Pun Salad

I guess this movie is suffering at the box office (ScreenRant: "The Mandalorian And Grogu Box Office Suffers With Star Wars' Worst-Ever Week 2 Drop"). Some of the reviews have been mediocre. Well, let me tell you: my mileage varied. Pun Son and I attended a Saturday evening show, and I found my face hurting from smiling so much.

It probably helped that I watched the streaming series, and got accustomed to the Mandalorian's reluctant heroism, and even more reluctant surrogate parenthood of Baby Yoda.

And maybe also helping is the presence of Sigourney Weaver, whom I've kind of adored since watching her in Alien 47 years ago. (She looks great!)

Here, the movie opens up with a slam-bang action sequence, as Mando is on the trail of a leftover thug from the not-quite-defunct Empire. After much violence (it appears that Mando has taken lessons from John Wick) he returns to meet with Ward (Sigourney) for his next assignment. Which turns out to be even more dangerous. More explosions, betrayals, monsters (including Hutts!), escapes, scares, … It's a lot of fun.