Another Sci-Fi Classic Ruined

Rating: 1/10 (14 May 2018)

This movie is a great example of how lazy Hollywood has gotten. After the J.J. Abram's slaughter of the Star Trek universe I had really hoped they were at least going to preserve the other sci-fi classics. (Leave BSG alone, you fiends!)
Here is the secret, Hollywood. Sci-fi fans care about the plot and the story. We don't care how pretty the movie looks or how sexy the actors are. So please stop beating us all over the head with new unnecessary plot devices that you are never going to use and new things. When I go to see Star Wars I expect explosions, laser gun fights, beloved characters growing and developing through their relationships with one another and to see the underdog take down the man. These expectations where all met except for one... character development/plot development.
In the last movie we got constantly teased about who Rey's parents were only to discover they are dead in this movie? How did the writers pay us back for that slap in the face? They showed us some stupid hole that is suppose to be the source of the Jedi(LAME), took us to some fancy horse race with slaves(IRRELEVANT) and gave us some sparkle foxes($$$). Never mind that they also introduced us to a ton of people just to kill them off before we cared. Who was that purple hair chick again? Does it even matter? I felt like I was on the scenic vacation of the Star Wars universe, never mind the plot or the story.
The cool thing about the original Star War's wasn't the great effects or the sexy actors, it was the fact that the stories all tied together. Part of the reason the prequels (shame on me for mentioning them) were awful was because they tried to explain the Star War's universe away with science and politics instead of focusing on what audience was actually expecting... Vader's character development to the dark side.
What made the original Star Wars also inspiring and where the prequels, yet again missed, was the fact that the force was in Luke and the relationships with his friends/family brought the force out in him. We got to see him grow and develop from a teenage annoyance to a force kicking bada$$$. All the characters developed with him as well. Even Vader evolved into a lovable character which was a heartfelt tear jerking surprise.
In the new movies, Rey doesn't seem to need anyone. Her relationship with others is cold and off putting. If I lived in that universe I probably wouldn't want to be her friend. What does Finn see in her? She just seems to be this cold know-it-all chick who is already in control of everything. She makes Luke look like an emotional child.
On the topic of emotional children... Kylo Ren is not scary or interesting. He wants to be like Vader? Um... didn't Vader turn good again at the end of Episode 6? So... his reason for being a sith, punching things, killing his dad and being an angst-filled tool is groundless. The only way I'm ever going to forgive the writers for Kylo's character is if they claim the past two episode's were Kylo's Britney 2007 years, take him off the drugs and get that character into rehab. We need a convincing bad guy to run the show. Not an emo kid. Snoke in the 4 minutes we knew him stepped up to the plate... but like I was saying about chararecter's getting killed off...
At this point I hate all the characters, especially the main two, and couldn't care less about plot development. Finn, Chewy & Maz are basically the only character's with redeeming personalities left. I probably wont go to the next movie to watch the writer's slaughter them. These new movies can go on the discard pile with the new Star Trek's and I'll just re-watch the originals.