Johnson stares down Fanboys and dares to be different...and it pays off

Rating: Null/10 (27 December 2017)

It's clear at this point that this movie is the most controversial Star Wars movie to date. But why!? One look at the user reviews and you would think that this was a horrible movie, yet alone horrible Star Wars movie. Unfortunately, what you're really witnessing however, is a lot of emotional immaturity brought on by individual expectations of what this movie should have been, according to die hard Fanboys, rather than what it dares to be. Which is a refreshing, daring and exciting take on the possibilities of what the Star Wars universe can evolve into whilst simultaneously, albeit respectfully, coming to a conclusion to the Skywalker storyline in Epic Fashion. Passing on the torch to Rey and Kylo's story and the future of The Resistance and it's struggle against The New Order.
I saw this on Christmas Day in a jam packed theatre and there was nothing but laughs, several claps throughout the entire film and a hearty cheer when the credits started to roll. Whatever you do, don't listen to the haters.
What's ironic is that the reason it's so divisive is actually the opposite of the reason why The Force Awakens was criticized. Proving that if the movie has Star Wars in the title, you will never expect to please everyone. Where one movie was bashed for being too similar to the original, New Hope, this one is bashed because it doesn't fall in line of what fans envisioned in their minds after about 2000 bags of Doritos and cans of Mountain Dew with a bunch of their super nerd friends in their mother's basements while waiting for this movie to release.
I took 2 stars off only because it's not the best Star Wars Movie I've seen (that distinction will most likely always belong to, The Empire Strikes Back), they could have done a better job delving into Snokes history (though they still may in IX) and the Finn/Rose side mission could have been done better (though it wasn't terrible). But it's right up there near the top of list of the best Star Wars movies to date.