Sarah Schweinsberg

This was just an average MCU origins story, rather unworthy of the politics drummed up around it. Action and special effects are on point, as per usual of an MCU film. The sound track, minus the painfully obvious insertion of No Doubt's 'Just a Girl', was enjoyable. Brie Larson was a mixed bag in this role, being more likable in the first act than the subsequent acts to follow. Her character flexes between being too serious and trying to be a wisecrack. Larson is surely reaching for something deeper than what is in the script, but never delivers on the feels in the same way some of her lesser known co-stars manage to. Something in her physicality leaves the viewer uncertain if she was the best choice for the role. The absence of a challenging villain is a little dull. The film's greatest flaw is the mystery and competence the script takes away from Nick Fury, despite Jackson giving a great performance.

An atrocious waste of time and potential. Feels like a terrible attempt to usurp the superior films in the franchise (Alien and Aliens). This work fails to keep canon straight for the fans and is propelled forward through very poor decision making by the characters. Any moment that would have managed to induce any genuine fear are extinguished by the poorly designed and rendered CGI creatures. Even Fassbender could not save this installment as David the android like he managed in Prometheus. Much of his character development is laughable. The 'twist' ending was also seen coming a mile away.

This is NOT affiliated with Disney in any way. This is not based on the animated cartoon. This movie should be titled "The Mississippi Mermaid". But obviously some studio exec hoped consumers would mistake it as part of the live action Disney franchise. It is extremely low budget for a theatrical release, and comes off like a made for TV movie from the late 90's. It's like all the budget went into the mermaid's costume and an elephant and then everyone else was left with Halloween costume rentals. The villain is super cliche as well. Aside from the male and female lead, all the other actors barely try or have little talent. Some little kids may enjoy, but really not worth the watch in my book.

Harrison Ford as Han Solo is irreplaceable. Not for one moment did Alden Ehrenreich feel like Han Solo. And that's where the movie really fails: it's protagonist's writing and casting. The studio needed to hunt for a more believable replacement instead of trying to pad the film with semi-famous people. Han comes off too naive for someone who grew up on Corellia, yet had to be taught how to be a better scoundrel. It's even more unbelievable while he's being played by a nearly thirty year old man. This film tries so hard to answer all these little details about Solo's past, and really just crams them all haphazardly into this simple heist plot. Donald Glover as Lando was the best part of the film, you could tell he really studied Billy Dee William's performance. There's of course amazing action and effects. Honestly though, for the technology available to Disney, that's just expected at this point.