{"id":128362,"date":"2015-10-20T04:19:03","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T10:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/20\/star-wars-the-force-awakens-i-am-so-in.html"},"modified":"2015-10-22T12:17:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T18:17:10","slug":"star-wars-the-force-awakens-i-am-so-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/20\/star-wars-the-force-awakens-i-am-so-in.html","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&quot; &#8212; I am SO in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is altogether possible that the movie will suck horribly &#8212; but the trailers are so, so good, hitting every note the way I want it to be hit.<\/p>\n<p>(Although apparently J J Abrams has graduated from Lens Flare to Embers In The Air as his visual signature.)<\/p>\n<p>No, but seriously, the trailer, at least, works the nostalgia, the new slightly grimy realism, the menace, the taunting hope, just &#8230; letter perfect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe type='text\/html' width='100%' height='385' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sGbxmsDFVnE' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/j26nPngPXEA'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is altogether possible that the movie will suck horribly &#8212; but the trailers are so, so good, hitting every note the way I want it to be hit. (Although apparently J J Abrams has graduated from Lens Flare to Embers In The Air as his visual signature.) No, but seriously, the trailer, at least, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/20\/star-wars-the-force-awakens-i-am-so-in.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&quot;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&quot; &#8212; I am SO in&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-star-wars-media-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129240,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/23\/movie-review-star-wars-the-force-awakens-2015.html","url_meta":{"origin":128362,"position":0},"title":"Movie Review: &quot;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&quot; (2015)","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 23-Dec-15 6:20pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A good movie, and I want more. 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