Mixed Feelings

Rating: 6/10 (15 December 2017)

I think this is an ok film but for a Star Wars movie I expected much more. It started out decent enough but after 10 minutes or so I started feeling bored and anxious for the film to actually get somewhere. By the end it barely felt like a Star Wars movie.
Pros:
-great score
-mostly beautiful cgi and visuals
-acting was great for the most part (adam driver, daisy ridley, mark hamill)
-scene in snoke's throne room with rey and kylo was incredible

Cons:
-Plot was ridiculous (two spaceships chasing each other for almost the entire movie??)
-the entire canto bight subplot was a complete waste
-slow pace and no emotional stakes for most of the film
-Quite a bit of forced humor that ruins the tone.
-some of the cgi was pretty rough
-too many new and unexplained force powers that are ridiculous
-snoke's death (if handled differently i think this could have been truly epic)
-New character Rose was lame and unnecessary, I would have much rather seen Finn and Poe do something together

Overral I'm just disappointed. I desperately wanted to love this movie but it kind of sucks. Hopefully Episode 9 can turn this mess around.