Sophisticated adult story - well done !

Rating: 9/10 (25 December 2016)

I loved this movie because the story is political and sophisticated, at least compared to other sci-fi these days like Star Trek or Doctor Strange, or Marvel like stories which really seem to be for children, there is absolutely no comparison, this one rises high above those. This story has more complexity, at least we see that rebels have different opinions. We should fight, we should not, should we care about rebellion at all? The narrative is realistic, still with some Hollywood twists like "oh my god, in fact he is not dead!", but the general rendering is realistic and not naive. Great design on the robots. Also I love that every character has an important role to play, it's not just a hero that saves everybody because everybody is so weak. It was a big joy to see the old rebels costumes again with the orange glasses and all, it's a really good feeling. But there was no big innovations unfortunately. Then, the story really integrates well with the rest of the Star Wars stories, any Star Wars fan should not be disappointed, it is a real Star Wars story! Really well done! It explains what will happens next and makes so much sense, it makes me want to watch the next episode, now. I know, there are no Jedi, or force but honestly it is a big deal that they explain this side of the story on how they got the map, such an ingenious story. But I wish they explained more their motivation and why they want so badly to defeat the Empire.
The only thing that could be improved, is that despite the great design of the robots, the vessels and everything, we still see that the military director is a 3D character, we just see that he is not real, Leia was better because we just guess she is not real. Finally my only regret is that the heroine was not bold enough, she seemed to be carried from one point to the other and didn't show big initiatives, she didn't make any memorable actions of her own, she is kind of presented only as the daughter of.. yet she played her part very well, I wish she was developed more, it's sad we might not see her again, she's an interesting character.