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Solo: A Star Wars Story

Crit

Various irrelevancies:

• I'm grateful for the subtitle, without which I would have expected a biopic of talented but troubled former U.S. women's goalkeeper Hope Solo. The 3D might have seemed an odd choice, but Hope is larger than life
• Truly, they must have gone to a galaxy far away to find someone as bland as Alden Ehrenreich to play the title role. Apparently no actual pieces of furniture had the slot available in their schedules.
• Thing is, though, neither the lead actor's deep-space vacuousness nor the waste of Emilia Clarke in a role unworthy of a dragonmother matters. Because: see subtitle again.
• In fact, it's altogether fitting that the most engaging character be the feminist, socialist, ultimately revolutionary droid L3-37, voiced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (and if you haven't watched Fleabag, begin immediately).
• Best human character, obviously Donald Glover's Lando (and if you haven't watched Atlanta, ditto)
• Did anyone else notice that John Williams cribbed a persistent phrase from "Hey Hey, My My"? Hey, steal from the best.

Did I like it, you ask? Another irrelevancy, really, but yeah, kinda.