Ending The Franchise With A Fizzle Not A Bang!

Rating: 5/10 (6 January 2020)

Star Wars - The Rise Of Skywalker
I mustn't be too harsh in reviewing this!
Having watched this I realise the movie was all about tying up loose ends, honouring what went before and being careful not to create any new storylines that would set hares running. Within these strict parameters the movie answered the needs of fans and perhaps on a second or even a third viewing will prove quite satisfactory.
What was problematic
The medieval belief that an individual is doomed to moral corruption due to a genetic preponderance is to modern minds absurd, and really very flimsy motivation.
The movie lacked humour, this is really an essential component of the franchise.
The "romantic" pursuance of Rey by Kylo Ren was creepy, touching on coercive grooming, this really did not work. In addition when he had achieved his goal it was a contrivance in the script to arrange his demise to make way for her real love interest.
The acting was wooden and the script stilted in places, the original franchise was sexy in many ways this was just bland and beige and getting more insipid by the minute.
Just too much referencing backwards we had every famous scene ticked except one, this would be our heroes getting out of a refuse disposal on an empire ship...lol
We needed lots more "magic" more use of the force, just about more of everything.
This franchise did not end on a bang but alas merely a fizzle.