Not bad as a stand aline film, terrible as Star Wars.

Rating: 3/10 (14 December 2017)

I am a life long Star Wars fan, from having the toys as a kid to the wallpaper that covers my dining room now (no joke) I love it, so it pains me to say I have just left the cinema rather dissapointed.
SPOILERS FROM HERE!
From the start it's wrong, The New Order are made to look like daft prats thanks to an attempt at family friendly awkward humour and this humour is a theme that occurs a lot through the movie - when did this become a Star Wars thing?! The more I sit and reflect to write this review the more I am angry with what I have just watched, visually it's brilliant but a lot of key charecters died and I don't feel I know any more about this new part of the franchise than I did by the end of TFA (quite a sad achievement for a 2hr 30min movie), there's a lot of action but what was it all for?! Why are Rey's parents suddenly nobodies? Who was Snoke? Why did Luke just fade away suddenly? Why did BB8 sticking his whole head in that electric circuit achieve anything?! What was the point in Phasma?! Why did Rey go through that whole mirror scene to not schieve anything?! Why was this movie so bad?!
I feel like the new director had an open goal and was passed theball but dropped it. I may even need to redecorate my dining room.