Good luck cleaning this mess, JJ Abrams!

Rating: 2/10 (19 December 2017)

It was just a bad movie and the fact it was a bad movie had nothing to do with how they treated the mythology of Star Wars or Luke Skywlaker. Honestly, that was the least of the movie's problems.
Many plot holes, poor dialogue and surprisingly poor acting from some great actors, boring story of little consequence, boring characters with zero chemistry (makes you appreciate Padme and Anakin's relationship). Kylo and Rey gave us a little glimmer of hope but eventually both journeyed to the boring side. Even the sets made the movie feel claustrophobic unlike say Rogue One which made tremendous use of its locations...
I appreciate the inclusive and socially relevant message this movie was imbued with. But even that is not sufficient to transform this clunky movie, or any clunky movie, into something good. Case in point: I like Rey a lot and I like girl power. But even Rey got lost somewhere in this movie which lacked a center and a purpose.
Overall, this whole movie was very emotionally sterile. It really was; sure it had twist and turns, but there was no passion or ferocity or swashbuckling bravado... the movie created a sense of righteousness and it is a great sensation for the audience is it were not the only emotion viewers were left with.