The Last Jedi is good, but I expected so much more

Rating: 6/10 (25 December 2017)

Star Wars the Last Jedi is the only Star Wars film that I felt slightly disappointed with. While this film is not bad, and some of the harsh criticism this movie faces is a bit too much. However, this film is massively flawed and underwhelming on so many levels.
Now the first ten minuets or so of this film are brilliant, the open crawl, then straight into a very entertaining space battle. It was all Star Wars and everything I wanted in the Force Awakens. Although this scene also has a ridiculous unrealistic part. We all know that Star Wars is the most unrealistic space opera in the world, but here they took it too far. When the Resistance Bombers just drop their bombs, and a character is openly lying on a ledge while space is right under her! This was ridiculous.
The movie slowly takes a turn when we meet Luke Skywalker, which I despised. We waited two years to see the encounter with Luke, and some fans have even waited decades to finally see the legendary Jedi Master. In the now Legends, Luke was a badass, wise and powerful. In the trailers they built up this great meeting between Rey and Luke, and we got ... that! It was so Disney to completely wreck that scene. I don't know what was going through their heads when they thought that was a good idea.
The film begins to fall a little, it becomes filled with plot holes, slow paces scenes and a lot of unnecessary side quests. The introduction of Vice Admiral Holdo was good, I enjoyed her character, despite her being an overall weak character. Laura Dern does a good job with what she's got, but her character was bland. They could have easily replaced her with Admiral Ackbar, who we have all loved since Return of the Jedi.
The character of Rose is ... okay at best, I think she too, was weak and had little to do other than just be there. DJ was useless and did little to nothing. All these things bring this film down even more. Phasma also was dreadful, and had less to do this time around than the last movie, then there's Snoke.
I was so looking forwards to seeing this character in person, Andy Serkis is one of the greatest actors in the world, and his motion capture skills are unparalleled. And while he is brilliant and intimidating in the role, Snoke is also underused and useless, only providing a story plot point for our main characters. However one of his scenes led to one of the greatest action scenes in all the movies.
But my biggest issue with this film is by far, how the treated Luke Skywalker. They ruined his character in this film. He was iconic, loved by millions, and they wrote him like that! What a bloody waste. However they gave Leia the honourable tribute to Carrie Fisher, and I truly loved her character in this movie. And I know some had an issue with her 'scene' in the movie, I loved it. I thought it was a beautiful scene that showed just how powerful she could have become.
Our main heroes are Rey and Kylo Ren who are for the most part, doing nothing for most of the movie other than talk. Their stories get more interesting as the film goes on. Finn is just Finn, and Poe has a lot more to do here as well.
The Last Jedi is a good film, but a heavily flawed Star Wars film, it lost all the magical adventure feeling of the previous movies. Yes, I even like Episode 1 more than this. But despite its flaws it is entertaining, and has some moments of brilliance, and a breathtaking soundtrack by the great John Williams, but this didn't feel like Star Wars.
7.3/10