Disney doing what Disney do best - ruined a franchise

Rating: 2/10 (19 December 2017)

Where to begin with this mess of a film? Weak plot, weak writing, confusing story arcs, poor and confusing direction, poor acting - this film has it all. I saw it in a packed cinema and the audience were quiet all the way through. No laughs, no ooohs and aaahs, nothing, just a lot of quiet people trundling out at the end.
They've done a proper character assassination on Luke Skywalker, and on Snoke who was threatening as Janice in Human Resources. The feminists will love it because all the female protagonists were good and heroic whereas the men were all flawed and/or evil. But for any fan of Star Wars this is a massive let down. Most damning of all..... it was boring. The set pieces were tedious, they didn't make use of 3D to enhance the fight scenes, It was long, it was ponderous, a lot of it was unnecessary and at the end of it all you realise that you haven't seen a film, you've just seen a set up for the next film in the series.