Movie was okay to good, but there's no way I'm gonna care about the Johnson trilogy now, even if you excluded the SW oversaturation. Because ultimately the best parts of the movie are things he could take from older films. Like John Williams. But mainly the decent characters from 7 and the legendary characters from before. Luke and Kylo were great, Boyega was okay (until they ruined his payoff).
However, the execution of some admittedly interesting ideas was severely hampered by poor directing. I think everyone agrees that the structure and pacing is a huge mess. It's like 2 nonsensically connected movies and a bunch of weird TV-scifi filler in one. What I don't think is discussed enough is that the cinematography is competent at the very best, but mostly a CGI shitshow on par with the 4-6 remasters. TFA wasn't exactly Fury Road, but at least they restrained themselves and delivered some kind of visual identity. This movie went full on back into George Lucas territory. In fact,
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Atlantic City
was basically a prequel scene in every aspect. I didn't mind many of the other non-visual gags, though that intro sequence was
I wish the film's good parts were in a better movie. I still like TFA despite the pandering though.