It was OK

Rating: 5/10 (8 May 2016)

Everyone whom disliked the movie already described my feelings about it. Except, I will disagree with those that say they loved the first 45 minutes and disliked the rest. I thought the first part was too fast and development was lacking. I thought the second half had some jokes that hit their marks and even the realization of the force in our protagonist was at least interesting.
But, gone are the days of what I see as quiet revelation. I think back to A New Hope and miss that simple scene in the Falcon, where we see C3PO playing some version of chess against Chewbacca; and Luke learning how to blindly defend himself with a light saber. Without action, the scene quietly fascinates the viewers, while teaching us that wookies have bad tempers and fill our imagination with the mystery of the force. That is gone. Been gone since episode 1.