Star Wars Digging Their Own Grave...

Rating: 6/10 (8 April 2018)

Everyone knows that Star Wars movies are always going to get billions in the box office, no matter how bad the movie is. I feel like Star Wars is now a cash grab from the fans, and I am a fan. The last Star Wars movie that was good was Star Wars: The Force Awakens, in my opinion, and it was in 2015; it's now 2018. I saw some mixed reviews on rotten tomatoes between the audience and the critics, as usual. Personally I'm more on the audiences' side, because I really don't care about the visuals, I care about the story; and let me tell you, the story is trash for a Star Wars movie. And I don't know if it was the director or the writers who screwed up the story. I'm now afraid of what Star Wars movies are going to become; probably a big cash grab, hopefully not to the point as Ghostbusters (2016). Star Wars: The Last Jedi is like a tennis ball, bright on the outside, but hollow on the inside.
Story: 5/10
The story is just unforgivable, and sloppy. The movie was over 2h 30min, maybe if I was entertained the whole way through, I wouldn't mind, but I was bored the whole way through. I felt like nothing was achieved in this story. And I have to mention the plot holes, it was plot hole galore, and I have the writers to blame for that. The story was overly complex too; how could you make a simple story like this, over 2h 30min. The story was about the last rebellion ships escaping escaping the empire, but they can't escape because the empire could track them through hyperspeed. Then Finn and his new girlfriend, Rose team up to find a guy who can disable the hyperspeed tracker, and then the ships escape. The End. The movie could've been 2hs if they just cut out the stupid parts. And if you think about it, Alien: Covenant and Star Wars: The Last Jedi have one thing in common, their both stupid. Like, why is Luke acting so different from the last time we saw him. In the first Star Wars movies, Luke wanted to end the empire, now he doesn't care; did the writers even watch the first movies. Overall, the story took too long to progress, and too many plot holes.
Characters: 6/10
The characters were almost as bad as the story, sadly. First I want to talk about Luke Skywalker. Why is Luke so depressed? Is it because of Kylo. Why did Luke shut himself from the force? Is it because of Kylo too. Why did luke give up on the rebellion? Is it also about Kylo; I just don't believe Luke would do that just because of Kylo. Now let's talk about the Finn and Rose romance. The romance felt very awkward, as if it was a check mark on a to-do list. I prefer no romance if it's going to be this cheesy. But all the other characters are the same; Poe is still cocky, and Rey is still naive. I now want to talk about Snoke. How could you screw up Snoke so badly; J.J. Abrams made Snoke mysterious and powerful, but the writers' decision was to kill him. There was such a good opportunity to develop Snoke as a character, but they blew it. Now, I have to mention Luke's death. I think Luke was the first Jedi to die from using the force, that right there just shows the stupidity of this movie. Overall, the writers did a good job with not screwing up some characters, but did a good job screwing some up.
Action: 8/10
The action was the best part about Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The cinematography was amazing the the special effects were good. One of the highlights was at the end, when the rebellion was fighting off the empire. I loved seeing that red dirt fly off into the air, with the white ground, it was really amazing. The one issue I have with the action, was how little there was. There was complete sections with just talking and talking, but nothing really being achieved. When I think of Star Wars, I think of two things, spaceships and lightsaber fights; there was spaceships, but no lightsaber fights. There was only one lightsaber fight, and it wasn't Sith vs Jedi. The thing that bothered me the most was that we didn't see any training whatsoever from Luke. I got so excited when I saw Rey walk up to Luke in the last scene of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I was Like "I can't wait to see Luke train Rey, it's going to be awesome", but there was no training. Overall, amazing cinematography and effects, but boring sections.
Overall, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a decent movie, but a terrible Star Wars movie. I was expecting to be disappointed due to all the mixed reviews, but I didn't think it was this bad. The director and writers messed up pretty badly, in my opinion, but I still have hope for this franchise. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is either quantity or quality, and it's mostly quantity. I've watched all of the Star Wars movies, and I'm a huge fan, but seeing this direction made me fearful for the decisions this franchise is taking. In my opinion, get Abrams and the original crew of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and hopefully they can undue this mess. But this movie does get some things right, like the directing, which really gives this movie a 6 out of 10 for me. So Star Wars: The Last Jedi was a flop for the audience, but a success for the critics and the box office, unfortunately.