A Bitter and Insulting Disappodfintment. The Worst SW Film Ever.

Rating: 1/10 (4 July 2018)

A bitter and disheartening disappointment, boring, insulting, illogical, TLJ is a thumb in the eye to anyone who cares about or has ever been involved with the Star Wars legacy.
What can be said about this film that hasn't been said by, literally, everyone on the internet who gives event he slightest crap about great movies and great stories? After viewing TLJ in theatres I will never again pay money to see another SW film. Ryan Johnson has made what is without question the worst film of the entire SW franchise. It is based on a convoluted, confusing, incongruous, irredeemably boring and utterly lazy script that at the same time dismantles everything interesting about the fantasy saga and takes the few characters we care about and reduces them to slapstick props. As with so many other SW projects, there was a tremendous potential for epic story telling focused on the struggles of a handful of characters we have already journeyed with as they weave through themes and events, fantastical in nature, but that we can all identify with. Johnson is without a doubt a great visual director, but he is a crap writer. It seems that this script was written by people who have nothing but disdain for the entire Star Wars franchise and the themes that make it so inspiring and identifiable to so many people, but in reality they are probably just unimaginative and lazy.
Sadly, this movie will probably be topped by an even bigger stinker, but so far I can honestly say this is the first SW that I recommend NO ONE WATCH. It will ruin the other films for you. Once upon a time a young filmmaker with brilliant ideas and a unique vision, with the help of some other very talented filmmakers, crafted a fantasy saga that would inspire generations of storytellers, dreamers, and adventurers. Ryan Johnson, it seems, has done everything he can to crap on what made it all so special. Do yourself a favour: find decent copies of the original trilogy, give them a good viewing some weekend, and forget that any other Star Wars property exists. It's what I did and I feel so much better.
I gave it one star because that is the minimum. Visually beautiful, there is not enough of anything beautiful or interesting to look at in this film to make up for the jarringly offensive script. It deserves zero stars. Any reviewer who gave it a thumbs up you can be sure is a hack paid for by Disney Corp, and has no integrity. You know who you are, frauds.
Do not see this abominable film.