Wallop

Rating: 8/10 (24 January 2020)

This was the first time in a long time I'd gone to the cinema to watch a Star Wars movie. I had three young lads in tow, my son age 9, and his two buddies age 9 and 11. The girls had gone to watch Cats.
I remembered going to see the first Star Wars movie at the Odean in Bradford with my Dad and my bud Lee when I was 6, two very hyperactive boys. We sat through that movie and never made a sound, spellbound. I wondered how these three boys would react to this outing, and if I was going to enjoy the film at the age of 48.
The lads were brilliant, totally focused, their faces wide eyed and intense, ooooing and arrring as the action played out. Mine too. We all had a fantastic cinema experience as we watched a fantastic Star Wars story.
The rise of Skywalker did what it was supposed to do, just like the original, it entertained a family superbly and made a memory that wont be forgotten.