It's a trap!

Rating: 4/10 (18 December 2017)

I didn't expect too much from this chapter, since Disney has acquired Star Wars franchise I wasn't happy about new direction the company has chosen. Don't get me wrong I like Disney, however Disney is good with their own products, but Lucas Arts production definitely isn't what they can neither improve, nor make at least comparable quality.
What I saw couple of days ago made my mind explode, the movie that unfolds before your eyes makes you think that it is advertising of some narcotic drug, no seriously I don't know what kind of dope smoked the script writers. First it's the plot, everyone knows that Star Wars has always been full of plotholes and inconsistences and we somewhat got used to it. Last Jedi has no plotholes, because the entire storyline there is a single big hole. The whole movie you do not understand anything, you do not understand why there are so few rebellions and so massive forces of the First Order, where is the victory of the Episode VI? You do not understand who is Snoke and where did he learn his powers; you do not understand why this protagonist girl (I don't even remember her name) has force powers.
With age comes wisdom? Well it's not about Luke Skywalker who instead became a ravaging hermit. He doesn't resemble real Skywalker whatsoever. Rather than wise Jedi knight with experience under his belt like Obi-Wan or Yoda for instance, he looks like a little coward and mad psychopath who needs immediate treatment. And this is a hero that used to be a model for many people in the past. Yoda's cameo was incredibly stupid and dull I have nothing more to add, when you see it yourself you will understand why I say that. Princess Lea now doesn't require any oxygen and can fly in space like Mary Poppins, seriously Disney? There are a lot of poor jokes which do not make you even smile; instead they make you think that it's not a Star Wars movie but some parody.
Another thing that is worth to mention here is the attempt of creators to make unordinary plot twists. They are ridiculously absurd one of the weirdest one is death of Snoke who couldn't notice how Ben Solo used the force to make a laser sword next to the throne to cut him in a half. It is noticeable that creators tried to make something unordinary at any cost entirely neglecting common sense. I have much better idea for them, in the beginning of the movie Snoke could accidently fall down in a shower banging his head and die, that would definitely be very odd but to put the directors logic it would be a great plot twist indeed!!! And the movie is full of such idiotic «twists», you do not expect them not because they are so unusual, but simply because they are incredibly dumb and you can't imagine something like that stupid happen in the next moment.
Not to mention violating even the most primitive laws of physics, like a rebellion who dropped bombs on the starfighter in space and they were falling down like there was a gravity, or how some rebellions could easily survive depressurization in space. There are also plenty of simply stupid moments for instance when the entire First Order fleet chases one rebel ship and can't get it for hours, or how a pilot who was recently demoted for insubordination demands an explanation from the admiral.
Any positive moments in the movie? Only Benicio del Toro and Mark Hamill play (he had really stupid character but he played him well). The rest actors didn't show anything impressive. Stunning visual effects. So what? Come on, how can you surprise anyone with visuals in 2017? Technologies today allow making pretty good visuals even in low budget mediocre movies, so this is no longer a distinguishing feature of any sci-fi film.
I feel sorry for the franchise, but unfortunately for me it's dead, my only hope now is for good spin-off movies since Rogue One was pretty good. Perhaps Disney producers do not intervene too much in production when it comes to spin-offs, or maybe it's easier to write a decent script for spin-off I have no idea, but whatever the reason is I will wait for a new spin-off and won't go to the cinema for Episode IX that's for sure.