"Solo:
A Star Wars Story" is okay. There are double-crosses, surprises, a bad,
scary villain or two or three, and adventures. "Solo"'s okayness is
its biggest problem. Harrison Ford had megawatt star power and his Han Solo immediately
became an immortal screen hero. "Solo" can't fill those shoes or meet
those expectations. The motto for a Han Solo movie must be "Go big or go
home." In this case, moviegoers are staying home.
Alden
Ehrenreich is okay. He doesn't have the larger than life quality the role and
the genre demands. You have to wonder why he was tapped for the part.
You
may be thinking, "They don't make stars like that anymore," but they
do. Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian; Woody Harrelson, as Han's mentor; Paul Bettany
as a very scary villain; and Emilia Clark as a pretty girl with some surprises
up her sleeve all appear to be the right cast member in the right film handing
in the right performance. I'm not saying Ehrenreich is a bad actor. I'm saying
he's in the wrong movie.
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