Thank you JJ & Disney

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2019)

This review will be short, no in depth plot review, no real spoilers, but instead just what I feel having just watched the Rise of Skywalker. So will start with wow! Having read and viewed some of the reviews already out there and anticipated that the negativity within the reviews was by persons trying to grab headlines and get attention or was by those who wanted their own version of a story written as the final Star Wars final entry, I am not just happy to report but actually excited to report that this film is outstanding, it's entertaining from opening scrawl to final credit, I did not look at my watch once during the film, simply just didn't get time to take my eyes off the screen for fear of missing some stunning visual. So you are asking is this just pretty to look at, the answer is no on so many levels, it's not just pretty must stunning, draw dropping in places and there are so many other positives to say about this conclusion to the Star Wars trilogy, let's start by the talking about the acting, Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver are simply amazing, believable, intense and possibly the most believable charachters not just in the entire Star Wars series but could easily stand their own against any other actors.
The action (which there is plenty of) is breathtaking at times, the scenery is, erm, well breathtaking at times, the story is, yep breathtaking with it twists and turns.
For all the neigh-sayers out there scoring this film down because it wasn't what their minds had predicted it would be or it was too much action orientated, well tough! It's not your story which is just as well I'm sure.
I saw the original at the age of 9 in 1977 in the cinema, I took my son who is 9 to see the Rise of Skywalker yesterday and this version created the same excitement for myself and my son as the original did all those years ago.
Thank you Disney and JJ for the Rise of Skywalker.