Watch this movie if you have to, but don't have high hopes for it. It's bad. It's probably the worst SW movie ever made. I try to write this review spoiler free, though it's hard to do so.
Here are the things that ruined the movie:
1. Political message: there is a subplot that pushes the typical leftist agenda: capitalism is bad, every rich person is bad, they are the ones supporting the dark side, fight for love, etc. This ruined the movie for me. I really hate when they are pushing an agenda in a movie. Doesn't matter if it's left or right (though 90% of the time it's the left), I hate when modern day politics have a message in movies.
2. Subplots: There is one subplot, about 30 minutes long, that has nothing to with the original story-line. It's there to have the political message, other than that, it's garbage. It's boring, it's long, and adds nothing to the whole movie.
3. Charaters: I absolutely loved Carrie's actring. She's that Leia whom we loved in the original trilogy. Kylo Ren is also really good.And that's all the good I can think about. Finn and Poe does nothing to develop their character, Rey is kinda OK, Luke is messed up, he's not really acting how Luke acted in the original movies. Mark even stated that he did not like the way the new director formed his character. And the new ones... annoying, boring, good for nothing characters. They are doing nothing to advance the main plot, just there because?? Who knows? Not to mention Phasma: not going to spoil anything, but you'll say: "That's it?" And there are other characters from TFA that are completely misused in this part. Also there's one friend from the original trilogy who comes back once again but his character is so bad, you really want to forget that scene.
4. TOYS: This is the main reason I hated this movie. Porgs and other "cute" animals or whats are in the movie just to sell children toys. They have really no purpose in the movie other that they are REALLY annoying. (Also: porgs can fly, yet they have smaller wings than an average chciken)
5. Humor: They messed this part up really bad. The movie is full of overused one-liners and they are 90% boring and not funny at all. To make things worse, some great daramtic scenes are ruined by these stupid jokes. There are like 2-3 jokes in the entire movie that are really funny and work well with the SW saga.
6. Continuity: this one is a technical problem but it's a big one. The final movie should be 3 hours long but they had to cut it for obvious reasons (thank god). There are many scenes when a certain subplot cuts to another, and when they cut back to that one, you need to think for a few seconds to pick up the pace. Hard to explain, but if you see the movie, you'll feel it, and it's fustrating.
7. Technical stuff: The movie is full of technical problems that couldn't even occur in the SW universe. Defying gravity, biology, etc. You need to see the movie to understand it, but it's full of these stuff.
All in all, the movie was not a disaster, I'd give it a 7/10 if it's a standalone movie, but as a SW movie, it's 5 compared to the others. There are indeed AWESOME minutes in it, and yes, those were really great, but only a few. The special effects were fantastic, space battles were great, but that's not enough for the Star Wars saga.
As much as I don't like JJ Abrams, he should have directed this one. He started it, he should have finished it. Rian Johnson totally twisted the franchise, many great lores (Knights of Ren) are gone in this movie and it really ruins the movie.
I really hope that JJ Abrams can do something in the LAST movie, because the damage is already done and it will hard to overcome it.
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