The Last Jedi Review

Rating: 8/10 (29 December 2017)

The last Jedi is a film written and directed by Rian Johnson. Finally!!! After all my busy time was over I was able able to watch this film. It was great for cinema holders to actually have this film after 2 weeks!! The trailers didn't show much which is quite a positive thing, as you have not much things to hope for. BUut after seeing this film, I can say that this film is an entertaining film.
Plot: Rey goes to Atch-To to request Luke Skywalker to help out the Resistance in their mission while Resistance Leaders try to escaping the repeated attacks of the First Order.
Story and direction: This is the eighth film in the franchise. But the excitement in me is never less considering I happened to be introduced to this film series only 2 years ago. As soon as the title and with that the opening crawl appears along with John Williams' famous score, my heart just fills with nostalgia. We have the beginning as a great battle sequence in space, which doesn't fail to impress. This sequence just amped up my expectations. Then we shift to Luke and Rey. I can say, that those sequences involving these two characters were the best. We can clearly see the kind of regret that Luke suffers from. That's what touched my heart. The credit for this arc goes wholly to Rian Johnson. Also, Rey not giving up hope on Luke was impressive. The sequences where Kylo Ren and Rey connect with each other too were impressive. It was I guess the first time where we saw a kind of sequence where the villain and hero (heroine in this case), actually talk to each other (although being in different place). It's was good to see quite lot of Poe and BB-8 in this film. Poe was missing quite a lot in Force Awakens, but this film gives a lot to Poe's character. And I liked it a lot. Admiral Holdo was one of the new character's in this film. Initially I kind of hates her, because of her becoming that character who just doesn't listen but towards the end I liked her character. Also seen more was Snoke, which was quite supressed in Force Awakens. Now let's talk about Kylo Ren and Hux. I loved Kylo Ren in this more. We see a more evolved person in this one. The twist introduced to his character in the end just startled me. We see a much more darker side to Kylo Ren. Hux as a character who is a kind of Morf Tarkin was quite likable. I thought we would only see some glimpses of him. The lightsaber battle towards the end was awesome too.The visual effects were great. John Williams always impresses me with his scores, he just never disappoints. Now the negatives. It would be the Canto Bight sequence with Finn and Rose. Initially I thought that was quite an important sequence, But then towards the end some revelations made me feel like "Why the hell were those sequences in the film!!!!" Also the final sequence on Crait felt a little elongated. Although I would say the action in that sequence were the best, but it felt it was adding to the runtime of the film (which is by the way the longest runtime in the franchise of 152 mins).
Performances: Mark Hamill was at his best as Luke Skywalker. Daisy Ridley was great too.Adam Driver has showed us how great an actor he is. Carrie Fisher was great as Leia; she will be missed a lot. Oscar Isaac was also good. Laura Dern and Domnhall Gleeson didn't fail to impress. Anky Serkis yet again proved why he is the master of motion capture. It was great to see Frank Oz back as Yoda. Anthony daniels was great too as my much loved C-3PO. John Boyega and Kelly Tran were good. Benicio Del Toro is a great actor but the characterization of his character was not goo; he was underutilized.
Favorite Scene: There were 2 for me. The first would be where Luke tries to teach Rey about experiencing the Force for the first time. The second would be the confrontation between Luke and Kylo Ren towards the final act. That scene was just jawdropping.
Verdict: I haven't seen any film of Rian Johnson. But with this film, I can say that he is quite an excellent director. You seen just feel the love that he has for films and especially Star Wars. He took the film to a direction which I liked a lot. Yes this film is not perfect, it has a few hiccups. Although I still would say The Force Awakens was a better film than this, The Last Jedi still doesn't dissappoint. As a Star Wars fan, atleast I wasn't.
I am going with an 8/10.