A Grand Charmless Mess

Rating: 3/10 (16 December 2017)

No charm, and a jumbled superficial grand mess. Harrison Ford played a handsome rogue, and, like Sean Connery as Bond, the story was rounded with a bit of wry wit. Here, the attempts at comedic relief and wit are misplaced and rough.
There is simply no genius in the script. I cannot say it's the direction or production, it's simply not a well-formed story. Things are happening too fast, too expectedly and without development. Even Yoda makes a bland nonsense appearance. Luke acts very unJedi-like and even trite.
It's just bad and forgettable, and, at 2.5H, I must say it: I could not wait for it to end. You don't learn anything, you don't feel anything, and you're not suspended by anything. With a good story, it could have been a magnificent production. But, it is not a good story, it is a bad story with some hooks to perpetuate the series.
When I left the movie, I thought I would be alone; lo and behold I am not.