What a disappointment...

Rating: 4/10 (15 December 2016)

Some already say this is the best Star Wars ever... I must have a problem somehow, because I have never been so bored watching a Star Wars movie. I expected nothing from this movie, but the cleverly made trailers did it, and I found myself wanting to see it quite badly. Ah the lure of going back to a galaxy far, far away... Well, if it were not for the cleverly sprinkled not so private jokes any dedicated fan will appreciate, the familiar universe, a quite good space and ground battle (but come on, Return of the Jedi anyone ? Déjà vu, déjà vu...), a surprisingly daring ending (I am not taking of the very last shots, one of which features a beloved returnee) leading to a nice relay to pass along the Death Star plans, this movie would be a complete waste of time. And really, you get to "resurrect" the greatest movie villain ever and you manage to botch it ?! Wrong walk, wrong moves, wrong shaped collar under the helmet, everything about this Vader is off, except James Earl Jones's voice ! This Vader is supposed to be the one we see entering the Tantive 4 with his stately, slightly heavy walk, not sauntering about like a young man ! He is not the youthful, strong Anakin Skywalker who duelled with Obi Wan, he is a 40something years old cripple who moves thanks to his armor ! Really, no one bothered to check how Vader moved in episode 4 ?! When I think how Episode 7 was dragged into the mud, how Abrams was charged with "killing" Star Wars, and now this boring mess is hailed as "the Star Wars we were waiting for"... Boring, botched, and ultimately completely useless, the saga did not particularly need that story to be told. I'm going to go back to waiting for the real deal. Episode 8. And hope it will be as good as I personnaly think Episode 7 was.