Its very clear to me now that Star Wars is no longer a series for all ages. Its for kids now and it hurts.

Rating: 4/10 (16 December 2017)

Is this movie total crap? No.
Is this film garbage? No.
There were scenes here that I very much enjoyed. I enjoyed when Rey and Kylo connected. I enjoyed when the atmosphere turned dark and serious. When we got something very reminiscent of characters from past films, talking about the force, about light and dark, hope and faith, evil and death.
I loved the scene where Kylo showed rey that Luke considered killing him but ultimately felt ashamed but it was too late.
I loved seeing rey and Kylo during the scene with Snoke. It was serious, it was dark, it was really tense.
Scenes like this is what I expect in a Star Wars movie. Serious, adult, respectful and immersive.
But unfortunately what I got instead was CONSTANT bathos.
In other Words, the movie... refused to take itself seriously in between these shots.
Example nr 1: Rey gives Luke the lightsaber. Theres a serious tone, then luke tosses the lightsaber, not to the side, but directly up in the air, backwards and walks off... in extremely comedic fashion. Really? ... really?
Nr 2: the constant wise cracks in between rather serious dialog. Surprisingly, Luke himself constantly is the one to start it. Its immersion breaking. And not funny unless you just laugh at anything.
thats the thing about this humor. Its not good humor. Its just... comedy. The kinda thing you'd expect your average joe to grin at and not think about it.
Is this what Star Wars has turned into? I guess so.
Nr 3: The dwarf people on Lukes Island. Cute, little weird things wearing clothes that yap in a ewok like voice. Did you not learn from return of the Jedi? Harrison Ford himself said it made the film seem too childish. so much for learning from the past.
Nr 4: The mother f#cking puppy dog eyed owl creatures that you see in the trailers with wide eyes and open mouths that make everyone go " Awwwwwwwwww"
This part makes me extremely angry. I can handle the bears, I can handle jokes, although out of place and totally NOT Star Wars like.
But must you f"cking shove these cute creatures down our throat OVER...AND OVER...and OVER...and OVER. There is like 6 SCENES!! Dedicated solely to Chewbacca shoving them away because not even Chewie likes them. They are annoying. They look like something you'd put in Guardians of the Galaxy. Hello, Rian Johnson. THIS IS NOT GUARDIANS! THIS IS STAR WARS!
I repeat once Again why this is a large issue. Because when you sit down, you care about the lore, the franchise and expect to get a cool movie with a meaningful story and such... when you see Kylo ren ( he did really well in this movie. Constantly serious, angry, upset, feeling betrayed and I honestly love Adam Drivers performance entirely. I didn't in TFA but here... 10 stars for Adam. No doubt) only to get interrupted..... by this cute childish crap. This filth... this out of place garbage to make the kids in the Theater go " Awwwwww, so cuutie!!!!" let alone having to sit there and listen to it happen like 15 times... its enough to drive you completely insane to the brink of screaming out loud " SHUT...UP"
many criticise that Snoke dying was rushed and bad. yeah sure, but honestly I dont care.
Luke dying was rushed and weird feeling. I dont like that one bit.
Nevertheless... it pales in comparison to the fact that this comedy crap... wasn't just in between scenes and such. No.
An ENTIRE act. The entire story arrc with Fin and Rose ( the asian girl whos sole purpose in the movie is to cater to Asian people) and provide a weak romance... is PACKED with cheap, pointless, annoying comedy, cute creatures, children that are enslaved and more. All in the hope to get this " Keymaker" Way to rip off Matrix, Rian.... pathetic. Only to realize that HE BETRAYED THEM, they get captured by the 1st order, about to be executed too and then they get saved by Miss Kamikaze Laura Dern whos been yapping negatively to Poe throughout 80 % of her entire performence in the film. Such a lovely character that one. Annoying as hell but whatever.
Ultimately this film comes out better than TFA. It offers something original, however slightly, it gives us more depth to Rey and Kylo which I appreciate.
Luke finally talks...... Thanks, Disney.
No saber duels because reasons.
Its an above average movie. Now this is where it gets important.
This is your typical action, adventure, Marvel Flick. And many will love it for that.
But this is an extremely bad Star Wars movie. And thats because Disney, JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson... dont remotely understand, even if they life depended on it, what makes a good Star Wars movie.
And after seeing this film... I have lost hope that we'll get some that does unless Lucas returns.