Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast this past week, Howard looked back on ‘Solo’ movie and the mixed reception, both at the box office and with fans. Howard is a fan of the film he made and believes trolls destroyed its reputation:
Howard also claims that many supposed Star Wars fans are nothing more than ‘tagalongs,’ waiting to see what the zeitgeist says before having an actual opinion on the movies:
“I’m proud of #SoloAStarWarsStory and the cast & crew worked hard to give fans a fun new addition,” he tweeted when a fan asked if the backlash that stemmed from “The last Jedi” was partially to blame for the tepid numbers of “Solo” at the box-office. “As a director, I feel badly when people who I believe (& exit polls show) will very likely enjoy a movie… don’t see it on a big screen w/great sound.”Howard’s tweet raised interesting questions, especially about the continuous cycle of news and rumors that had to do with the problematic production of “Solo,” which turned out to be a death sentence for the film’s success. Expectations were being tampered the minute Lord and Miller got fired and talk of Alden Ehrenreich needing an acting coach surfaced. Howard was handed the near-impossible task to take over Lord and Miller’s work, they were fired near the end of production, and not only shoot newly written scenes but re-shoot plenty of already existing ones as well. The end result amounted to “Solo” making just $176 million domestically thus far and on its way to making half of what the other SW “spinoff,” “Rogue One” accumulated at the box-office. One feels bad for the cast and crew that surely worked very hard for the film to be a success but only so much can go wrong during a film’s production for it to work out in the end and “Solo,” well, it might just take the cake as the most problematic shoot of the decade.
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