i disagree with every writing choice made for Luke, just like Mark Hamill.

Rating: 3/10 (16 December 2017)

To clarify before beginning my review, I'm a 34-year-old lifelong female fan (not a misogynistic racist fanboy as some people assume of those who are unimpressed with this movie's outcome). The characterization of Luke and some of the others was downright WRONG, especially to those of us who loved the OT. And let's be clear, I'm not an OT purist. I will defend Revenge of the Sith to my death. I watched the Force Awakens 5 times in theaters. I thought Rogue One was one of the best Star Wars movies ever.
But The Last Jedi? This movie broke me. Almost within the first five minutes, I knew this was not going to go well. Other reviewers are probably nailing all the fine details but for me, from the beginning, the writing was uninspired, shaky, and poor. The forced comedy and cheap one-liners all in place it simply DID not belong. Cutaways to the porgs, which I thought I would love and ended up being there purely for kids and merchandising options. Come on, Luke dusting off his shoulder? Throwing the saber over the cliff? And Hux, a character who was set up to be hard and terrifying, was made into a Three Stooges style punchline character almost. Poe was one-dimensional. Holdo was completely unnecessary and looked more like a citizen of the Hunger Games Capital than a character in SW. Finn had so much promise before for an amazing tale. But his and Rose's storyline could have been completely taken out. Boring, uninspired, and just plain silly.
Kylo and Rey's storyline force bond was the only thing that interested me as I hung in there, waiting for some redeemable moment of the movie. But Rian Johnson and company seemed way more determined to write a bunch of trash twists just to go "GOTCHA" to the audience.
Well I don't like cheap tricks. There's a difference between good plot twists and bad ones. These were ALL bad, including Leia's sudden space walk many are compared to a Poppins like moment.
This is the first Star Wars movie to ever have left me feeling so numb. I don't want to speculate about future films. I don't care about theories or meta anymore. By the end of the night, hours after we left the theater, I felt totally gutted and crestfallen to realize what the Star Wars sequels have become. Well, no thanks to episode 9. I'm done seeing the franchise i love being butchered by Disney. This was the biggest disappointment of my life.