2 weeks later...

Rating: 1/10 (31 December 2017)

The plot holes, lazy script, poor but self-serving direction are well documented and I won't repeat them here.
Having grown up with Star Wars since childhood having loved the originals, been disappointed with the prequels, relieved at the Force Awakens and delighted with Rogue One, for the first time ever I left the cinema with only anger. An anger that remains some 2 weeks after seeing the movie.
I was not familiar with Rian Johnson or any of his work. In the lead-up to release I had avoided trailers, reviews, social media as I was looking forward to the film and wanted to see it totally fresh. I wanted to love the film and was excited about how it would handle the opportunities Force Awakens had left open for it.
As the movie progressed from tedious chase into another I was reminded of the one poor episode of Breaking Bad where the lead characters needlessly chased a fly around a meth lab for an hour. Only when I got home and looked into who Rian Johnson is did I realise he actually guest directed that particular episode. The Fly
Ultimately for me that's was the Last Jedi was, instead of a meth lab just a tedious chase around space linked to the Star Wars universe.
This is my first ever review, there are certainly better and more detailed reviews - all of them more accurate than the critics reviews which I am lost still as to how the critics got this so wrong - mine is a review for me to hopefully get some of this anger off my chest.
I will watch the next one, the excitement has gone now and I doubt it will return. Rian Johnson has killed it for me. I will go to the cinema with only hope that JJ Abrams can unravel and repair the mess that has been left behind.