That'll do, J.J. That'll do.

Rating: 8/10 (31 December 2019)

Who the heck am I?
When my parents took me at 6 to see Phantom Menace, I thought it was the greatest artistic achievement I'd ever witnessed. I still feel the prequels are under rated.
I'm indifferent toward the original trilogy if truth be told though I did rather enjoy episodes VII and VIII.
This movie had a ton of pressure on it but ultimately it justifies its two hour runtime.
As my brother pointed out: it movies quickly and efficiently from place to place, the characters knowing what they want to do in the short run and then doing it and that neatly taking them to the next thing and this happens across many worlds of contrasting textures from dessertish to stormy.
With all the epicness and sense of conclusion and development that you would want, I did think they kind of dumped the "return" on us unceremoniously and I still maintain that Rey is a hard character to really feel for because she doesn't show enough vulnerability (I call this Hermione Granger Syndrome).
One could go one forever listing the things that it didn't do so I won't dwell on them. But I am indeed happy with the Kylo/Rey dynamic even if his motivations can seem a bit esoteric. He is still a compelling character and perhaps is the best performance by any actor on screen.
There is humour, don't worry. Mostly from C3PO most not entirely. And I was so tearing up at one point, you'll know it when you see it...
Overall I don't think you'll regret seeing this is the theatres if you had any enjoyment from the previous two movies.