Jack of Harts

I watched the Mandalorian and Baby Yoda and I loved it.

I went to a before 2pm matinee on Friday at the last theatre in town when there were three theatres in 2020, and there weren’t many people. Part of that is due to how things have changed when it comes to people going to theatres. Part of that is it was 2pm on a Friday. I beat the rush by a some hours.

I saw it in 3D and the 3D effects were good. Not the most amazing 3D I’ve seen, but also not the most obnoxious. The 3D seemed more subtle than many movies. It looked good.

I would also say that the obvious 3D characters (obvious because they were not human) actually had very good effects. What looked like puppets were practical effects and did it well. And there seemed to be weight behind the 3D characters. Like they were actually hitting things in real life while filming that were CGed over. I did not notice any point where the CG seemed divorced from real life by that weightless feel it can easily have.

In short, I would say that all of the effects were well done.

The movie itself, if you are worried about not having seen the Mandalorian series, don’t be. You don’t need to have seen any of it to understand what is happening. I might suggest you go see it, because it is good TV. But you don’t have to. I might STRONGLY suggest you see season 1, or maybe season 2, because it is just GOOD TV, but once again, you don’t have to. If you have seen the Star Wars trilogy, you can go watch the Mandalorian and Baby Yoda. If you have seen PREVIEWS of the Mandalorian series, you’re good. If you’ve gone on youtube and watched a 10-minute video synopsis of the series, you’ll be golden. This is just like the original Star Wars movies in that it is very light on lore and very heavy on character action. Walk in and have fun.

As for the story. I was there. Somebody decided to make a Star Wars movie again, and they made a Star Wars movie. I loved it. If you liked the Star Wars trilogy, I think you’ll like it. If you liked Mandalorian season 1 and 2, that is the audience they were shooting for. I think you will love it.

If you don’t like Star Wars, I really don’t understand your basic world view so I can’t say anything about it.

I will not spoil the movie further.

I watched the Mandalorian and Baby Yoda and I loved it.