ST Harrison Ford (Han Solo) in TFA

I have a feeling we’ll see him in IX. Somehow.

 

@Bor Mullet
Would you prefer a flashback or a ghost?

 

Fair enough, I think that's what JJ would say as well. But Han Solo, IMO, is too cool to be in a state of shock in that moment. I think he's playing it cool. No big deal.

I actually feel like if JJ could somehow deliver a flashback that showed Han, Leia, Luke, young Ben, and a young baby Rey, and how this situation came to be... they can save all the problems with the ST.

 

Flashback.

 

harrison ford has never been a great actor. he's sort of in that schwarzenegger/van damme action hero type. but he was probably the best in this movie. not saying much but still i give him props for finally almost rising to the occasion.

 

Sure... Harrison is more charismatic, those guys sound like they hardly speak English

Some of the earliest associations to film I have are him as Indiana Jones. And watch Empire Strikes Back, there is a certain class and intelligence to Han in it Imo.

Agreed about TFA though, at least in terms of it being a good performance.

His last scene is uber-dramatic.

 

I was confused about this as well at first, but it does indeed seem like he is distracted by his worries for his son and wife, and also is characteristically playing it cool. I mean moments earlier we see when he actually saw Kylo and Rey and his reaction is pretty strong then. Seemingly both from the capture of Rey and the fact it was Ben.

 

You’re the worst.

 

He’s a fantastic actor. He’s a movie star in the same sense that Humphrey Bogart or Cary Grant was. There’s all different types of acting, and all valid. Some are the vein of a chameleon changing, and others are a sturdy constant. Ford has honed a style that makes it looks casual and effortless that in reality is very hard to do.

 

I’m gonna get in the Falcon, and I’m going to the Outer Rim, and I’m going to kick that son of a bitch Jabba’s ass SO HARD that the next Jabba wannabe is gonna feel it!

Sorry, had to get that one out there. Anyway, you're pretty wrong. If anything, I'd argue he's accomplished far greater range than Schwarzenegger and certainly more than Van Damme.

 

I'm a huge Van Damme fan. Huge. But his best demonstrations of acting are in his kicks. They're beautiful portrayals of kicks. They're the best acted kicks I've ever seen.

Big Arnold fan, too. Harrison is a far superior actor to both, and a legit actor in his own right, not just some action star.

 

Come on, this kid is trolling a lot of SW threads with negativity about something he claims he doesn't like anyway just to get a rise from people.

 

Quoting from the Mark Hamill thread.

The article that @The_Phantom_Calamari posted has both. Both Adam Driver saying that he used it to get into character, and JJ Abrams saying that Han Solo and Leia neglected their son, and Snoke took advantage. Plus, Kylo Ren's lines about how Han Solo would have disappointed Rey as a father. TFA clearly shows that one of the reasons Ben Solo went dark side was his parents neglecting him.

 

Ford and Boyega were the best things in "TFA". They made it possible for me to enjoy some of the movie.

Why do I find it hard to believe that Han and Leia had completely neglected Ben? I get the feeling that he had demanded more attention from them than they were able to give. I also don't recall the movie making it clear that they had neglected him. Also, it sounds like a lame excuse for his behavior and choices in life.

 

JJ and LFL believe(d) they neglected him. It was the company line after TFA. If that has changed, it’s because of fan backlash, which was considerable.

 

Ford did some great recent acting in Blade Runner 2049 and 42 and the Age of Adaline. Also Witness, Frantic and Presumed Innocent and Mosquito Coast.

 

You don't have to be negligent to be unprepared and poor parents - also you can be a great parent for one kid and totally inept at raising difficult kids. From Ben's perspective they seemed negligent and it's right for Driver to use that as

I'm not sure that it's a stretch to believe that both Leia and Han would have been preoccupied parents. They were the people that their trajectory from TLJ would have predicted, but that made them not present enough for a difficult kid, who eventually fell to the dark side and changed the trajectory.

I've said it a lot of times, the version of the OT heroes that would make them great leader while being great parents leaves little room for any kind of new trilogy that doesn't involve new bad guys from the beyond.