I CAN'T believe it

Rating: 3/10 (14 December 2017)

I rarely write a review but I feel I NEED to do it this time. I just watched The Last Jedi in 3D on a laser projector and the picture quality was top notch. At the beginning you can clearly see that the 3D effects in this film were going to be awesome. The ships in the opening scene were very detailed in a way I've never seen before in a 3D film.
But sadly I can't hide my disappointment. Where the Force Awakens introduced us with new characters and thus a lot of questions, The Last Jedi doesn't answer them. In fact I have even more questions now than before. It is also a bit of a slow movie, it takes some time before it really starts going.
I'm not going to describe every scene, just a few thoughts I have. We can all guess who the Last Jedi really is going to be, but it's a Jedi who's training is probably the most incomplete. Feeling some rocks, reaching out to the Force (and yes that part was actually funny) going to a cave which again doesn't give any answers. What were they trying to do when she stood in front of that mirror like wall ??? Luke, Lea and Kylo Ren's characters were on par, no big surprises there, aside from what happens to Lea when the ships bridge gets bombed ... Nah, I can live with that scene albeit somewhat extreme for her character.
What really makes or brakes this film is the faith of a main character which was introduced in the Force Awakens, Supreme Leader Snoke. Now I'm a HUGE Star Wars fan, but I'm the kind of fan that didn't read the comics nor did I see the animated series. I know a bit of the background but that's it. Still I consider myself a fan and I'm sure many of you didn't read the comics or haven't seen the animated series either, just as I haven't.
So as far as I know Snoke is a new character one which is portraied with great strength, one who would even surpass Darth Sidious. I was hoping that the Last Jedi would tell us more about his origins, was he in the prequels ? Has he been hiding in the shadows ? How did he encounter Kylo Ren ? Etc ... Allas no answers here ... not a single thing is said about who he is and where he comes from but you can see how strong he is with the Force when he's trying to get answers out of Rey. Skipping some dialogue here ... Rey is being held down by Snoke and orders Kylo Ren to finish her, whilst at the same time YOU CAN CLEARLY hear his dialogue about how he can feel what's going on in Kylo Ren's mind, how he KNOWS what's going to happen and at THAT very SAME time Kylo Ren SIMPLY turns Rey her lightsaber (which Snoke took from her and was resting on his armchair) ignites it and Snoke is being cut in half ??? Did he not see this coming ??? This a character which kept fans curious for the past 2 years and he DIES in such an unbelievable and stupid CHEAP way my jaw LITERALLY dropped to the floor !!! This scene makes or brakes it for me ... and it was the latter.
From that point on I kinda lost interest in the story and all I could think of was why ??? WHY RYAN JOHNSON ?? WHY ???
And when you think of the story as a whole it's basically an escape the bad guys movie. Finn and (forgot) are going to Canto something to find a codebreaker. They get locked up in jail and of all places that's where they find him ... Sigh. Later on it was apparently a trap and this codebreaker delivered them to the First Order but we don't see anything story wise how this trip was even relevant, they could have just stayed on the ship to begin with and went to Crait straight away along with the others. But then again that would have shortened the movie by half an hour or so at least.
I have to say the people who made the trailer really did a hell of a job getting people all excited for the latest Star Wars instalment but it simply doesn't deliver, at least not to me.
So many questions still, is Snoke really dead ? Why is there nothing said about the Knights of Ren who were clearly seen in the Force Awakens ? The everlasting question about Rey's parents, simply answered by Kylo Ren was a bit disappointing too, but will there still be a twist ? So many many questions still ...