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<\/a><\/p>\n\nSitting behind me in the theatre for the packed matinee of The Last Jedi<\/i> was a guy whose voice was very loud. (I peeked at him after the film as he got up and left. He was over 6 feet tall and built like a linebacker.) He kept up a running commentary through the previews – and I wondered if maybe I should move. I don’t need sacral silence in a movie theatre, especially not The Last Jedi<\/i>, but I also don’t want constant chatter in my ears. I am so glad I stayed put because his commentary – spontaneous, unabashed – was such a huge part of my experience of the movie. <\/p>\n
Two moments I will share, and these are just two of many MANY more. He responded – audibly – to everything. I was so in love with him.<\/p>\n
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If you’re the kind of person who can’t bear hearing anything at all – no matter how small – about a movie before you see it – first of all, calm down. Second of all, stop reading. Now. You’ve been warned.<\/p>\n
1. When our feisty adorbs technician collapsed, her head falling down on her shoulder, after being “hit” – Guy behind me exclaimed, “Oh HELL NO!!” He was devastated.<\/p>\n
2. After a particularly cathartic moment, guy behind me shouted – literally at the top of his lungs, “Now THAT’S a Jedi Master!!!”<\/p>\n
Film-makers DREAM of making a film that gets that level of audience engagement. This dude was IN. <\/p>\n
So was I, for the record. I’ve got my issues with the whole franchise and what it has done to the industry, but that’s not Star Wars<\/i>‘ fault. That’s just the way it went. I thought it was entertaining and I was quite frequently very moved. I put this up on Twitter and it has (surprisingly) gone viral – not viral like 10,000 Tweets, but viral for me: <\/p>\n
There’s one shot in the casino that is a direct steal of this famous shot from William Wellman’s 1927 first-movie-to-win-Best-Picture – Wings<\/i>:<\/p>\n
\n \nThere were many “nods” throughout to other films, films that inspired Lucas, but that one was my favorite. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sitting behind me in the theatre for the packed matinee of The Last Jedi was a guy whose voice was very loud. (I peeked at him after the film as he got up and left. He was over 6 feet … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1xDuWN8.gif\")
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