Good job cleaning up The Last Jedi mess...

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2019)

Ya, I went in not expecting much. I was actually ready to look for faults right from the jump. But I got converted in about 10 minutes. It was a fun ride, and a good patch job after Johnson crapped all over the set ups from TFA. There really wasn't much anyone could have done better in terms of getting back into the true Star Wars feel than Abrams pulled off here. Sure, it's full of silliness, but so are the originals. 'I am the spy!' made me laugh out loud, and so did many other scenes. And it was a joyful laughter.
Loved the sets, most of them reminiscent of not only empire and Jedi, but even the raiders of the lost ark. Loved the shootouts, very old school but with more oomph. Loved the lightsabers being drawn all throughout, and all the Jedi and Sith superpowers doing their thing. Rey's lineage reveal was meh, but ok, I'll roll with it. The dark mood was awesome too. All in all, a pretty good wrap up, and well executed damage control. The last one crapped on fans' expectations and this one tried to reverse the damage. It's a bit of a mess, but a fun one at that, and does its job.