Don't Believe the Haters

Rating: 9/10 (21 December 2017)

I cannot for the life of me figure out the negativism in so many reviews out there. I'm a 40 year SW fan and know the good movies from the bad. I swear there must be a Russia-backed fake social-media campaign going on here. If critic and rotten tomatoes scores are high... it can't be a one star movie. If you have criticisms, that's fine, please register a rational 3 or 5 (out of 10), not a childish 1-star. IMHO, This is a good SW movie. Extremely good in fact. That doesn't mean it's without flaws, and I'm sorry if you felt it violated esoteric elements of Star Wars cannon, but get over it. Compared to the Force Awakens, this was absolutely fantastic, especially in that it did new things vs. making a hash out of old themes. Things moved forward. Characters were developed, new locations were seen, old characters gave strong performances (Mark Hamill has learned to act!). Weak or has-been characters were removed. (yes sorry at some point everyone in the original trilogy has to die!) Sorry. Don't be a baby about it. The script is well thought out. The dialog flows and is witty. We learn new things and they improve some old things. Yes there are a few cheap plot devices but please realize they existed in the old movies as well. I and my whole family (age range from 17 to 51) enjoyed it immensely so, don't believe the haters.