Spitball Army

8.0
[theater]

I was able to avoid reading ANYTHING about this film for nearly two weeks before finally seeing it. As such, I feel like the last person on earth to see it, as many people I know have gone a second and even a third time. I will see it again, but feel that a re-watch of THE FORCE AWAKENS prior to that might help, for a fuller perspective. Even so, there are several wonderful moments and touches to THE LAST JEDI that wowed me, including the visual POW of the red salt surface of the rebel planet, and Snoke’s crimson throne room, which took on the weird tone of an MGM musical set, especially once the inevitable balletic fight scene broke out within its domed walls.