Deep, inteligent, thought provoking, no wonder so many don't like it

Rating: 9/10 (18 December 2017)

Once again, I go against my own rule and write a review for a movie with over 1000 reviews as of now (over 2000 says the number oa the bottom). I'm writing it because I've got a bone to pick with many Star Wars funs, and I already know this review will be disliked from here to eternity by most of you, but I believe in speaking my own opinion as is. I believe in explaining my own opinion to the best of my ability and that's what I'll do.
So here goes: as my title says this movie, which none can blame of repeating a previous plot line, is deep, inteligent and thought provoking. There's very little I would ask from a movie that isn't here already. The acting is first rate, by each and every member of the cast. I almost feel that singling out some members of this cast would be wrong but I have to mention Kelly Marie Tran and Oscar Isaac, not because they're better than the others but because they're given the first real opportunity to shine and they make the most of this opportunity. I won't dwell on any other technical aspect of movie making. It's all of the highest class there is. But I will go into the big argument I have with most of Star Wars funs, which is, basically, what is this film all about.
The entire franchise in my mind is a long discussion about the nature of power; the difference between good and evil; about the nature of hope, anger, and most of all about what's being human is all about. Not all the episodes dealt with these issues with the same success, but these issues are always there. There's nothing scientific about it, hence it's not science fiction. It's in fact science fiction comics, of the highest quality. What's the difference, the difference is that in sci-fi comics, the scientific elements are external. Simply a tool to extend the range of options before the writer. There's so much more you can do when you can jump from one planet to another, use weapons that none ever heard of before and so on. They simply serve the point of comics - a never ending story. All that doesn't mean that comics have to be superficial, as proven by masterpieces such as The Dark Knight, Logan, and the recent revival of the Star Wars franchise.