It was okay but like TFA feels a bit by the numbers

Rating: 3/10 (13 December 2017)

I got the chance to see it last night at the European premiere.
It was a great night (and my first premiere) but it certainly didn't offer me any real emotional satisfaction. Yes, it was entertaining, there were some moments when I gasped out loud at how cool something was or clapped at an action that a character did yet it did feel a little baggy in the middle.
There was some rather heavy handed virtue signalling within it where you just felt the creep of being educated/lectured to rather than being entertained. There were also a couple of scenes where the credibility of characters abilities were a little strained.
As I said it had some memorable moments but for me it wasn't as mesmerising and raw as Empire or as rewarding as Return.