Good Points Vs. Bad... "Kylo Ren looks like Professor Snape"

Rating: 4/10 (17 December 2015)

Ever have someone tell you to write a list of pros and cons before making your final judgment?. Well here it..
Good Points
The initial feels upon the first few seconds of hearing the theme song and seeing the opening scrawl appear.
Watching this in 3D.
The silhouetted star destroyer over the planet after opening scrawl. Daisy Ridley: Strong female lead, fantastic acting.. will blatantly turn out to be Luke's daughter / Kylo Ren's cousin.
The Millennium Falcon lift-off and dogfight.
BB-8 thumbs up with gas torch. YES!
Stormtroopers actually being formidable opponents. (For the first part of the movie at least).
I am SURE there are many more. But, but, but. Oh dear god. Just read on..
Bad Points Remember how intimidating Palpatine and Vader were. It's cos they were actually pretty calm, confident and smug in their demeanor (oh, you will find that this battle station is QUITE operational etc etc). They strutted round like cocky bar stewards and THAT was intimidating. Somebody having a tantrum with his light- saber is laughable. Even the two i-Troopers just turned and casually walked away. And you just KNEW if you could see their facial expressions it would have been "ooooooo, he's off again". Like when your missus throws a wobbly on her period.
FURTHER to that Domhnall Gleeson's character, General Hux, going on a RANT to his team. RANT not calm, collected "we will crush your pitiful band of rebels" Palpatine-Esq type of belittlement, but a "I haven't had my morning coffee and am on my man-period" type RANT. Laughable and cringe-worthy. Plus his acting overall was just awful AWFUL!!
The opening scrawl. Why, oh why is so much emphasis placed on ONE PERSON. If Luke has buggered off than quite frankly he's being a bit selfish, especially at a time his skills might come in handy. Previous scrawls have centered on the LARGER problems at hand. Luke should have been the evil, almighty Supreme Leader. THAT would have been a cool plot twist.
Snoke his name is "Snoke".. you couldn't have come up with something better than Snoke??
You can say "grandfather" to a burnt helmet but constantly refer to your own Dad by his formalized name even when no one can hear you???
You wear a helmet. To be like your granddaddy. But have no actual medical / technological need for it?
We wanted to see something gross under that helmet not Professor Snapes stunt double.
Apple: i-Troopers.
It was NOT shocking to find out Han and Leia were his parents. AT ALL!!
OH convenient placing of that light-saber.. in a wooden box in full view, not even neatly or securely put away?
Luke is NO WAY the "last Jedi"..... you wouldn't focus ALL that time and energy tracking him down even if he was..... rebels OR First Order.
Han Solo. In ALLLLL the years of fighting alongside Chewbacca never ONCE tried out his crossbow till NOW??! STFU!! Like you've never turned to your pal with a fancy toy / gadget and said "here pal, let's have a go on that just for 5mins I'll give it back I swear".
Finn has been put through RIGOROUS testing and CONDITIONING for years. After finishing the academy he OBVS got a Shiite result, got stuck on Sanitation duty, yet still ended up being called down to Jakku as part of the front line landing party. AND nobody noticed he's actually a big softy, not cut out to be "First Order" material??? ALTHOUGH, Kylo senses his wimping out and just strolls on like "meh, I'm not his line manager not my problem".. and "Captain Phasma" (again with the Shiite names) who IS his line manager tasks him with escorting a HIGH VALUE captive from his cell?? Of ALL the i-Troopers to pick??????
Han has been tracking down the Falcon for years ANNNNNND conveniently stumbles upon it minutes after it took off from Jakku. :/
Luke Skywalker looks like a weird old monk and didn't even firkin say anything. Just looked on like a homeless guy about to whip out his cardboard sign.
Kylo Ren looks like Professor Snape and isn't even nearly as intimidating.
Kylo Ren is basically a teenager, throwing a strop cos Grandpa had a cooler sounding career than Pops.
AWFUL light-saber scenes.
Where on earth did they get the funding to carve out half a planet? Palpatine only managed to scrape a Death Star together thanks to being in total control of the Old Republic / Empire's resources. The First Order is a smaller branch of followers i.e. nowhere near the man power!!
Some of the dialogue is appalling "You wouldn't recognize me because last time I didn't have this red arm". Really? REALLY????? THERE'S NO NEED FOR THIS LINE!!!!!
"R2-D2 has been on low-power mode since Master Luke disappeared". What is he an I phone dipped below 20% charge?