Mild take I guess but I thought it was alright up until about halfway through. Yeah I thought the hyperspace jumping was pretty stupid. But at least all the characters had something to do and contribute to the plot in the first half. And they were actually interacting with one another in ways that didn’t piss me off like the last movie.

Yeah they were chasing a Deus Ex Machina but I didn’t really care. I think Star Wars plots have always been rather basic and childish. As long as the characters are likable, interesting, and have good dynamics they could be fighting the 4th Death Sta… Oh wait… Now every ship is the Death Star. This is where the movie started to lose me and it just went downhill from there.

The movie after the first half really just felt like a retcon of TLJ, and for it’s flaws I’ve grown to slightly appreciate it. It has it’s moments. I liked most of the Ray and Luke stuff, and I thought the dynamic between Ray and Kylo had potential. I just didn’t like how every other character was on some side quest that felt like it (to me at least) was only there for filler because they couldn’t find anything for the characters to do of consequence.

I really feel bad for everyone who liked TLJ (and I see why, it has great moments), It just felt like a knee-jerk reaction by Disney based on the reaction of the last movie. Sad boi hours 😦.