Huge disappointment

Rating: 1/10 (3 January 2018)

When Episode VII came out I had this feeling they were setting things up to portray the old heroes as nothing but losers... and yet, I wish I could say I was prepared for what they had in mind for us this time around. No way I could have foreseen to which degree they would degrade the heroes of old (particularly Luke Skywalker) and the Skywalker bloodline in this movie.
I wanted to like this movie. I wanted to praise the director for being bold and taking things in a new direction... if only this direction wasn't an abyss from where the Saga is unlikely to come back.
So many things in this movie are pointless, so many of its plots are useless that it is even hard to point out the plot holes - the whole thing is a black hole, everything is there just to serve a point the director wanted to make that has nothing to do with the story, the previous movies or the universe it pretends to portray. Characters and plot are all there to be sacrificed in the altars of subjectivism, nihilism, relativism and the overall agenda of the director and the other big shots at Lucasfilms. The action is void of meaning and some scenes will tempt the willing suspension of disbelief of the most willing Star Wars fan. One thing that is abundant in this movie when it comes to its main characters is how bad written many of them are and how many things lack verisimilitude. Worse than that, the movie is not even funny: the joke that works is the one that is upon you, the viewer...
When Episode VIII ended I thought at first that I would leave the movie theather feeling sad or even angry about it, but, in the end, I didn't. I felt indifferent. I don't care about it anymore. Nor does my girlfriend, my mother and nor does my 12 years old brother. Calling this Star Wars fanfic would be an insult to fanfic writers. I wonder who is the new target audience...
Star Wars is over, this new Disney stuff is a joke and we the fans are the clowns.