You can't please everyone...

Rating: 7/10 (22 December 2019)

Well, according to most comment sections, I guess I'm *almost* the only one who *actually* enjoyed it...and I hated, loathed, and utterly despised The Last Jedi. Rise of Skywalker wasn't the story that I, personally, would have told (with all of the source material that's available)----but...I legitimately enjoyed it. I'm quite surprised. It actually made The Last Jedi *semi-watchable* ----and THAT is an accomplishment (considering it used to be unwatchable garbage).
I'm actually astounded by all of the chronic-hate that this movie is getting. But, having said that----I *completely* understand. The Last Jedi broke the fandom, and it *never* should have happened. Darth Kennedy should be stricken down and made to disappear.
This trilogy is deeply-flawed, but I enjoyed ROSW just as much as TFA. I'm judging it for what it *is* ----- *not* for what I wish it was or what it may/should have been.
I was thoroughly entertained. What can I say? I'm genuinely surprised by this. I've been reading the leaks for *months* and I had already decided to hate this movie. But, it's one thing to read *one person's description* of a film's events than it is to watch it be executed in real-time. I hated The Last Jedi to such a degree, that I actually feel guilty for liking TROS. But, it is what it is. I'm not going to lie to myself just to go with the flow of everyone else.
I think that we modern people are so analytical, that if everything doesn't reflect the understanding of *the real world* -----we wholeheartedly reject it...and in the process, we lose the ability to be entertained (thus becoming a nihilistically-based bottomless pit of morbid-criticism that refuses to allow our minds to wander into the possibilities of the impossible). When we think we know everything, we lose our sense of awe and wonder, thus preventing the enjoyment contained in the suspension of disbelief. This says more about *us* than it does about the intellectual properties that we over-analyze, pick apart and cannibalize.
People are so blinded by hatred (from the perpetuation of TLJ) that they lack the self awareness to realize that they're seeing TROS through the lens of their blind-rage-bias. But----- *that* is Disney's fault. I'll never project the blame on the audience. This entire trilogy is so nuanced and problematic. What a mess. Having liked TROS it's surreal seeing myself write such things. But, it is what it is. I refuse to engage in denial through the conduit of my own, personal bias.