Worse than I imagined, instant sequel not worth seeing

Rating: 1/10 (14 January 2018)

I was wondering whether the torrent of terrible reviews was some type of trickery because so many critics claimed to have loved this film. My first thought when it ended was "what the hell did I just watch?" Without spoiling the film, here's a list of everything why this film was such a clunker.
1) If you've ever watched the first 3 films that started this story, you have to wonder whether the writers ever did. The personalities simply don't match.
2) There are so many "wink wink" nod to the past film moments that it becomes laughable, making you wonder whether they ran out of money and the writers just said "aw hell, let's just recreate the same scenes and some of the dialog from prior films! Fans will love it!" Ummm.... no. It's contrived.
3) Many of the numerous jokey scenes fall flat on their butts.
4) Far fetched escapes is suspending disbelief. This film has repeated miracle moments and made for drama. Must totally disconnect brain for this film. Entirely.
5) The rules of the force and logic are broken repeatedly. Stuff happens when it does because it needs to. And it's obvious.
6) The ending of the movie, which I won't give away, is simply made for a sequel. And it ends the way it does because, if it didn't, they'd have to figure out a whole new sequel and excuse to keep this rubbish afloat.
7) I now understand why Mark Hamil was so outspoken about this film with criticism over treatment of Skywalker. It was hilariously bad and pitiful. The word "lame" has been redefined. They could have had the story go in hundreds of different directions. This one felt like they couldn't figure one out so they chose the one that took the least effort.
8) I don't know whether the director wants to promote some type of romantic connection between these new young lead characters. It seems like Rian Johnson wasn't sure either. And let me tell you that what they've got feels ice cold.
9) I disagree that casting a woman as a Jedi was a bad or forced idea.Daisy Ridley does a great job given what she was given. She might be the only thing half keeping the movie together. But ultimately there is really nothing behind all the mumbo jumbo. And as the film goes on, you realize that her job is to sound strong, act cool and be a good baddie. I'm not sure what she really does.
10) Either characters were written into the script to do someone a favor (Benicio Del Toro) or this has to be the laziest job of script writing I've seen in a long time. You could see certain plot points happen from a mile away. You almost wanted to scream at the characters in the film about what you're seeing as the audience. That's not a good place to be.
There is a lot more I could say about this film and the best I can say is that the visuals make this film look beautiful. But it is a painful watch. There is only one thing for sure. This is the last Jedi as you've known it. It seems like Rian Johnson wants to take this brand in a different direction but now it's as generic as any other space war film. I think too many of the critics didn't want to anger Disney too much with a bad review, which is why you saw a ridiculous number of laudatory reviews.