Good but not great

Rating: 7/10 (30 April 2019)

This movie offers many compelling moments - whether fun, breathtaking, tear-jerking, or thought-provoking. Yet it doesn't offer a strong narrative that pulls them together into one coherent movie. The first and second acts are wildly disharmonious with each other, and while the confrontation of the third act is satisfyingly epic, it doesn't quite erase the fact that the key in the lock of the conflict's solution still feels a bit like cheating, even though the writers have tried to make it airtight. This is a movie about nostalgia more than anything, and thus offers many sentimental nods to fans. If you're a fan who's more into sentiment than narrative, then you'll probably find this movie quite satisfying. However, after the masterful satisfying. However, after the masterful "inevitability" of its prequel's storyline, the somewhat chaotic and random tone of this movie's narrative feels like a letdown to me.