actually liked the Rise of skywalker, the main problem with this film is pacing.
Opposite reaction. After thinking about it, I didn’t like the movie, but I thought the breakneck pace felt really appropriate, as it contributed to the feeling that made me initially like the film: it feels like an ending. More specifically, it feels like the endgame where everyone’s knowledge and abilities have been maxed out so they’re above silly slow plots and single lightspeed jumps at a time. And Rey and Palpatine’s confrontation (somehow) being all the Jedi versus all the Sith, and leading to Palpatine straight up disintegrating…it all feels so final. I love that about the film.