A new definition of the Star Wars Universe

Rating: 8/10 (21 December 2017)

Shortened Review:
Unlike other Star Wars movies The Last Jedi doesn't focus on continuing the story. The movie tries more to rethink and challenge the former perspectives and thoughts in the Star Wars Universe. On this way we can see strong parallels to our real situation.
This is the one thing I want to give you away before you watch the movie, since they should've done it already. The Force Awakens opened many questions. This part doesn't try to give strong answers. So don't focus too much on the previous part.
I disagree with many people that the story is weak. But maybe the execution of VFX makes people think like that's, because it was beautiful. You don't really think about CGI models and it feels real and it makes the atmosphere even better.
Next the character development and the performances of the cast were all fine. The old characters, just like the new characters fulfilled their duty. People who complain about Luke's development are just hurt in the story and it's supposed to hurt them. For the story the changes of Luke were brilliant and it also redefined our former perspective. His decisions are clear and understandable, if you remember that he is not superman, but a human being. The Kylo-Ren character also was way more likable than in TFA. Just like that, Mark Hamill, Ridley and Driver were the MVPs here, excellent acting.
Now one of the most criticized part was the execution of the story. So there are a lot of comedy elements. Some didn't fit in, but others didn't really ruin the mood and just made the scenes more lively. Now then the movie has a non-linear perspective story-telling. So we have a lot of subplots and not a main story. Stop compare it to LOTR, you can't pick a masterpiece as the bar. Except for a few transitions the movie faced this challenge fine. And please don't let people who complain about the logic in the movie confuse you. Those guys clearly don't think about the feelings and suffer of the characters. Regarding the thoughts of the characters the decisions of them are totally understandable.
So the usual aspects like the Williams score were great as always.
Well, it's often stated this movie is only likable by youngsters. I clearly doubt this. There are two groups who don't like this movie. The first group is the Hardcore Fandom. They are too much in the story and things that are supposed to be hated in the story make them hate the movie. Then we have people, who want everything to be good, classic and simple. If you're one of these I'm sorry for you, but please try to rate this movie objectively and systematically, instead of ignoring the good aspects. If you just want to watch a good movie based on the previous SW movies, The Last Jedi should be a interesting movie for you.