Moving beyond

Rating: 10/10 (14 December 2017)

I read a few bad reviews lurking around so I thought I'd give my two cents.
I think all those who think this movie ruined their childhood are morons. In fact the reason you fail to recognize the beauty of this movie is the essence of what movie is about.
It's about change, going beyond, off with the old, on with the new.
It's a direct call to everyone to say: "Let go of the past and move on". And it's such a smart and ballsy move. If they didn't go their own way a whole bunch of you would say it's too much like the old one. (Pretty much like a lot have been whining about The force Awaken).
People deconstruct things in a weird way. I didn't like the subplot here and this character there wasn't deep enough... You should look at the big picture. What's the underlying meaning behind it.
Personally, I thought the movie used great metaphors to illustrate profound meaning about our internal battle between sorrows and hate and hope and love. We all have this internal battle and it's about making peace with it. To promote the good stuff you need to make peace with the bad stuff and face it straight on.
It touches almost religious subjects and is much less Manichean than the original trilogy. In my opinion this is far superior in intelligence and depth than the original ones. You'll just have to make do with the fact it's different.
I'll watch it again a few times I think.