Watch it for the visuals, not the story

Rating: 4/10 (21 April 2018)

Likes: The hermit hideout of Luke, the porgs (mix between penguins and owls) and Vulptexs (crystal foxes?)
Mixed feelings: Development of main characters like Rey and Luke. How the 'Force' is being used by the main and minor characters. Watch out for Yoda's lightning summon!
I felt somewhat disappointed/lost in these areas:
1) What's Luke's role in moulding a talented Jedi apprentice here?
Ben Obiwan imparted real wisdom to Luke on his journey to becoming a Jedi despite not being the main training teacher. Ben continues to be Luke's inspiration and wise counsel after death. What exactly did Luke impart to Rey other than the 1st lesson which almost isn't one cos Rey is a natural?
2) Rey's too perfect.
Maybe the scripwriters are trying to show she's an absolute natural with sensing and making use of the Force and that goes for the lightsaber too. Perhaps this instalment is trying to portray a double upgrade of Luke in his 1st experience with the Force and lightsaber training. I mean Luke had had some training with Ben on board the Falcon for a start. But even though we were hinted to that the Force is strong with the Skywalker family, it seems to be even stronger with Rey, whose parents are supposedly nobodies.
Another uneasy moment came when Luke got somewhat easily ambushed from the back and beaten to the ground by Rey...
It would be more convincing if the story had shown some form of relevant training or preparation going on even if she's portrayed as a fast learner or a born talent.
3) Snoke was killed off in an incredible manner after uttering those words...
We hear Snoke saying how he could sense every single thought of Ren and yet he didn't even catch on to ANY sign of the lightsaber being Force-manipulated before being pitifully sliced off.
And Snoke is supposed to be really powerful, as portrayed by Rey being pulled and thrown around in varying distances by him...
4) Finn/Rose romance sub-plot. I totally did not find it to be natural at all. I told myself probably it's a fan-girl infatuation on Rose's part.
There are others but in summary I would say watch this on rental or discounted streaming options, etc.
Watch this for the visuals, not the story.
NB: I would go watch Episode IX just to satisfy my curiosity of how this trilogy would end.