Exceptionally disappointing

Rating: 1/10 (11 October 2018)

I never thought I'd wish for George Lucas to come back after his latter trilogy, but at least he had a clear vision on what he wanted to accomplish. Yes, mistakes were made, particularly in the Phantom Menace, but this is actually worse in a lot of ways.
This film was a mess. I think some of the characters are great - particularly Ren and Rey, but the script and plot are just very poor..
The middle finger to the fans, particularly in the treatment of the characters they chose to bring back, was entirely unnecessary and jarring for many, I think.
I haven't felt compelled to write a review on this site before, but I loved star wars. This film was not star wars for me.
For the record, I don't care about the segments of the film that people are calling unnecessarily feminist etc. Whatever. Strong female characters = good. Nonsensical plots involving secret plans = bad. I think all the characters in the film were actually really good and there was some great acting.
Shame about the terrible script and plot - wasn't much they could do to save that!