A chaotic mess with amazing graphics

Rating: 6/10 (26 December 2019)

The first Star Wars movie I remember seeing in the theater was Empire (my parents tell me I saw A New Hope but I was 4 so I don't recall that). I've been a fan since then. I loved episodes 4-6 and even enjoyed episode 3. 1 and 2 were mediocre at best. I have endeavoured to keep an open mind with the new iterations. Rogue One was excellent and Solo wasn't great but wasn't nearly as bad as most say it is. Episode 7 was pretty good and episode 8 left a,lot to bed desired. Anyway on to episode 9:
This movie seemed to crawl at a snail pace (the guy next to me fell asleep until woken by his friend). It then blasted off at rocket speed
to different plot points which seemed very confusing most of the time. A lot of things were left unexplained: how did Palpatine survive his fall into a reactor? How are Ren and Rey suddenly so powerful they can use the force to stop/push a transport ship from ascending to space (a feat Vader at the height of his power never used)? Are Fin and Rose the Ross and Rachel of the galaxy? They seemed to be starting a romance but now are just civil to one another. Why no explanation of Palpatine fathering a son? I could go on and on.
While the graphics and fx were amazing the dialogue seemed forced compared to the other movies. Most of Fin's lines are him screaming peoples names as they are in danger. Also while it was nice to see Lando again his presence in this movie seemed like an afterthought and really was a disservice to his character in my opinion.
To sum it up, I realize this review is just a chaotic rambling of my thoughts which makes it very similar to this movie. The epic story that Lucas began decades ago deserved a better ending.