Last Jedi tries so hard to be more than it is and that's why it fails

Rating: 4/10 (7 February 2018)

When Indiana Jones was nuking the fridge, Leia (and maybe Star Wars) is at least doing the same here - in Star Wars terms.
And while it was a nice gimmick in an Indy Film (there was far worse in that movie... Shia LaMonkey... I was scratching my head in a 'what the hell is that moment') that Leia scene was the first of some of these moments in that movie. I wouldn't go so far and say that it is all down from there, but:
Luke is acting as if the events of the original trilogy never happend.
The 18 hour time frame of the movie doesn't make sense.
The whole casino planet setting reminded me very much of the prequels (as you assume: not in a good way... if I sit in a Star Wars movie for 20 min and wonder: is that really happening? that is too ridiculous to put on screen, there has got to be something wrong).
They continue to copy the original: the Hoth battle! The Idea with the red tracks is a nice visual, but the scene is not nearly as awesome as the original.
The cave scene, as well copied and so annoying! What's the point of flicking three times in a row?! (And yes, the scene is as bad as this ambiguous sentence)
A great actor like Benicio del Toro totally wasted with a flat character.
The rebellion about the leadership within the resistance is just filling time and is imitating drama.
When the movie is trying to be funny it more feels like watching Spaceballs. Star Wars feels like a parody itself.
Brining in an asian main character is OK, but like the multicultural cast of Rogue One it feels more like it happend for profit at the asian market than for the movie itself.
Yoda while unnecessarily put in the movie for fan service and that nostalgia Hollywood has to stop! at least I liked that rubber puppet feeling on his design.
The twist at the end is totally irritating due to bad make-up choices.
That are just the major points that stuck with me and bother me since I watched the movie at the premiere night. I am not a big fan of Episode 7 but at least it was fun to watch and it brought a little bit back of that Star Wars feeling. The major problem is that Disney is rushing that whole Star Wars thing so much, that there is no time for good script development. It's all just ideas put together. If they continue to crap out a Star Wars movie every year they will ruin it and no one will be interested in seeing these things anymore. As a big Star Wars fan I'd rather avoid a Star Wars movie than being disappointed again and again.