Totally breaks with The Force Awakens (Spoiler Free)

Rating: 2/10 (22 December 2017)

There are some good things. There are some cool visuals, most of the acting is decent, and there are two or three interesting scenes.
The plot is a total disaster. They completely destroyed the characters introduced in The Force Awakens. Kylo Ren is the only interesting character left. The plot is terrible with just nothing of interest. It's incredibly boring and dull. Every time it gets to a point in the plot where there is a change in direction the movie consistently picks the most underwhelming and uninteresting direction to go in. The subplots are kind of at odds with each other and downright contradictory with the main plot. The lazy writing just has characters describing things that happened rather than showing you. You get the impression at the time that the camera is showing you what's happening on the back burner and the real action is off the screen.
I liked The Force Awakens and loved Rogue One. I bought copies of both movies and saw both multiple times in theaters. But this movie manage to completely ruin the trilogy and I honestly don't see how JJ fixes this in IX. I won't be seeing it again or buying it.