Somewhat disappointed

Rating: 6/10 (13 December 2017)

Well, I went to see it with quite low excectations on the basis of the directors past efforts, namely Looper.
I thought "why not give the guy a chance", and I had hopes that i'd be positively surprised. Unfortunately I wasnt.
Now, dont get me wrong. Its not at all a bad movie. It's just not up to par and the standards one should be able to expect from the SW fanschise. Its an ok movie, but nothing more.
The main greivance I have is the outright plagiarism from earlier installments such as Empire Strikes Back and Return of The Jedi. Its beyond obvious and I'm still kind of stunned by how blatantly it was done. Come on, show some creativity as a director. One should be able to expect that at least.
There are still good things about it. The fx, as one expected, are great. Its fun, there's a lot of humour in it. Hamill is intense and impressed me. Some nice new ships, a few nice fights and Serkis is great as usual. The cast does a good job over all.
I was sceptical right away when the announced the director for this one, he didnt prove me wrong at least, and its really sad that he's been "given" the franchise - more or less - and named director of three more SW movies.