STARWARS IS RUINED

Rating: 2/10 (16 December 2017)

I'm sorry but this movie just isn't starwars. For one, there was WAY TOO MUCH comedy. So much so, it made the serious scenes have much less of an impact. The comedy style had a Guardians of the Galaxy sort of feel to it, but it didn't fit in a STARWARS movie.
Secondly, there was very little continuity with previous Starwars movies. Suddenly, Jedi can now use the force to project holograms, and can communicate with each other that way instead of just with a voice inside their heads. Also, somehow the insane amount of power that is tied to the Skywalker bloodline is now meaningless, or at the very least a huge contradiction.
Which brings me to .. Thirdly, how in hell is ray so powerful? It doesn't make sense. In the previous movie, she bested Kylo Ren literally right after just discovering she had force powers, and with NO TRAINING AT ALL. Now, she manages to get the better of Luke freaking Skywalker ... seriously? Again with NO TRAINING!
In the old movies, Luke looks totally pathetic when he was training. Both Yoda and Kenobi were vastly superior with their skills compared to Luke, and it was a little reminiscent in that way of old school kung fu movies. Luke had to gradually progress and EARN his skills. However, in these new movies, there is no reason for Ray to train and no need for her to improve because she is already greater than everyone in the galaxy. She is just right of the box the greatest thing to ever exist. It's stupid!
This movie feels like it was written for the spoiled millennial generation only. The generation that wants greatness without actually having to work for it or earn it. The generation that chooses shortcuts over hard work and discipline, every time.
IF you're the type of person who cheats on tests, or did steroids as soon as you started working out, you might like this movie. If you're the type of person who doesn't care at all about the continuity with previous movies in the series, and the overuse of comedy where it doesn't fit at all doesn't bother you, then yeah, you might like this pile of filth.
P.S. all three of the prequels blow this film out of the water.