Very predictable film that seems to just jump from a fight to the next one

Rating: 6/10 (14 December 2016)

In overall enjoyment I rank this film on par with the last one, was it "a force awakens" or what, who keeps track of this franchise that bloats like a pie in an oven.
I think the story was actually pretty nice. Tell the story of the rebels who stole the plans to the death star and gave Luke and friends a chance in the original. Tie this up seamlessly (literally!) with the original film and it works out pretty well.
Characters were a bit of a mix. The main hero and her companion make a good pair but the sidekicks are pretty much taken off the shelf which reads "useful generic sidekicks". The robot that tries to replace C3PO got the biggest laughs in our theater but it was all too predictable. It talked bad but turned out to have a big heart, just something we've seen all that often.
The film is literally just one big chase, where the heroes are never in a moments peace or rest. I liked the scene in the original when they travel in Millennium falcon and play that game of theirs and just talk. This doesn't have any of that, just explosions. Rogue one also tries to milk in on every possibility to awaken some sense emotion, but obviously so transparently that a critical movie goer will just feel embarrassed.
One thing of note is the VERY low level of CGI when they re-created some of the characters from the original movie. It was literally the same as watching a trailer of a new computer game, like Uncharted or something. Totally broke those scenes for me. What if they would have just showed these characters from the back and left the rest for imagination?
The film is 100% what you would expect from a money making machine, doesn't inspire you and doesn't totally let you down.