WARNING: I've decided to best give my opinion on this film I will have to "spoil" some things. My opinion without spoilers is this film is ok but not worth seeing unless you're into "so bad it's great".(which I am) Also, I assume you've seen the original trilogy and the other films in the new trilogy, so with that out of the way lets begin:
Story
It's a typical Star Wars story, nothing special in that regard. Palpatine(the big bad guy with the lightning we thought was dead in Episode 6) is back and they are very little explanations as to why except that he just is! This really bothers me cause now anyone good or bad can die and they may not be completely dead, so how can I care about the characters good or bad if they come back to life for no good reason? I don't even think this is "so bad it's good", it's just bad.
Action
You don't watch Star Wars for the story(at least I don't) but the cool action sequences. This time the movie tries too hard to be cool, a character shoots people behind his back perfectly without looking, Rey and Kilo Ren fight over a medium-sized spacecraft using the force from a distance away, that sort of thing. I know Star Wars has it's moments but this is pushing from the cool fantasy relm into the cheesy/silly relm, all these moments, were so bad they made me laugh. The silliest one is when Kilo Ren steals a neckless from Rey when Shes on one world and he is on his spaceship I don't know how far away!? The worst part is why couldn't Jedi Master Luke use this new force power we have never seen before to take the Wayfinder or dagger they spent a lot of the movie trying to find! Hilariously bad!
When the movie is not trying to do something over the top, it's actually good but those moments are too rare to sit through the whole thing. (you have to be into this "so bad it's a good" thing)
Music and sound
Not any better or worse than any other Star Wars film.
Acting
I think lines are well delivered, they are just bad lines!
Lasting Appeal
I don't think I need to see this movie again, it's not that terrible!
Visuals
I've seen better in a Star Wars film but I did not think they were "bad". The spaceship battles were worse than a good episode of the TV show The Orvel which is very disappointing considering Star Wars should have a bigger budget.
Overall
As I said the movie is good if your into "It's so bad it's great" and if that is not you skip it, don't even bother borrowing it from the library. I definitely would not buy it, most city/town libraries probably have a copy.
