So much potential.....

Rating: 1/10 (10 January 2018)

I have never left a review in my whole life but feel compelled to here.
I've been a fan of Star Wars ever since I saw A New Hope upon its release in theaters back the 70's. I adored it and I love all the others. Yes even the prequels.
But here's the thing. The original storyline came from George Lucas. And yes, his dialogue was cringeworthy at times but the hero story drew me in. The mythology is as old as civilization. We can all relate to it.
But this drivel. The cinematography is beautiful, and if I was a ten year old I would be thoroughly thrilled with all the action. But I'm not and this script should have been shot out of an airlock.
It's like Stephen King wrote a third of his novel and passed it to Neil Gaimon and said " write the middle part and pass it back". This shows on screen because there is no flow from the previous film. Is this the middle of a trilogy? It sure doesn't seem like it.
Empire Strikes Back is my favorite Star Wars film. I was already invested in the characters because I knew them from the first film and by the end the only disappointment I had was that I had to wait 3 years to see what happened to our heroes next. At the end of this film I couldn't care less what happens to these new ones.
Luke Skywalker couldn't even kill his own father but senses darkness in his nephew and thinks straight away he should kill him? I can believe Luke felt overwhelmed by his instant celebrity status. Hell, even real celebrities have fallen prey to that and fallen into depression because they feel they can't live up to the hype. But Luke thinking of murder!!! Crap writing.
The Force has gone from mystical to magical. Harry Potter did it better.
Rey is suddenly so adept without any training and why is that? At least Luke had Obi-Wan as a mentor in the beginning.
Now you can use the force to project yourself instead of using holograms? Really?!
I could go on but if read other reviews you get the drift.
I am just so disappointed with the wasted potential of this movie that I pray Abrams can try to salvage something and at least make me care enough to see the next film.
But I'm not holding my breath.