An entertaining and wild ride

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2019)

As with ALL Star Wars films, I went into this with an open mind and came out smiling.
In my opinion a lot of the other reviewers are just being way too critical for no good reason, expecting Star Wars to fit into the little box in their own mind.
Despite the hate being thrown at it, I found this movie very fun to watch. The superb audio/visual spectacle of this film really was beautifully crafted. I loved how the story tied up some loose ends as it all unfolded-as all sequel endings should. And I must say, I quite enjoyed the new things they were doing with the force powers. So much so, I found myself wishing they'd done more of that in the previous films. To me, it just makes more sense than the limited display of force abilities displayed in the past. Overall really fun watch and cool that elements of it tied back in to the original trilogy.
Watch it with an open mind and for the wild and exciting spectacle that it is and you'll enjoy it much more. Or maybe I'm just too forgiving and blind to what critics see haha. Or maybe the Star Wars fan base is just too critical for their own good.
The only criticism I can drum up is that some of the film felt quite hurried in how it was edited. Sometimes I didn't have time to take a breath from one scene before it was well into the other. But having said that, the movie is definitely long enough and I appreciated the amount of content they put into the length of film that it is so... I'll take it.