Not great, not good, borderline terrible

Rating: 4/10 (18 December 2016)

Spoilers I was super excited about this new Star Wars movie, the epic story of stealing the Death Star's plans! That sounds awesome! Except that it wasn't. This is not " just as good as The Empire Strikes Back."! The characters were not compelling, the story was meh, and they rely to much on nostalgia.
The characters in this movie were incredibly boring. The main hero Jen, played by Felicity Jones, never had the hero aspect and never showed her true importance other then my dad died and he built the Death Star. Cassain Andor, played by Diego Luna, didn't have hero qualities either, he was really just there. The acting wasn't great either. It felt extremely forced and unconvincing.
The story line was thin, like if it was ice you would fall through. They changed the story to much from what the original story was. There wasn't supposed to be Jen. Why is Disney trying to make woman the hero now. It's not a problem, but they are putting them in extremely unconvincing roles. Putting Jen as the lead role didn't really allow the story to have full potential. The story was really just held together by large action scenes and costume design.
Lastly they are relying way way to much on nostalgia. They had these cameos in there like R2 D2 and C-3PO and the aliens form the Mos Eisly cantina. Many most have though that it was clever, but they were lazily placed cameos that served no purpose at all. Reusing iconic lines doesn't make for great dialogue, it came off as lazy. They aren't giving us new other than a few new troopers or ships, they are just using our love of the original to trick us into liking the movie. All and all i give this movie 4 out of ten, don't believe the hype, try to make up your own mind if you like or don't like this movie,