The Star Wars movie we didn't know we needed

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2017)

*Minor spoilers*
I am not going to give a detailed analysis of the movie here. It is obvious that people have loved and hated it in equal measure. I am just here as a casual viewer, who has not read these comics and was only mildly keen on watching this movie, until I went and saw it the day it released. I couldn't resist the Force (sorry). Even now, four days later, it is all I can think about. I did not read any review before booking the tickets and thank God I didn't cause I would've missed a great movie. The movie had me glued from the theme song and I did not want it to end. Every scene was beautifully shot and performed, especially the Force Bond ones between Ben/Kylo Ren and Rey and my favourites were the team-up and Luke's "deception". The light speed explosion was visually stunning. Kudos to the visual effects team. I must congratulate Rian Johnson and all the cast and crew for taking such a huge risk and pulling it off tremendously well. Haters are going to find faults anyway and although I have read some of their views, they fail to mention why exactly they hated it, and frankly, I don't give a damn. For me, The Last Jedi is the movie of the year (sorry, Diana) and an epic sequel to the Force Awakens in terms of character and story development. I am very excited for Episode IX.