well, it's something. the start of new story line

Rating: 5/10 (20 December 2017)

I am much more interasted now with public reactions to new SW, then movies themselfs. First reviewers were unhappy with milking of old story,and now with sudden twists. So there is no way to make them happy. As they couldn't shoot exectly same story forth time, they had to let it go and trust someone with new plot direction. The rules were:1. stratch the soap opera as far as u can 2. disney PG12 3.general SW theme of good vs evil and so on.
And so Johnson did. Bold plot twists, some action, some mystery. On top of that he tried to add some depth to the characters,sadly that did not go well with fans. I wish people would let go their nostalgia and hopes to relive their youth and embrace changes. On the other hand 2.5 hours dint get us anywere. Same problem with all franshises - nothing or no one in this movie makes you care. And after watching it, still hard to explain what exectly the story was here. I realy dont like when they make big movies with soap opera standarts of cliffhanger instead of the finished story.
Basicly rebels just running whole movie and dont get anywhere. Leia still playes no real role and kind of a place holder of a character. Even Snokes death looked more like an exident and definitly lacked dramatism. Also movie for no reson changes rythm and tone several times. Could have better fights, better dialog, better everything.
All in all movie is not bad and a step from the dead point. Hard to tell where, but a step.