Solo wasn't bad though. Idk why it flopped
Because no one (relative to this franchise's size) really wanted a Solo prequel with some new face trying to fill some rather big shoes and adventuring about whatever that was. At that point quality/reviews are meaningless, like dragging you out of bed promising you a tasty bowl of a new brand of cereal that asks you to pay for it up front, instead of the one in your kitchen that you had already bought and liked.
Didn't help they had to refilm half the film shooting the budget up. Solo was not that bad a movie to me.Solo wasn't bad though. Idk why it flopped
I think it failed because, while it was an entertaining spacer, it just didn't feel like that was a young Hans Solo. It takes a special kind of magic to have someone fill in for such an iconic actor and roll. We saw Ford as Solo when he was close to the age he is in this movie. Enrenreich wasn't bad, he just wasn't Han Solo.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
The character itself also had an entire arc and we saw how it ended. It followed a critically controversial movie as well. It wasn't a bad movie but it had a combination of bad luck.
It will be interesting to see how Black Widow does, especially if there are no big reveals. Yes, BW has a more mysterious past and hasn't had a featured role but I feel like it's hard to get fans to invest in a prequel when you've seen the entire character arc play out already. I think it will do well but won't hit the monster numbers of other Marvel movies, even though there's been nothing really since.
It's too bad TLJ's negative press affected Solo. These things should ideally be considered independently.
I think BW will do reasonably well, although I'm no expert at predicting this kind of thing. I can't say I was ever hugely invested in her or really wanted a solo film for her in the first place so Idk if I'm one to talk about not being invested in. But I'm interested in checking this out, at least to see Taskmaster and the new BW
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!