A great example of a defensive movie product

Rating: 4/10 (2 January 2016)

This movie is neither as good as some would like to make you believe nor as bad as some would like to believe themselves.
Basically, it is a product, not a work of art. I'm not in the entertainment industry, so I'm not gonna comment on it's product attributes, I'm not qualified. But, by definition, art is for everybody, so I can comment on it as a work of art, even if it is not such a thing.
There are roughly two parts of the movie:
1. First, where we meet the new characters and learn the new plot, which is a rehash of the old plot(s)
2. Second, where we encounter the old characters and the rehash becomes more of a do-over
First part is fun. Flawed in so many ways, but fun with a few good jokes. Even the plot rehash isn't too bad, as you can justify it as a case of history repeating itself.
Second part is not fun. It is not funny (except for a Chewbacca joke, which is actually in the transition between the first and second part). It so flawed as to become silly. The rehash fails to stand to scrutiny any more and feels too heavy, forced and pointless. Even what was supposed to be a good self-reference joke about putting someone in the garbage disposal with compacting walls, just falls flat, as does the most tragic event soon after that.
I won't go into details, many others already did. It is not just to avoid repeating their insights, but because the movie is designed (it's a product, remember, it is designed) defensively. For anything you try to "attack", there is a way to defend it. But, looking at it as a whole, there's not much worth defending.
It reminds me of Windows 95, which was a rehash of Windows 3.1. What the market wanted and well advertised. It made a lot of money. Like this product will. Of course, as it was really not good, it was soon phased out. Like this product will be, I think.