Pretty much my take as well. Last Jedi was the last time I paid to go to a movie theatre. I know plenty of Freepers are much longer Hollyweird free than that but that was 8+ years ago now.
One of the last films I saw in the theater was Top Gun: Maverick. As I wrote then, It felt like I was back in 1986. It puts can-do American exceptionalism on full, unapologetic display. They very intelligently didn’t disclose which is the bad guy country...which means this film will eventually rake in cash from the real bad guys.
That film also provoked one of the greatest comments ever on FR, from bigdaddy45: “ My wife wanted to know why we were bombing Norway.”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4068981/posts?page=13#13
As Ayn Rand said, It is a moral crime to give money to support your own destroyers. I would rather go to a local venue, pay a $10 cover charge, and watch bands try to make a living and buy their merch vs watch a movie made by people who want to burn me at the stake for thoughtcrime.
i’ve gone to the theatres since then — the latest was the Michael Jackson biopic - and I liked the movie (I wasn’t a fan of his ) - even if it wasn’t “the whole truth” - but from an entertaining point of view, it was very good. I go to the theatres if the need is for a big screen - like Godzilla vs King Kong
But to the point - you probably had the same experience as me - I really liked the immersive universe of Star wars (had the cassettes, the DVDs, the books, the comics) and then suddenly with the Admiral Holdo move and then Luke’s character destroyed, I completely stopped believing in that illusion. The Last Jedi just kept on hitting.
I just can’t believe in the Star Wars idea anymore - I did like season 1 of the Mandalorian, but i am not going to go to the theatres for this, for the simple reason that I want Disney to KNOW what it did - p#$$@d a money-printing operation down the toilet.
I knew at the back of my head that the Wizards in space was nonsense but believed it, and now I just can’t.