How much is too much?

Rating: 7/10 (13 December 2017)

So, the most anticipated film of the year, the film that had to defy the pressure and had to take us by surprise after so many fan theories. And did it work?
Well, 7/10 is a good rating by all means. Most of the film succeeds at bringing all the good stuff from SW universe. Judging by the visuals it is everything you like about this majestic saga. So where did it go wrong?
Ever since they appeared, I haven't made my opinion on new characters and this movie didn't help that. Rey and Finn are poster girl and boy for Resistance but they seem to be too one-dimensional. None of them is that slick as Han Solo or as convincing as Luke Skywalker. But the dark side has some pretty strong aces in Kylo Ren and Supreme Leader Snoke. These two characters developed nicely and Ren's intentions are finally made clear. There is a bunch of new characters, but none of them really contribute to the plot, they are merely stand-up guys here. And what about two veterans here, Leia and Luke? Well, no need to point out they were as good as ever
Furthermore, there are so many plot twists and sudden changes in rhytm and I really wonder why. First third of the movie is moving along nicely, just like it's supposed to do. Second third is where this movie is losing pace and insufficiently deep scenario is a real problem here. It would have benefited from a less straightforward and more meaningful script. In the last third the movie goes full godspeed and demonstrates some stunning visuals, but as the 150 minute mark was approaching they slowed suddenly and even dragged it a bit at the end but nevertheless it was very (if not too much) eventful. Did they really have to push that many drama, theories, possibities only to go back to the seen-before route?
So the movie almost turned out to be a mixed bag and yet I saw some stunning moments,never seen before in this saga. The movie had a lot of boxes to tick and a lot of feel good atmosfere to create and it does that decently. But in the end what looked like to be a definitive Star Wars movie for generations to come is really a lot of everything that still ends up short of being constant and majestic as some previous installments were.