One of the best

Rating: 9/10 (20 December 2016)

I really loved this movie. And after watching it a second time, putting in "a new hope" straight after was amazing. The movies ties in so well together they could almost have been done at the same time.
Comes to the negatives I sort of agree with most of the criticism. The music was not the best and seldom enhanced the experience. A couple of the actors, most notably "the Pilot" and the female lead could have done slightly better. I can also find a few specific moments that sort of work, but they feel like they could have been done better, the interrogation scene with some blob creature comes to mind... If being very nitpicky there are also a few, very minor, plot holes.
So this is not a perfect movie, but it is almost perfect entertainment. This movie also delivers a more grown-up perspective of the rebellion and it feels like one of the best in the franchise. This is definitely a go-see film and I would rank this on pair with Civil War of the most entertaining movie of 2016, however I would still put this slightly ahead as a movie experience - growing up with the original Star War trilogy this is as good as it gets.
As a final Spoiler! I would also like to point out that I find it extremely refreshing that they killed off all of the main characters. Seldom see that in movies and from a Disney own franchise seeing these adult themes and everyone dying a heroes death was a great choice, and kind of surprising. It totally make sense, and I assume all of them dying would be the case, but I was afraid they would shun away from it. The feeling from this movie also enhances the pay-off watching "A new hope" because the joy and feel of pay back when they blow up the death star is, now, like seeing it for the first time again. Great stuff!