joe_b

Interesting article. As much as I'd like to see this particular project go away entirely, it sounds like Kennedy made the right call here.

If Lord & Miller were insistent on bringing their "Jump Street" style broad comedy and improv to this movie, then good riddance. I'm all for seeing some new blood shake things up in this franchise, but that particular approach doesn't sound like it fit with the Solo character or the overall tone Lucasfilm is trying to maintain. It's just strange that all parties involved allowed the production to get that far along without finding some common ground.

Hazel Motes

I was never interested in seeing anyone but Harrison Ford play Han Solo , so the very concept of this film didn't jive with me from day one. But right off the bat, hiring the guys from the fucking 21 Jump Street movies was a Mickey Mouse idea. I mean the Lego movie was pretty good, but I still think these guys are more or less bums. Or at the very least the wrong people to make this movie. I think Kathleen Kennedy hired proven success over talent. If the 21 Jump Street movies are a template for what kind of vibe this movie was going to have as far as improvisation and the flow and chemistry of the performances, thank God they were fired. But I put more blame on Disney for hiring them in the first place.

I liked Force Awakens and Rogue One well enough, both were good movies. But I'm still not convinced the internal apparatus and the way these films are being creatively structured is ever going to lead to them making a great one. Rogue One was good, but who knows what Gareth Edwards Directors cut was going to look like. Granted it could have been worse, but who knows, maybe it was amazing.

Disney and Kennedy are trying to sell these movies as prestige blockbusters. Not like a Pierce Brosnan Bond movie from the 90's where the director is an afterthought, someone who's capable of connecting the dots and making sure the machinery of a blockbuster keeps chugging along while staying on budget and delivering a product that meets the expectations of all the various money people who have a vested interest in the film. I think even though they are hiring talent (as well as questionable talent) I'm not completely convinced they aren't being made to work under those types of conditions either begrudgingly or willingly.

I'm apprehensive about the future of these movies, or maybe I'm just full of shit and paranoid. I dunno, we'll see how The Last Jedi turns out.

dex14

Miller & Lord are much more established than Trevorrow, IMO.

dex14

I'd be more concerned with Episode IX than The Last Jedi.

Double_Oh_7

That didn't stop Tony Gilroy from taking over Rogue One.

Hazel Motes

yeah we'll see. The jury is still out for me when it comes to Trevorrow. I loved Safety Not Guaranteed. Jurassic World was mild fun. Haven't seen Book of Henry yet. But thats part of my point, they're going for success over talent. Jurassic World obviously landed him the job, but he's far from proven himself. Why can't the Jeff Nichols and Denis Villeneuve's of the world land a job like that.

dex14

Villeneuve getting Blade Runner is comparable. But him doing a SW movie would be fucking awesome!

Rob V

Book of Henry is getting slammed... it's being called disjointed and under-developed. So that has me concerned for IX.

DVD Josh

I guess you like long boring exposition and narratives in your SW movies.

RichC2

Still better than long boring political speeches, cheesy action and opinions on sand.

I'd be down for a Villeneuve Star Wars (loved Sicario, Incendies and Prisoners), but we all known that won't happen. And I do think he'd be a better fit for Dune. But then, apparently so did studio heads when they handed David Lynch Dune after he turned down Star Wars.

DVD Josh

Are you sure you aren't referring to Dune?

dex14

RichC2

It weirdly applies to both.

Supermallet

I'm surprised at how many people are in favor of the Lord/Miller firing. They were literally the only reason I was interested in this movie. Now I'm out unless it gets absolutely stellar reviews.

lopper

I love declarations like this. I don't buy for a single second that barring "absolutely stellar reviews", you won't see this movie.

Supermallet

Why? I already have low interest in the non-episode films (unless they bring Ewan back for Obi-Wan solo films), and have even less interest in seeing another actor play Han Solo.

I suppose if my wife is dying to see it I'll go, but otherwise it'll have to be widely acclaimed to raise my interest meter beyond "meh".

DaveyJoe

Not everybody is gung ho about Star Wars. A Han Solo movie without Harrison Ford is one of the worst ideas they could have come up with this early in the reignition of the franchise.

nando820

I think you mean Star Trek. It's Star Trek the one that's supposed to be intellectual and boring

nando820

Even if the movie gets horrible reviews I will eventually watch it out of curiosity

RichC2

You know when people say that they mostly just mean "in theaters."

I'll echo his comment, mostly because Lord and Miller were the draw for me as well and I still haven't seen The Force Awakens or Rogue One.

Rogue One will be on Netflix on July 18th, so I may get around to watching that one finally.

raven56706

I bet the Miller and Lord wanted to make it into a comedy style movie and lucasfilms didnt want it.

MBoyd

When these guys were hired all i heard about was the Lego Movie which I didn't see. Now they're fired and we're hearing Jump Street all over the place. Again I didn't see it but didn't know they directed either.

Supermallet

They also did Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.

raven56706

Jump Street was an awesome comedy but couldnt see them do a Star wars movie unless it was a comedy

Mike86

Have to say I agree. Some of these oddball director choices can work out but Lord and Miller should have really known that their typical style wouldn't work for a film like this. This is a major tentpole film not some surprise comedy. It was weird to me that they were chosen to begin with in all honesty. They're a decent directing team but nothing I've seen by them sold me on them being able to do a Star Wars film.