I wanted to like it.

Rating: 1/10 (13 June 2018)

I liked Rogue One in the level with the original trilogy, so this isn't from someone who hates all things new. This movie was awful.
So many moments felt like Star Wars new parodying Star Wars old. Finn and Rey both were solid with the parts they were given, and my excitement for seeing Mark Hamill playing Luke again can only be summarized by Howard's moment in the Big Bang Theory season finale. But the movie had no natural movement between scenes, the action sequences were comic booky in all the wrong ways, and it really felt like we were back to all the problems 1 and 2 had but at least we didn't have Jar Jar. And that's about the most positive thing I can say about the movie (Independent of the actors, several of whom did quite well with the roles they were given.)
It's writing was so original that I called the last plot twist while in the theater for episode 7.
In the end, this movie just didn't work at all for me, and that's a shame because I really wanted to love it.