Stunning visuals, some great acting but all felt very rushed.

Rating: 5/10 (20 December 2019)

Not sure why there are some idiots giving this a 1/10, it's certainly not deserving of that. I found the first half an hour or so to be very frantic, confusing and at times quite boring. But stick with it and it eventually finds its feet. As per usual the visuals are on point and they paint the Star Wars universe in a beautiful, breath taking way. I love the acting ability of Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver and it's great to see the other new actors being put to better use this time around. But overall everything in this film felt a bit forced, from the dialogue, humour, certain plot twists which didn't seem to make a whole lot of sense and the over abundant fan service which cropped up in every other scene. Everything gets tied up neatly as possible at the end, but instead of feeling emotional that this saga was drawing to a close, I just felt a little bit meh.
No doubt this movie will take a lot of money and the Disney execs will pat themselves on the back for a job well done, but I can't help but think this trilogy could have been a whole lot better if there had been more coherency behind closed doors. I guess we'll never know what could have been, and that's the saddest ending for me.