Return of the Jedi. Went to this https://www.mso.com.au/performance/2024-star-wars-return-of-the-jedi#about-this-performance
No idea how many times I have seen it now, 10, 20 maybe. It's the weakest of the trilogy but it's still great. The orchestra were absolutely brilliant, there was about 50 of them. In fact they were so good I kept forgetting they were actually there. Playing the Imperial March for the first time as Vader drops in to witness the optimistic appraisal of the situation was epic.
Couple of downsides for me. The screen wasn't big enough. They used the remaster / re-edited version with the extended singing and dancing of the CGI characters in Jabbas palace. There's really no need, adds nothing to the film except perhaps the ability to generate revenue for some new funky looking dolls. Went with my mrs who is a real life movie goldfish, shes only seen it once during a 8 movie (no Phantom Menace, obvs) COVID weekend marathon we had and she said WTF is that bit with the CGI. The orchestra didn't play those bits either.
Whatever method or process they use to remove the music has dulled the sound somewhat. Dialogue was fine but some other sound effects were poor in particular the speeder / biker scout chase in the forest.
Entertaining thing to do on a Wednesday night nonetheless. There's a similar thing with The Terminator starting in May with some synth band. Might give that a go too.
That's pretty epic - but £90 a ticket?!
