A damp quib

Rating: 3/10 (20 December 2019)

MASSIVE SPOiLER: I could just review this movie in two words "Rey Papatine" and hopefully that would convey just how misguided and misbegotten it is.
EVEN MORE MASSIVE SPOILER: I should have started this by saying I was one of the few who loved Last Jedi. I thought it was the besy Star Wars movie since The Empire Strikes Back, and that the decision to introduce interesting ideas about the nature of heroism was the most thrilling thing to happen to a pretty stale franchise in years.
So hey, I guess the message is not "anybody can be a hero" after all, but rather "you're nobody unless your descended from the galaxy's elite." Pretty inspiring stuff--and some people wasted 18 hours of their lives watching this (not counting all the re-watching).
So why three stars? There were some good action sequences, and Adam Driver is really good.