Review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) by Ha3Lium — 22 Dec 2017

I really don't understand why critics are praising this film. Leaving aside any Star Wars expectations (I'm fine with something completely different) here are the issues:

- Too many characters, not enough character. With about 8 main characters not including our protaganist, there isn't any time for character development.

- Having its cake and eating it. There are several moments when something dramatic happens, only for the reveal that it didn't actually happen. By the end I didn't care about anything happening because they killed the impact of any events by reversing everything that happened previously.

- Pointless side-plots that went nowhere. You can actually cut every scene with Finn & Rose, and it would make literally no difference to the plot. Nothing they do affects the film in any way.

As for Star Wars specific criticisms:

- Jedi training is now meaningless. Anyone born with the force can throw stuff around and fly without training.

- Kamakazi ship attacks that make every Death Star plot meaningless now, why didn't they just hyperspace fly a ship into the Death Star?

This film doesn't work as its own thing, and it doesn't work as a Star Wars film. How critics can be praising this crap after the treatment they gave Blade Runner 2049 is a mystery to me.