I mean, I guess it's entertaining?

Rating: 6/10 (20 December 2016)

So I'm a massive Star Wars geek, love it, but I had some issues with this one.
The first 10 minutes introduces you to far too many characters and planets for a normal person to make much sense of. It's just all too much - visually stunning, but mostly unnecessary. Come to think of it, the first 30minutes as a whole are a little big higglty-pigglty jumping between here and there, character to character. It was really hard to focus on any character without that firm footing, and I felt like they missed an opportunity to help the audience connect with the characters.
I personally felt no connection to Jyn; I didn't understand what made her tick, her motives, or why she did what she did in some situations. If they meant for her to be a lovable rogue, I'd say they failed. She was more of an enigma. Even in the last few scenes I was trying to figure out why she was doing what she was doing. But OK, if we put that to one side and just take a 'hero' pill, you can mostly ignore the poor scripting and lack of character development and enjoy another dive into the Star Wars universe.
The movie is very slow to get going, but as it went on, the better it got. The last 30-40 minutes were fantastic, and I thoroughly enjoyed the ending.
If you're a Star Wars fan, there are plenty of nods and 'in-jokes' which you'll enjoy, and the battle scenes are epic, but overall I was quite disappointed to be honest.
I mean, I guess it's entertaining? But I was disappointed.