Absolutely terrible movie

Rating: 2/10 (2 January 2018)

Created this account just to review this movie...To start off I'm not a fanboy or a purist. Loved the original trilogy and found the prequels to be 'ok' in parts (Revenge of the Sith gets a lot of flak but its still a half decent movie imho and is so much better than VIII). Anyway a week after watching this at the cinema it still irks me how bad Episode VIII actually was. To put it in perspective I would happily rather sit through the Phantom Menace again than watch this again! The story is absolutely terrible and it completely undoes the good start that the last movie made, which while not perfect was so much better than this one. This movie has singlehandedly killed any interest I have in watching the third instalment. If your reading this I dare say you already have you mind made up about watching this movie anyway so this review wont stop you seeing it, I would guess that your more likely reading this as you've already been to see it and cant believe it has such a high score on a such a respected site (Pretty sure the algorithm used by IMDB discounts really low scores which a lot of people are giving it). Not said much about the actual movie here so to summarise:
-Luke is completely ill used from start to a pathetic finish. Such a shame
-Random side plots. Casino scene. really???
-Main plot is utterly ridiculous. The might of the new order whoa re able to destroy entire planets cant take down one rebel ship and instead must follow it until it runs out of fuel????
-Rays backstory completely rubbished
-Needless new characters introduced that have no depth at all.
I could literally go on all day about its flaws as it is one of the worse movies Ive seen at the cinema. Its main redeeming factor is its a beautifully shot movie. The special effects are good but in this day and age that is a given. But some of the action is completely out of place as the movie is so jumbled.