An average film if you have not seen the OT.

Rating: 7/10 (23 December 2019)

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Aside from a few pacing issues and rocky editing, the SFX are top notch, the music is great and the acting is done mostly well.
This is a movie about ending storylines, not for creating them.
They took the liberty of expanding the ways of the force in order for the story to progress in multiple ways and the people who cherished the previous movies will be annoyed because of this sadly.
My guess is this was done not because of ignorance but for greater commercial succes. It works good enough for Disney I suppose.
I understand why this movie is so divisive among viewers. And there is no solution to this, apart from this movie being made for a big audience, instead of writing a movie that just resonates with viewers on it's own like the original trilogy.
You should still watch this movie.
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There are still a few questions to ask here:
Does seriously no one remember that Threepio was built by Anakin? So then Anakin is the one that implanted the protocol that Threepio will not speak or translate Sith language?
Why did Rey and Ben kiss? To go full circle on the shared family kissing maybe?
Did Lea commit suicide to make her son feel regret? What message does this deliver to our young viewers?