The Force is Lost...

Rating: 6/10 (16 December 2017)

I haven't written a movie review for more than 10 years, but I felt this was the right momentum to do so as one of my favorite sagas once again was on the big screen. While for a second time the hopes and the anticipation were colossal, equally huge was the disappointment and the frustration after leaving the theater.
To be fair, someone could say that episode 8 could be called "decent" as a standalone movie but it certainly lacks the impact and influence that the original Lucas trilogy had.
The problem with the Last Jedi is the same with the Force Awakens as both movies fail to meet the demands of the modern cinematic era.
To start with the script, the story is a complete mess. While the 20-mins mental tension between Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver is rather the only brief part of the film which is interesting, the rest of 2-and half hours film that focus on the Rebels struggle to face the mighty dark empire is a dull, already seen, uninspired and eventually boring part of the film. The presence of Poe Dameron as a failed but honest hero is inexplicable, while Snook is another caricature and certainly not scaring, evil guy who will very soon erase from our memory.
I did not mind so much Disney's obvious attempt to be "politically correct" including in the screen actors from any possible race, thus forcing the story to give an unnecessary role to everyone neither so much the fake and bad CGI in the casino, not even the turnaround of Luke's character to an old frustrated and grumpy guy but I really got upset with all that Disney's mellow cliches like "saving our loved ones is that who will make us win" or the family relic of Rose Tico who us poor audience do not want her to lose, or the fathiers who need to be desperately saved .
Did I actually go and watch Star Wars or Despicable me and Free Willy? It is obviously another movie of the Star Wars saga where a 10 year old max... can be happy and who will be satisfied with the porgs and eating Chewi's food but not the rest of us who are just a bit older..
The creators of the film industry should have taken as an example what Christopher Nolan did with Dark Knight reboot where the reality and the dark industrial environment characterizes our modern world but unfortunately not only JJ Abraams but also Rian Jonson as well preferred to stay "glued" in the past.
Overall the Last Jedi lacks inspiration, original ideas and eventually that feeling of spirituality and chemistry between the actors that Lucas introduced first and destroyed later... The force is completely lost guys...