Finally made it out. It was...ok? I managed to avoid all spoilers beforehand, and chatter. I thought the Palpatine grandpa reveal was pretty, I dunno, ugh. When Vader revealed he was Luke's father the reaction was "what?? no way!" This time it was "well of course it's him." Not that I predicted it, just that it feels way to convenient. We had 2 movies, this was supposed to be the finale, yet the real bad guy just shows up in the third one? And he's the same bad guy form the first 2 trilogies?
The other big issue I had was that everything they needed was always one scene ahead of where they were. We need this map thing, it's probably in that ship. Oh, we are sinking in and and going to die. nope, now we are in a tunnel, and blamo, hey there is this knife. But we can't get out, until Rey uses her power for the first time to heal this monster that just happens to be injured in this cave. Every scene of the movie was just hoping from one serendipitous calamity to the next.
Why did the falcon crash on Endor? Was it Endor? Didn't look like Endor. I know the gear was broken, but it looked like they skidded in pretty heavy. But then an hour later or whatever, it's up flying again. Everything was just way to convenient.
That, and the bad guys were always instantly wherever they were. It felt like there was no distance or time between anything.
It really felt more like a superhero movie than anything. The world didn't feel "real" like the original trilogy did. For instance, when Luke is saved below cloud city, and Lando goes to get him, he uses a safety clip and harness. This time, Fin hops 30 feet through the air, then the Falcon rockets off at 90 degrees. Uh, hey Lando? There are people on the Falcon. might want to fly gently.
All in all, I guess this last movie sums up the trilogy. It had large moments of potential, but it never came together in a way that felt like a real world. A better trilogy than the prequel, but doesn't come close to the original trilogy.
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