A total butchering of Star Wars

Rating: 1/10 (23 December 2019)

A much anticipated conclusion to Disney's sequel trilogy, not because of how it will end - but for the very fact it will end. If J.J. Abrams set out to make a 'how-to not' make a Star Wars movie, he has succeeded. The least creative of Star Wars fanfiction outclasses this in every way.
This is a motion picture of affirmative action, and every other postmodernist spiel thinkable crammed into an overlong, dull creation of nonsense.
Promising actors are given weak, awkward dialogue bereft of any memorable one liners. Impenetrable plot armour preserves characters past their expiration. Odd pacing and strange use of humour consistently breaks immersion. Amazing CGI is given no soul or purpose for it to illustrate. Over-reliance on throwbacks make you really wish you could go back. And, of course, a near total disregard of the universe's lore further widens the disconnect founded by its two predecessors.
Main characters felt like background characters, owing to their complete underdevelopment. Rey just felt like a Mary Sue - she never truly earned her abilities, making it impossible to like her as a character.
It's only graces were several interesting, yet underdeveloped concepts around Exegol and the Sith wayfinder, the underused, promising character of Zorii Bliss, and the movie's stunning visuals. But these high points are all vastly overshadowed by a glaring litany of flaws.
Star Wars is being commercialised and hollowed out.
1/10