We've consulted friends, family, fans and fellow authors to sort things out in our own head.
The Last Jedi is deeply flawed.
Our eleven year old loved Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This is a dangerous sign.
The plot involves the Resistance fleeing their base and the First Order pursuing. This plot device is silly and stupid and feels like a BSG episode. Most of the events happening around the plot are also silly and stupid.
That said we thought the movie was holding up pretty well. And then the second act happened. One could slip the second act into a prequel. Lots of dumbness.
The third act was unfulfilling and derivative...oh look attack ships closing on AT-ATs!
We liked Rey and Kylo Ren and thought they both had some great scenes and interactions. As readers suspect Rey spends time with Luke in training. Frankly, Mark Hamill is not a very good actor. We are willing to reconsider this after a second viewing, but we just don't think he's up to it. Kylo Ren is the most interesting character and Adam Driver is truly great in this film. His arc is well made and unpredictable.
Po has a dumb and contrived character arc. Finn is absolutely useless in this film and his part is, what's the word? Oh yes, contrived. There's no point to him.
BB8 got stupid.
The Last Jedi doesn't suck like a prequel, but it is not very good. There's just too much wrong with it.
I agree
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