Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Nostalgia

Rating: 1/10 (19 December 2019)

I went into this movie nervous, I already knew that the opinions were divided, so I knew that it was up to me to decide for myself whether I liked this movie or not. So, did I like it or dislike it? Neither.
I hate this movie. This is not Star Wars. I mean maybe it is, but it's not a movie. It's a 2 and a half hour long commercial stunt made to sell toys. There was no story, there was no passion and there was no finesse. They had 250 million dollars to make this movie and it looked cheap, it was terribly shot and there was no plot.
Star Wars doesn't have to be perfect or an axiom of cinematic history, but it has to do something good. This movie doesn't. It's bad, just bad. It felt as if JJ Abrams read fan theories and fiction online and wrote a script around it.
People complained about not getting to know Snokes background in Episode 8 and I understand that. But doing what they did in this movie, I think most people would agree that his backstory would have been much more intriguing and better off if it had been left in the dark. Reys origins is another example of them messing around with things which they don't understand. Instead of making a well made film which builds on it's predecessors interesting and well thought out, although divise, story, they hijack everything we saw in this new trilogy so they could "satisfy" fans. Nobody is happy and if they are, it won't be for long before they realize what they have actually witnessed.
Some even say that the acting was good. I respectfully and strongly disagree. You could just see it in Adam Drivers face during the scenes that he knew that he had better things to do. And he does. John Boyega didn't land too far away from the same tree. With poor dialogue and bad scripting, I pity the cast, this is what they were given, at the end of the day, it's not their fault.
And I felt fooled by the marketing of this film. The TV spots teased us with awesome soundtrack hits from John Williams of the original and prequel trilogy, but none were heard in the movie. This proves my point. JJ Abrams and Kennedy don't understand Star Wars and what makes it special. They see what it is and what the cover of its thick and thoughtful book looks like, but they don't know how to read what's actually written on the inside. The Williams score is a character by itself, as much as Luke, Leia and Han. Rian Johnson understood that, providing us with the best Star Wars soundtrack ever recorded in The Last Jedi. The soundtrack in The Rise of Skywalker is forgettable and bland. Tasteless in fact. And it's not John Williams's fault, he did the best he could've done with what was given to him.
But, after watching the movie and understanding how immensely disappointing and unsatisfying it was, I don't mind them not using classic songs like "Duel of the fates" or "Battle of the Heroes", because I would have felt like they were now polluted by Episode 9.
So, after this being said, I do not consider this movie as part of canon, it's too bad. If you love Star Wars and you actually enjoy The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, you might not want to watch this movie and leave the finale of the Skywalker saga to be left to your own devices and figment of your imagination, trust me, it will probably be better than anything you see in this disrespectful, offensive and straight up impassionate film.
The next Star Wars movie must be directed by someone who understands what it is, who has the intelligence to execute something philosophical and intellectually challenging. The people in charge of this movie understimate the intelligence of movie goers.