An unbalanced sequel

Rating: 7/10 (15 March 2018)

The Force Awakens brought back Star Wars to the big screen and it did so with style and excitement. However Star Wars: The Last Jedi did not strike as hard on me as I thought the movie in general was unbalanced. To see Mark Hamill again was an amazing treat and he played a weary and wiser Luke Skywalker in a very good way, however sometimes it felt as if perhaps the character was a little too depressed for the storyline and in a way that seemed unfitting the brave and determined Luke that we heard last time in Return of the Jedi in 1994.
I thought that some scenes were very good, for example the throne room scene with Snoke that ended very unexpectedly. Another great scene was the scene with Yoda as the amazing Frank Oz came back to give longtime fans a great nostalgic trip. But it also had many scenes that felt out of place. For me one of those scenes were when Finn and Rose recruited the code breaker, as this long scene used much unnecessary CGI and had little point other than the fact that they found a new associate.
All in all I thought the movie was entertaining and well-made in many ways however because of its unbalanced storytelling and visuals I rated it lower than Force Awakens.
7/10 Good!