A fun and impressive movie for a Friday evening

Rating: 8/10 (17 December 2017)

Greetings from Lithuania.
I did enjoy "Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi "(2017) for what it was - a funny, spectacularly crafted adventure extravaganza. I do however understand why so many fans are upset with this movie (i'm not a huge fan of the series) - it lacks continuity from previous movie / movies not it really sets up next film because most of the things were kinda done in this part, episode 9 now does not look so promising.
However as a standalone movie going experience, "The Last Jedi" is a fun movie, you got to give it to it. It contains superb special effects and action sequences, and to be honest it is a bit more original then previous part - it added something new. Acting was great by Benicio Del Toro and Mark Hamill - best performances in this movie. Writing was pretty solid as well as directing - at running time 2 h 30 min this movie did drag a bit in the middle, but its a well paced movie.
Overall, as not a huge Star Wars fan i have to say i did enjoy this movie. It is a big budget extravaganza which isn't the best in the series, but far from cheezee mess that episode 1 and 2 were. Fun movie overall, definitely worth watching on the big screen.