Star Wars is fun

Rating: 8/10 (2 February 2020)

I saw the original New Hope as a little kid in the theater and have seen everyone in the theater since. Yes, I was originally a hater of the prequals, sans "Revenge of the Sith". I learned my lesson. Star Wars is meant to just be fun it is an elevated kids movie. Having said this there are a few things that I would like to say. SPOILERS AHEAD. Rise of skywalker has some amazing moments, However, its over use of the Hand of God technique. For those of you that don't know about this its essentially a greek play way of just saving someone out of an unsaveable situation ie. Harry Potter and the spiders, kids are for sure going to die in the woods and boom car comes out of no where with no explanation to save them. Where was I, Oh Rise of skywalker doesn't just overuse this it banks almost every scene on this, really breaks down suspended disbelief. I think this is a universal gripe with the movie. Another issue I had was, that while I loved homage to every movie they missed a big one. Blow a planet or a death star up at the end. It felt like with all of the winks to the series was given that was a big miss, lets see the sith planet blow up like the death star. In the end my friend Bill comes to save everyone with his review of the prequels, I asked what he thought and he said, "Best cartoon I have ever seen." Star wars is for kids and go there as a kid, don't ask questions, have fun, eat some popcorn. It's meant to be fun, not sipped like a fine wine.