An absolutely beautiful POS.

Rating: 5/10 (19 December 2019)

I mean that, the production value Disney gave this movie is incredible, and had there been an actual story this movie had money to make it a masterpiece. To be honest, I wasn't holding out much hope for a great ending, because in my opinion Disney painted itself in a corner with this story. One more movie wasn't going to save it. But they certainly tried.
Why 5 stars? Because visually the movie was pretty darn good. The CGI wasn't terrible, and some of the scenes where absolutely stunning and there was a lot of action.
But the character Rey is a completely overpowered Mary Sue. She can do anything. Obviously she's the Captain Marvel of the Star Wars universe. And demonstrates her powerful Mary Sue talents throughout this film. So if that's what you want to see more of, super duper powerful characters played by women, then perhaps you'll like that aspect of the movie. This is the diversity Star Wars were the patriarchy takes a back seat. Perhaps that coupled with the visual effects will make you happy. Apparently that's what Disney thought anyway.
But the story just isn't there. It's chaotic, and all over the board. It's like they threw in a little of everything hoping something would stick. ...well, in my opinion, it didn't work. I don't appreciate how they've modified the Star Wars mythology to serve their purpose. It's seems like they're pandering to the women studies majors, who I'm sure will leave their drum circle to buy tickets to see this woke Star Wars, but I kind of doubt they'll buy the toys, action figures, and collectibles. The social commentary was awkwardly obvious. But hey, at least this time the bad people weren't all white men. So, at least they're trying.
All the rumors were correct, so I'm not going to go into any great detail here except to confirm them. If a play by play is what you want you'll find it all over the internet.
Should you go see this? I wish I hadn't. I really wish I wasn't so much of a Star Wars geek that I'll watch any movie they throw out. But there won't be any repeat viewings on this one, and I won't be renting or buying this movie or any memorabilia. I think it's going to be a very long time before we see another Star Wars trilogy on this scale. I think Disney will be taking a step back, trying to figure out what went wrong. If they listen to the fans I think they'll be able to learn something. If they don't? They wasted the shareholders money buying this franchise.