Great kids movie...Adults only need the last 30 minutes

Rating: 3/10 (18 December 2017)

After an hour into the movie I was ready to go home. The magic was not there. I cared little about any character, the strategy and the over emphasis on special effects. There was little to no comic relief and the little comic relief was childish and not clever.
***Spoilers ***
It was not until the death of the Sith and the battle with the guards that i started taking notice. The fight sequence was well done. I liked Kylo Ren wanting simply to wipe out everything both light and dark...anything which reminded him of the past and start something new. God knows i feel like that sometimes. It was a touching moment to see Luke and Leia holding hands in reunion....an end of an era...this scene brought me back to 1977 and the first two sequels...what a ride back then! This reunion redeemed an otherwise worst of the Star Wars saga movies into an acceptable segue. So skip the first hour and a half and watch the last 30 minutes and you will have everything you need to know for the next one which I hope will spend more time in intergalactic intrigue, suspense and more adult cynical comic relief rather than puppet penguins imitating the "Home Alone" face burn and the giant fish complaining about the damage to their cottages. I give it a 3/10 because this is a great movie for kids and the reunion of Luke and Leia...otherwise it is a big fat zero.