JJ Abrams knows how to make a movie

Rating: 6/10 (5 January 2020)

It's entertaining and I didn't leave pissed off, even for a life long Star Wars fan. It somehow worked. JJ got me with his nostalgia and lens flares. And Babu. The scenes are insane, all over the place and not long enough to explain anything. The ending is a bit bizarre but maybe because my expectations were so low, I was ok with everything. I was dreading to go see it and waited to see it but I liked it. I mean it's still not Star Wars though.
I should probably even give it a 7 but they still hit on Jedi lore and, let's just say, things change in this movie which tells you they had no idea what they were doing in the first place. It's pretty much empty fun. There was a little charm to it. Oscar Isaac and John Boyega have very good chemistry together. Daisy Ridley just had shot after shot of her looking surprised/upset. It got tiresome after awhile. Adam, ya know, even if his character is poorly written he still brings some gravitas to his roles. So if you're on the fence about it, go give it a watch.