OK but not great

Rating: 7/10 (27 February 2020)

I certainly didn't come away disappointed (which I kind of expected given many poor reviews)... but neither did I come away thinking "wow".
It probably helps if you know the back story better than most people... as the movie dotted the i's and crossed the t's for all the most important things.
In the original it felt like you were there... but in this one I kept thinking that this looked like it was a set (quite a small one often).
The pace is ferocious at times... they're trying to cram in as much as possible. This doesn't allow the characters to be developed very much.
I'm glad I saw it... and I think most star wars fans won't be too disappointed as it's not as bad as some people make it out to be.
The box office seems to tell a different story to many of the reviews (a lot of people have seen it). I have never seen so many reviews focussing on the box office... yet mostly glossing over the fact that it's been quite successful financially. Is someone out to torpedo the film?
I've never seen so many reviews focussing on minutiae in the film... while finding very few reviews that look at the big picture? I assume that some of this is paid content (people being paid to write articles)... but if it is... it's weird paid content... as all it did was keep the movie in the public eye... not encourage the reader to view the movie (a lot of it wasn't all that positive).
This movie has been hyped a lot. Fortunately it's not all bad. You're going to be disappointed if you don't see it.
:-)