The Adventures of Mary Sue and the Diversity Crew

Rating: 1/10 (16 December 2017)

I wish I could give this garbage zero stars. And make no mistake, that's exactly what this film is, no matter what the glowing reviews tell you. I would greatly appreciate your time in reading my extensive review so I can tell you exactly why this film makes Star Wars, from here on out, dead to me.
As a political scientist, I want to warn that I'll be focusing on criticizing the underlying toxic concepts and agenda that are pervasive in this film, rather than the plethora of other faults that have already been pointed out by reviewers and non-paid off people alike. Yes, the film is bloated; yes, it shares visual and narrative similarities with The Empire Strikes Back; yes, it delivers absolutely no character development; yes, the plot has more glaring holes than Swiss cheese; yes, the humour is completely off and unnecessary; yes, Luke Skywalker is ruined and dies because he ran out of Mana points; yes, Kylo Ren still throws temper tantrums that try to present him as a nuanced, conflicted character but instead fail spectacularly; yes, Rey is a blatant Mary Sue; and yes, everything about this film is pointless and consequently doesn't make sense.
And it's 2017: I am no longer impressed with beautiful visuals, the technical spectacle of CGI, and cool explosions. I never cared about it anyway, and now I especially don't because it's a standard of modern filmmaking. So if these are counted among the actual positives of this film, that's just pathetic. But I basically want to do a post-mortem and examine why this film ended up being so thoroughly disappointing and is causing backlash.
In my opinion, it's because everyone, from the creators to the viewers, is more concerned about being politically correct than having a thought provoking, engaging story with memorable characters and a good, emotionally involving plot. It's like this new Star Wars trilogy was conceived in the boardroom of a disgustingly lucrative and intrusive media corporation that has the power to shape people's minds, particularly young impressionable ones. Or something.