue One, and The Last Jedi. There were also moments where they were trying to be emotional but then they immediately cut to something else, trying to completely ignore a moment that would make us care about what is going on. I wanted to love this movie, as it is a Star Wars movie, I thought we were past making Star Wars movies of the quality of the prequel trilogy. But I guess I was wrong. Instead of seeing Solo: A Star Wars Story, go and see Deadpool 2 again, or watch The Force Awakens, Rogue One, and The Last Jedi, and the original Star Wars trilogy, 6 highly enjoyable Star Wars movies! Solo: A Star Wars Story was garbage!

Grade:  1/5
MPAA: PG-13 (for sequences of sci-fi action/violence)
Run time:  135 min
Studio:  Disney, LucasFilm Ltd.

Deadpool 2 - Movie Review

Deadpool 2 is the hugely anticipated sequel to the amazing first movie from 2016, and once again stars Ryan Reynolds as the titular character. In this film, Deadpool isn't seeking revenge, this time he must protect a kid from a mutant from the future named Cable, who was sent from the future to kill him. I know what you're saying, that is the plot of Terminator 2! Well, this movie is aware of it so you can let that go! So most of you probably know that I ADORED the first movie, it was my favorite movie of 2016, it was hilarious, violent, profane, raunchy, and it was a breath of fresh air! I was highly anticipating this movie, and HOLY FUCK this movie did not disappoint at all! This movie is even more violent, even more profane, and even more hilarious than the first one, they did tone down the raunchiness quite a bit though. This movie has rapid fire humor, there were very few moments where I wasn't laughing! This movie has sex jokes, fourth wall breaking jokes (it's Deadpool, of course there is!), and jokes about the DC Universe and the MCU! This movie has a lot of everything to offer. Ryan Reynolds once again NAILED it as Deadpool, Josh Brolin as Cable was perfect! It did take a while to get to Cable but when he does show up, he adds so much to the movie and it was fantastic! Let's talk about the action! The action in this movie is beyond amazing, not only is it filmed to perfection and complete with fantastic stunts and terrific special effects, the violence is gory as shit! This movie is almost as bloody and gratuitous as Logan was, and it was so satisfying! There is a lot of action in this movie, so if you thought there wasn't quite enough action in the first one, don't you worry, Deadpool 2 fixes that for you! The special effects, while not Avengers: Infinity War quality, are very good! The soundtrack is great too! There is one song in the final act that is used for a joke and it works so god damn well! It was hilarious and I am happy they used it for this specific scene! Also, STAY FOR THE POST CREDITS SCENE!!! It is quite possibly the greatest post credit scene I have seen in any superhero movie yet! If I do have any issue with the movie whatsoever, it is that it doesn't feel as fresh or special as the first one felt. It really doesn't have any of the emotional depth the first movie had either, but for what this movie was going for, it really didn't require that, so I was able to let that slide. So in the end, Deadpool 2 is a fantastic sequel! It was action packed, hilarious and endlessly fun! I can't wait for Deadpool 3!

Grade:  5/5
MPAA:  R (for strong violence and language throughout, sexual references and brief drug material)
Run time:  119 min 
Studio:  Twentieth Century Fox, Marvel Entertainment