Makes you lose interest in Star Wars universe

Rating: 3/10 (14 October 2019)

Some years ago, I purchased a DVD box of the first Star Wars trilogy (episodes 4, 5 and 6). Hadn't seen the movies for quite a while, I planned to watch them over a few evenings to make the pleasure last. I ended up watching all three movies in a row, probably for around 9 hours straight...as the movies were just so good and I could not resist watching one after another.
I went to see the Last Jedi at the cinema when it came out. I had to resist leaving the theatre by about half the movie. That's how bad it is.
The Last Jedi is not only boring, it is even annoying to watch. I resented being the witness of the Star Wars myth being torn apart for the calculated entertainment of the masses. The cheap jokes out of context most of the time, the plethora of superficial characters. The genuine coolness of Harrison Ford from the first episodes is long gone. Instead a little chubby Asian woman is supposed to make us smile, forgot her name. She is probably here to increase the market share of Disney in China anyway.
There are inconsistencies all along and above all the scenario is irrelevant. The story is a sterile addition of uninteresting sub-plots going everywhere and nowhere. This episode and its entire trilogy seem to have no real direction...the movie managed to actually make me lose interest in the Star Wars universe, something I did not thought was possible.
In fairness, one has to recognise that the visuals effects and styling are pretty good, if not excellent in some scenes. There are few glimpses of greatness in the movie, but they are buried under the pile of cheap and calculated mass-entertainment dialogues and scenes. I gave three stars for the visuals and music.