World Turned Upside Down - Gotta give Last Jedi low rating

Rating: 3/10 (20 December 2017)

I had such high hopes for this movie, looked forward in anticipation, especially after Rogue One and Episode 8. Still can't believe I'm saying this, but after 24hrs of waiting to see if my reaction improved, my 3 rating is generous. I left the theater stunned at how disheartening the storyline was, felt like it turned the characters we've known and loved into pathetic, weak, troubling shadows of themselves (with the exception of Chewbacca and BB8). I truly feel like I wasted my money, a first for any star wars film (and I've seen them all in the theater, multiple times for most of them). Luke's character in particular, was so disillusioning that I nearly felt like leaving the theater. what we need is some lightness and hope in our current environment, not the dark and hopeless view of the world that one is left with by this film...