What went wrong?

Rating: 2/10 (19 December 2017)

This is my second review. The first, straight after I came back from watching it, was probably not a critique. So here are my thoughts on the film after waiting 24hrs.
The first issue is story. It just did not make sense. The First Order has found away of tracking the rebellion ships even when they jump through light speed. The rebellion ships then stay just out of range of the TIE fighters, whilst Finn goes to find someone who can sneak into a First order ship to do something with the tracker. Rey tries to get Luke to help, even though they may be thousands of miles away. Ray also communicates with Kylo, even though they are thousands of miles away. Finn doesn't stop the tracker, but still ends up back with the rebellion. The rebellion is now back to where it started, so they turn a ship round, and send it flying into the First Order ship, something they could have done at the start. The rest of the rebellion land on a planet. Before the first order destroy them, Luke appears, and fights Kylo, purely for the purpose of getting the rebellion away. so they pretty much end up where they started from. Surely someone could have come up with a better idea than this?
If they had, they would have been able to get rid of characters that do not advance the plot in any way. Finn, Rose and JD are pointless. Their story is almost comical, if it had any heart or humour. Their dialogue is bad, but they make some of the others look good.
Another issue is theme. Having a character that is used as the stock comedy vehicle, either by words, or actions, is in a lot of films. Didn't work with Jar Jar, but it did with C3PO and R2D2. Here, everyone wants to get the last line in, or the banana skin slip. But the problem is a lot of screen time is taken up with scenes that merely function to get in a joke. This got to the point where I half expected someone to turn and stare straight into the camera.
And whilst watching this, there is an underlying notion that the producers do not know what audience they are trying to reach. No child wants to sit through a two and a half hour comedy. No adult will look at the Porgs without thinking that they are watching an advert.
I am not a massive sci fi fan, but I enjoy films and write scripts, and remember the original trilogy. so was there anything good about it? Oscar Isaac stands out whenever he is on screen. Its a shame they didn't make the story about him. As for the rest of the film, I was bored when scenes were targeted for kids, and my son was bored when scenes were targeted as adults. For the money that must of been spent, and the history behind the film, it was simply not good enough.