Hold your Horses - It's Not That bad !!!

Rating: 7/10 (12 May 2018)

I have to admit this film is no Empire Strikes Back but it's no Phantom Menace either!!!
Having come across such negative stuff on the Internet regarding the direction taken with The Last Jedi, I would like people to take a more balanced look at this film for what it is (an attempt to move things forward rather then give us the same old same old).
There is a lot of blame headed in the direction of Kathleen Kennedy and Disney but bearing in mind George Lucas gave us Jar Jar Binks and played around with the original trilogy with his Special Editions adding supposedly comedic scenes (yes the terrible Bit with Han stepping on Jabba's tail) only took away the magic of what made these films so good in the first place.
There's also a lot of flak with how Luke was portrayed in this movie. How Is it any different to Yoda and Ben disappearing into hiding when they had helped to create a Monster that would tear the Galaxy apart. No wonder the poor chap was such a mess when Rey tracked him down.

To me the only thing embarrassing in this movie was the very George Lucas Like Mary Poppins in space bit.
All I'm saying is Johnson was courageous in trying something different so stop pretending Disney brought in Paul W.S. Anderson to replace Alfred Hitchcock. Just have another look at The Prequel trilogy and to a certain degree the Special editions of the original Trilogy. Be thankful Lucasfilm was sold on.