Terrible. Absolutely terrible.

Rating: 2/10 (3 July 2018)

Saw it opening weekend going in with zero expectations and walking out of theater at that time I would have given it a 5 out of 10. Rewatching it on Netflix over the weekend made me realize how deeply flawed it is and made me reevaluate my rating. The humor is misplaced and hacky. The whole vibe is wrong for most of the movie. Just when you think it feels like a Star Wars movie, the movie derails and goes off in a different horrible direction. Aside from a few examples, most of the characters are awful and you don't care what happens to them. Kelly Marie Tran is simply awful. She can't act. She has terrible dialogue. Her character is annoying. Her story arc is pointless. What they did to Luke is unforgivable. I totally agree with Mark Hamill's anger at the direction Rian Johnson took with Luke. He would never abandon the force. He wouldn't just toss a lightsaber over his shoulder. He would act like such an immense pr*ck. What were they thinking when they made this garbage!?
I'm shocked at the controversy this movie has caused. Everybody is entitled to their opinion. If you liked it, I have no problem with that. I'm not going to start calling you names. Having said that, wow, this movie suuuuuuucked. It's hard for me to believe after billions of dollars spent on production over the span of 20 years, that nobody can make one single good new Star Wars movie. A consistently good movie from beginning to end. They all have at least one good part, but a part doesn't make a movie. As a fan, I have to balance my expectation of what I would like to see happen in the franchise vs what creative direction and feel the creative team wants to go in. All directors have a vision. I get it. I just don't understand how nobody else making these movies "gets it". Lord of the Rings got it right for 3 movies. Harry Potter got it right for 8 movies. Why is it so hard to make all the elements, direction, story, dialogue, characters, tone, action, suspense, special effects, all come together to make a great satisfying movie?