Not perfect, but thought-provoking and lovingly crafted

Rating: 9/10 (16 December 2017)

If you think Mad Max: Fury Road has no plot, you might want to sit this one out.
One of the film's most prominent themes is about assumptions/expectations and how those can totally screw you over. It challenges ideas and plans constantly, forcing characters to rethink the world around them and themselves.
It's also forced me to rethink what really makes Star Wars Star Wars. The humor, the characters, the stuff with the Force--I feel like Rian Johnson slipped in and loosened the thread of the Star Wars corset and gave the series some breathing room; the form is still there, it's still Star Wars, but it's more... free.
Go watch it, talk with your friends about it, and be open to having your assumptions challenged. Be open to failure, just as so many of the characters in TLJ are. There's problems, yeah--notice I've only given it 8 stars (though I'm thinking it might be bumped up by a rewatch)--but this is far far away from the dumpster fire a lot of people want you to believe it is.