All about money not about a story

Rating: 5/10 (19 December 2017)

I went into this movie as a casual Star Wars fan who grew up with the originals. Force Awakens was an ok movie to me that was entertaining. I thought the story was ok, but after seeing The Last Jedi I now know that story was just bait. They teased all canon Star Wars fans with deep theories only to completely throw any potential good backstory out the window with little care (Snoke, Parents of Rey, Knights of Ren). They brushed over any that they covered (Kylo vs Luke History). And they didn't develop any new interesting one's going forward. There is almost no mystery left in the Star Wars Universe. Mystery is what spawned the Star Wars Universe for all its fans and created an entire culture within our world. They basically spit on all of that.
Next problem was the story was insanely bland. It was as if no thought was put into anything. You can tell these movies are the products of different minds. 70% of the movie is waiting for one sole transport ship to run out of gas. Somehow the First Order can't send half of their ships to cut off the Republics last ship and corner it, surround it and destroy it. Instead its like a dozen First Order Ships slowly following a lame Rebel ship. Anyone with any military knowledge is sitting in the theater annoyed as hell. Not only did you feel like you were watching a slow space chase for most of the movie but no other plot really went anywhere. Finn jumped around accomplishing nothing the entire film. Rey's story was somewhat interesting. Poe's story was he is not ready to lead. Snoke with all his power and mystery was all bark and no bite. I guess same with Phasma. Hux I guess is just some idiot white male who somehow rose to the highest ranks.
The next movie I guess is going to be about the 20 some Rebels left to fight against the small legion of First Order dudes that are left. Seems like some space pirate could sweep in right now and destroy both small armies and rule the galaxy. I mean at the end of the movie the Rebels put out a distress call for help and nobody even said hi. If there is any more Rebels out there I guess they have no honor in them. So I guess they are down to 20 some Rebels left and no ships outside the Millennium Falcon. In such a large galaxy this fight seems so small. Unlike the original and Rogue One where the Empire had a stranglehold on what seemed like everywhere. The First Order seems like the only place they exist is chasing the very small fleet of Rebel ships.
Its clear Disney only cares about making money. There is almost no plot or story to this trilogy. The writers could care less about all the plot holes.Nothing new or interesting is being added to the universe. Im not a canon guy but I wold rather scrub away this new trilogy and replace it with the canon material. The movie is like watching a 2.5 hour advertisement for all the crap you see in the stores. This movie also confirmed to me that the majority of movie reviewers are just in the back pockets of the handful of media superpowers that control 90% of the media that goes out every day. Its all about money and pushing their views. Pick up a book next time you think about going to the movies.