An good but overall flawed film

Rating: 7/10 (13 May 2020)

Now going into this, I have yet to rewatch this even though it dropped on Disney plus last week so this opinion can be and is subject to change. Despite what the divisive reviews said I went into seeing this film at my local movie theater months ago with an open mind and optimism, I'm glad to say I liked the film, Was it perfect? No, was it great? Not really but it was good nothing more nothing less. Some parts I enjoyed (Closing out Leia's arc, the Galaxy Fleet coming to aid the Resistance boys, Ben's redemption etc) and others I didn't or would change (Rey burying Anakin/Luke's and Leia's lightsabers in sand, the Final Battle at Exegol, Hux being the spy just to name a few) even then I didn't necessarily hate the movie. Is it worse than AOTC or TPM like many say? No it's not but it's definitely not up there in my ranking for SW movies. I think what mainly hurt this film from being great or a satisfying conclusion to the Skywalker saga was there was only so much JJ Abrams himself could do after the disappointment
and mess that was of TLJ. One thing I mainly disliked about this film was *Minor spoilers so heads up*
The disappointing and underwhelming Final Battle or Battle of Exegol, it felt rushed and lazy in that you literally cannot see what was going on no shots of larger ships going toe to toe, starfighter combat etc.
In the end this film was good but an flawed conclusion to the 40 plus year Skywalker Saga. The Sequel Trilogy summed up for me ultimately is Wasted Potential, characters I liked especially Hux could have been so much more but nope they decided to turn him into someone's punching bag after TFA and a spy in this film.....
Hopefully in the next trilogy, if there is one planned, that there's one clear and set vision by a group of writers of what it's going to be so it doesn't end up turning into another mess and wasted potential like the ST.
Final rating I gave this film after seeing it back in December of last year was an 7.5/10, and has remained that way since though like I said is subject to change if I rewatch it down the line.