JJ should have gotten the whole trilogy

Rating: 7/10 (22 December 2019)

This movie is a ton of fun to watch, and the big moments, twists, and action scenes will put a smile on any star wars fan. None the less, the more one sits back and thinks about the plot, the more one realizes how many stretches and holes there are. This is due I think to how much JJ Abrams tried to pack into this movie to the point where it got a little sloppy. This is because JJ basically had only two movies to accomplish his story and vision as opposed to a whole trilogy due to how little TLJ did to advance the overall trilogy. The fast pace will allow for one to not notice these holes the first viewing but the more you watch it the more you notice. Also the movie definitely wants an "Endgame" moment of great grandiose and emotional payoff, however the trilogy feels so disjointed that we never get invested enough in these characters for them to earn the emotional payoff at the end. However, the fast-pace, twists, and great star wars moments make for a very fun viewing despite its flaws.