Does It Rise To Close the Saga? Skywalker's Return Has Balance Issues

Rating: 7/10 (20 December 2019)

LIKES:
The Dialogue
The Symbolism/Emotions
The Nostalgia
The New Worlds
Better Pace
The Visuals and Sound Editing
The Twists (surprises)
The Action (sometimes)
The Comedy
DISLIKES:
The Choppiness Of The film
The Story's indecisiveness
Too Many Characters
Trying to Please Too Many People
The Action
Not Enough Focus On The New
The Overkill On Things
The Lack Of Emotion At Times
The Impasses falling too easily
Too much in one film

The VERDICT:
I did not love this film like some of the other installments, but I also did not hate it either. Rise Of Skywalker's main flaws are the inability to decide what fanbase they wanted to hit, and trying to put way too much into one movie. The attempt to conclude the movie faltered on uniqueness and cohesiveness, always hinting at awesomeness, but never quite getting there due to the coordination failures. It exceeds at the superficial ooh and ahhs of visuals, moves much better in terms of pace, gets comedy, nostalgia, and symbolism baked in, and does manage to keep dialogue smart to help twist some things up. Yet, as I agree with other fans, the movie needs to use this time as a reset for future installments, so that they may bring a new story out that takes the nostalgia, but allows a new legacy to build (see Rogue One Or the Mandalorian). From there, the story can get back to the adventures we loved, and still gets those overcharged heroes that seem to motivate costumes of the 21st century. That and please stop making the grandiose ideas be the stars, please find something better to do instead.
My scores for the closing chapter are:
Action/Adventure/Fantasy: 7.5
Movie Overall: 6.0