Worth seeing, but not a masterpiece

Rating: 7/10 (25 December 2017)

It's alright. You came out of the theater pissed. You disagree with the direction your childhood hero went. That is ok. It's understandable. But relax, it's just a movie, a STAR WARS movie at that. This franchise isn't some genius thing. It's a franchise of dumb, fun action movies.
The movie actually explores some interesting themes. The force, the balance of light and darkness, the gray (good guy, bad guy). It's pretty good.
The first half is useless but it eventually picks up speed.
Adam Driver kills his role as Kylo Ren. Mark Hamill's acting is top notch. Daisy is amazing too.
Humor was forced, a lot of resolutions anticlimatic (or outright didn't make sense), One part of the moive could just be deleted and have absolutely zero impact. (you know the one) Rose was useless, but not as bad as many make it seem. Snoke was underwhelming too.
It looks, and sounds, absolutely gorgeous. Two scenes in this movie are some of the most beautiful in the entire franchise.
Overall, an OK movie. Not great, but now awful.