men, guns, bang-bangs, HEY, this is WAR ain't it so

Rating: 3/10 (5 June 2016)

If special effects were the only criteria, I'd give it an 8! And isn't it unusual that all the first user-reviews are very negative! IMDb usually puts really positive ones on page 1? But... I expect 1. a story that I can follow without thinking wtf is going on now, so 0/2 2. I expect characters that I can recognize and know what they are doing, so 0/2 3. then there is the acting. Well with so much FX there is not much time or space for the actors to do much more than say the lines, mostly without real emotion, 1/2, then 4. are there any especially good scenes? na, 0/2 Nor memorable lines. Still, with a current rating average of 8.2, somebody must love it all.
so, with 1 for the FX and production, and another for the roly-poly droid, that adds up to 3. And here is a challenge, to try and count all the cast and crew! It goes on in small font for ten minutes!
My suggestion for Lucas and the Bad Robot etc, call the next one, "Star Peace", but I won't hold m'breath.