Visual spectacle. Disappointing plot.

Rating: 1/10 (14 December 2017)

I thought the movie was on the whole well made but the plot essentially ended up going nowhere. Multiple times this movie went to great lengths to justify a plot twist to then just go back on it.
Kylo's arc was interesting and the justification for his characters past choices and his decision to turn against snoke was all great, to then just throw it away and make him 'bad' again. When Leia said she was tired of watching heroes die I was ready to accept her heroic death to save the resistance, but no we will throw away Holdo, a new character we only semi care about. When Holdo looked like she might be a traitor, no she just kept the plan from everyone for no good reason and put her own plan in danger (from the DJ arc). Finn was ready to die for the resistance and save the base but no he just got saved and the massive cannon put a tiny hole in the door. Heck even the 'ending of the jedi' was thrown away by a 1 second shot of the books just in a drawer in the Falcon.
Luke's arc was a satisfying end to a great character despite him 'choosing' to go and not be killed by anything in particular. Even though he never actually trained Rey at all.
Whilst the film was a visual spectacle and an enjoyable ride it took neither the plot nor the characters anywhere interesting despite setting up these twists. Kylo's bad, the resistance are all together ready to rebuild, Rey is still powerful without any training. The questions we had went not only unanswered they were just swept away. Snoke was a powerful nobody that didnt matter. Rey is a powerful nobody. The Knights of Ren werent mentioned at all. All the good guys are fine and noone died. I really want to like this film but I am just not compelled to watch the next instalment as I can't see it going anywhere interesting. Overall I'm just dissapointed how tightly wrapped up in a bow the whole thing is.
TL,DR: The film itself was enjoyable enough but the plot doesn't develop our characters or even change their circumstances from the last film. Lots of interesting questions went unanswered or didn't end up mattering. On the whole left me uncompelled to find out where it goes. 5/10