Not the movie we longed for, but ultimately fun to watch

Rating: 7/10 (17 December 2017)

People who are reviewing this movie with 6 stars and below are obvious spoilers or at least narrow-minded. This movie is quite entertaining and a visual masterpiece. Furthermore John Williams delivers another great movie score.
However I must totally agree with Mark Hamill on utterly hating on how the writers dealt with the character of Luke Skywalker. In the OT he was never a classic Jedi because he used his emotions to a certain amount, but now he keeps the ancient Jedi temple and scrolls safe, but at the same time resents Jedi for being egoistic and ultimately wrong about the Force. He does not seem like the Luke we all once knew and loved.
Furthermore Leia was always Force sensitive, but couldn't wield it, but now she can somehow use the Force to bring herself back into the spaceship she was blown out of. Moreover the ease of defeating Snoke and not revealing his origin whatsoever is ridiculous. Not to mention Rey's origin, which kept us wondering for the past two years was a real letdown to me. Kylo Ren is still a whiny little b*tch but somehow evolves a bit, but still not enough to be considered a real threat and a heir to Darth Vader.
In conclusion probably the thing that bothered me the most is too much of humor that I sometimes felt as I was watching a Star Wars parody instead of a new chapter in a longtime saga. SW always had some humor, but this amount kind of swept all the seriousness away fro the movie. All in all a fun movie to watch, but ultimately didn't meet my high expectations.