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Rating: 6/10 (17 December 2017)

This film definitely took a step back after a very well put together film two years ago.
-Way too much comic relief
-Overdone CGI
-Corny and cliche scenes with dialogue
-Childish movie overall
Where to start? The first dialogue between General Hux and Poe is horrendous and childish. The first order and Hux looked laughable as villains and couldn't take them seriously anymore. Terrible choice and dialogue to put in. This movie had some eye-rolling laughable scenes. The force is powerful but christ Leia defied amazing odds to be blasted out of a cruiser into subzero temperatures with no oxygen. She simply floated back to the ship unharmed. Rose coming in at the last minute to save Finn. This does not make sense as Finn was storming ahead at top speed while Rose peeled off and then was able to catch up to rescue Finn. Lets also add that save was again corny and cliche. The casino scene did not seem to fit in the movie at all. CGI in some parts where horribly done and looked cartoonish.
The positives is there were some really dark scenes with Snoke that you come to expect from the dark side and Snoke. Some scenes where visually gorgeous and sound effects fantastic. Cool to see some old characters. Fight scene with Praetorian Guards and Snoke's death was well done and fun.
If they removed Leia's revival scene, have Finn never commit a possible meaningless suicide so Rose didn't have to make a corny rescue, eliminate General Hux and Poe's first dialogue, remove the casino scene, pull back CGI a little bit, and lastly remove some of the comic relief the movie would have definitely been an 8 or 9 out of 10.