This Movie is Better Than What the Reviews Here State

Rating: 8/10 (4 January 2018)

Contrary to several reviews by others on The Last Jedi, I enjoyed this movie. I first left the theatre thinking I did not really like it. i thought that it was repetitive and that I had seen most of it before. I was annoyed about how the franchise continues to hold on to old characters or objects from different trilogies like Leia, the Falcon, C3P0 or R2D2.
However, I could not get the movie out of my mind. I kept thinking about it days after I first saw it. So I went and saw it again. After viewing it a second time, I realized how out of place my original opinion was. I enjoyed almost every aspect of this movie.
I think that the movie is crafted well and that the acting, particularly by both Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver make this movie. Their performances are truly moving. Daisy is much more confident on-screen in The Last Jedi and it shows through her character as "Rey" has established herself as a force to be reckoned with. Daisy's performance is wonderful and I look forward to seeing how her character develops in Episode IX. On the other hand Adam Driver's performance, to me, is something else. Like Daisy Ridley, you can tell that he too is much more confident in his role as Kylo Ren. But beyond that, his delivery of lines is exactly how they should be delivered in my mind. For example, when on the planet Crait, when he tells the TIE fighters to "Blow that peace of junk out of the sky!" is truly a perfect delivery of such a line. Likewise when he demands "More, More!" when the First Order is firing on Luke Skywalker is again a moment in which he shines. It is a perfect delivery that fits perfectly with the development that has occurred throughout the movie in terms of his character. I think that not only Driver's delivery of lines and more confident on-screen performance are very good, but his performance is also stellar in terms of emotion. His ability to go from being the evil villain Kylo Ren to being the young Ben Solo, is remarkable in my opinion. He is able to emotionally effect the development of Rey as we know it. He is able, while under manipulation from Snoke, to make Rey feel his pain and feel his internal conflict. Adam Driver is able to portray a character that is conflicted internally and he does so very well. Whether it be through the anger in Kylo Ren or the sadness in Ben Solo. His use of emotional tones is very good.
Overall, I think that The Last Jedi is a good movie that has not received enough credit. Some performances are better than others but to me there are none that ruin the movie or make it bad. I think it's actually quite good.
If anyone is unsure about the movie or feeling like they did not like it, I recommend seeing it a second time before you make your mind up. I've seen it more than twice and I like it a lot. I would recommend seeing it again if you are on the fence about it, it may change your mind.