When a Jedi makes a long distance phone call he runs out of minutes?

Rating: 5/10 (15 December 2017)

Inside joke, that will be really funny to you after viewing the film. Or you'll hate me for it, and all the many things they did wrong with Star Wars. For starters the film still fails to establish Kylo Ren as a monumental threat, his character simply seems to devolve throughout the film, and further shows what a whiny child he is. Mark Hamill's acting is awesome as expected, but the writing for his character leaves a lot to be wanted, especially towards the end. Ray remains unlikable although her acting seems to have improved a lot from the 7th entry (Open eyes wide... all the time... Now this is acting!). I struggled to like any of the characters throughout the film, and any scenes with significant impact were greatly soiled by all the misplaced humor throughout the film. When the film ended I walked out in awe at what the film could have been, and what a great missed opportunity it was. The film could be worse sure, but it fails to be a decent Star Wars film, and with the sub-par writing it failed to even feed into my nostalgia, even with all the starpower of Mark Hammil throughout the film, it failed to do much with his character, and was overall a major disservice to its large and dedicated fanbase.