Better than Episode 7 (TFA)

Rating: 9/10 (16 December 2016)

Summary: I'm definitely going to see this movie again at the cinema. I really enjoyed it.
The Good: - Good protagonists: I felt that the female protagonist (played by Felicity Jones) was better than the one played by Daisy Ridley in TFA. I also think Mads Mikkelsen and Diego Luna were well cast. In all, I felt that the characters in this film were better developed.

Good antagonists: Ben Mendelsohn was great as Orson Krennic. And Darth Vader: Need I say more? - Interesting plot, with some twists here and there.

Good action-sequences: I liked them better than the ones in TFA. And the Death Star destruction sequences were awesome.

More diverse cast: Colored people in film are represented by black actors 90% of the time, so it's refreshing to see some Asian characters (one of them played by Donnie Yen) among the main cast (who don't play the bad guys for a change).

Lots of nods to the first film (Episode 4).

The music by Michael Giacchino was surprisingly good.

An ending that made a bigger emotional impact than TFA. Not going to be too specific here to avoid some serious spoilers, but I wish more movies would end like this. It doesn't have to end on just a happy note.

The bad:

Some clunky dialogue.

Some humor that doesn't really work that well.

No Star Wars-theme in the opening. But since this is not a Star Wars 'main' movie, they probably wanted to avoid that.

The Ugly:

Nothing that I can come up with.