It is enjoyable alright, but not enough as a 'Star Wars' episode.

Rating: 7/10 (4 February 2018)

As a new comer in watching 'Star Wars', I have seen all the previous episodes not long before going to the cinema for 'The Last Jedi'. To me, the classic films by George Lucas may lack certain elements to make themselves more decent, but classics they are, due to creativity and good story telling. Making 'Star War' movies nowadays is different, for the audience are becoming more demanding, and scorn to see conventionality.
With Disney stepping into the making of 'Star Wars', more experienced means of story-telling and film-making is expected, for that is usually some strong points of Disney. But eventually, we see little improvements other than those in technical aspects like visual effects and sound processing. Traces of a market chain can be seen everywhere for toys and other movie spin offs. No no no, there's just too much Disney's production characters in it.
During the main part of the movie, the plot is clearly split into three story lines. If truth be told from where I'm standing, the story line concerning Finn and his new partner is completely unnecessary, immature even. It conveys moral values of course, but even that is not illustrated very deeply and is not even close to touching the core of the film's meanings. I also cannot see the point of introducing this new character 'Rose', for the girl really helped little in the expansion of the story. Besides, the actress playing the part seems rich in neither talent nor charm to me. Maybe she will be useful in the sequels yet to come. If so, she was brought forward far too early. As a whole, the whole script does not seem incomplete without this story line. My guesses are the film makers are simply trying to find something for Finn to do. Well, maybe you really should have had him in his sick bed and put more attention to Rey and Luke, whose tale have proved much more important as the story goes and could have been more marvelous if more time and details are given.
Do not wrong me. I am greatly content with the movie's visual effects and designs. The scenes look extremely magnificent, especially under the assistance of IMAX. I enjoyed every bit of them, from the dedicated performance of most actors to John William's music. The latter half of the film where all story lines come together did a good save to the story by restoring its integrity. There are surprising twists in the plot and the ending is arranged decently. Together, these elements make up a pretty good science fiction movie.
Generally, it is a film worth watching and is even more suitable for the teenage group than previous episodes. But as a 'Star Wars', the film is beginning to show signs of a down-the-slope trend for the series. And so, I do not share many viewers optimism on the future of 'Star Wars'. 'Star Wars' is a legend in the history of moving pictures, a memory for many who love it consistently, not a normal profitable piece of tool like some, nor can it be squeezed over and over by casually-made sequels until it's out of value. Let us just hope that 'Star Wars' will be cherished by Lucas Film and The Disney Company and every coming episode will be made count. May the force be with it.