Shut off your brain and enjoy the pretty pictures

Rating: 6/10 (23 May 2020)

This was my least liked of all the Star Wars movies so far. What has Disney done to this franchise? Okay so here Rey is with Luke Skywalker on an island in (Ireland) she is meant to be learning the ways of the force but Luke is pouting and perpetually grumpy, its boring, Rey then develops a telepathic bond with Kylo Ren who is struggling to master the dark side and has ditched his voice modifier which was the most interesting thing about him. Meanwhile Princess Leia floats in space (WTH was that about?) Finn goes on a risky mission behind enemy lines to a casino where he makes no effort to blend in, frees some space horses but ignores the slave kids.
Ultimate takeaway, kinda boring, just action sequences and special effects with no real purpose. I did like the salt planet battle scene with the speeders and the red sand, visually unique, very cool. Super lame jokes and bad one-liners, yikes. Mark Hamill is not utilized in this at all plus his character is poorly written, he does dumb things, its like they didn't know what to do with him so they have him do nothing and then he...On that note are they planning on killing off one original member per movie? Guess so, next one will be Princess Leia for sadly obvious reasons.
In the end I just shut my brain off and enjoyed the pretty pictures I remember when I used to have long and involved discussions with my brother about key plot points or character theories.