This is like "New Coke": bad product from a good brand name

Rating: 4/10 (19 December 2017)

I am not a Star Wars fan. Yes, I have seen all the movies, but I never quote them in conversations or defend/sell them to anyone. I just see them as interesting Sci-fi movies. This one, however, isn't a good story. I went to see it in theater because critics praised it and I was shocked to see how bad it was. I won't go into details as to why it's bad -it's a bad story - but I am puzzled at critics points as to why it's good and I like to argue against it.
1) They say it's very original: Well, I know the makers wanted to go for "I am your father" kind of twist but here is a thing about shocking twists - It must have consequences. It must make the conflict more challenging, just like Vader being Luke's father made things more difficult for Luke. One exception is when it's a suspense movie, where you can have twists just to play with audience. The Last Jedi isn't a suspense movie. The thing with bad guy makes the conflict less challenging, hence it's a bad twist, however original it is.
2) I like the visuals: Frankly, it's hard to find movie with bad visual effects now a days, unless they are small budget. The Visual Effects do not add to the story telling. The things feel real, that's all. It didn't do anything that I could say was beyond imagination. The matrix did things that wasn't imaginable at that time or the original trilogy did things that couldn't be imagined, this one does not.
3) It's funny: No it's not. Audience at my theater laughed just once or twice. Most of the jokes were predictable.
When I see critics vs audience ratings, I want to believe the conspiracy that Disney has bought all the critics. I know it's not true, but it feels like it. I won't be able to trust critics review now. And I won't be able to trust big budget blockbusters from big studios now. Time to look for good indie and foreign stuff.