I enjoyed this movie much more than TFA

Rating: 5/10 (20 December 2017)

I gave this movie a 9 and am going to complain about it. I absolutely hated TFA. Everything about it was Lame. On this movie, I get the complaints and I get that the casting was over the top racist with 100% of the bad guys being moronic white dudes. It's totally ok to be offended by this as it is kinda a jerk move. I just rolled my eyes at this and enjoyed the movie. That being said, this is the first Star Wars movie since Return of the Jedi that I did not know what was going to happen. It was a totally original script that really developed Poe and Rey and Finn. I still think they are making Kylo and the first order look totally weak and incompetent which is taking away from their impact on the film. These new star war flicks really need to step up and make a bad ass villain because the bad guys now are kinda dopey.
What they did to Luke is absolutely terrible and I was hurt that they took him out of the series. I'm just assuming he will come back somehow, some way. I couldn't stand Jar Jar Binks Finn from TFA but in this movie I really really liked him. He came across as a smart, brave and heroic character. Rey is coming along just fine. Princess Leah is my least favorite character from the old films so of course they are keeping her instead of Han and Luke, the fan favorites.
Even with all of my complaints, I still enjoyed the movie. My kids who didn't like the first movie were excited at the end. They kept asking if that kid with the ring on his hand at the end was going to be a jedi. I let them down gently and said "no" because the boy would grow up to be a white male which means odds are he will join the first republic. Totally joking. I really left the movie sad but satisfied and excited to see what happens next.
BTW more complaints... I didn't think the acting was great, nor did I think the CGI especially on Snoke was good. Yoda looked kinda cool and awkward like the puppet from the original. I liked him better like that.