starsteamer

I loved this episode but I really struggled with the main actress'a performance. I've never seen her in anything before and she was, quite frankly, terrible in this episode. This would've been easily a 9 or 10 for me with a different actress in the lead role. There are so many wonderful actresses out there, many of whom were in this episode. I do not understand the casting decision that led to this choice.

To me, the plot works well. It does cover possible plot holes and plays with the current Hollywood trend of remaking classic movies.

I'm frankly disappointed that what should have been one of the best episodes of the series fails because the lead wasn't up to the job.

This is by far the worst written drama I've ever watched, and I've seen a lot of terrible programs. The female characters act in completely nonsensical and ridiculous ways; the main male character is worse than useless; and the bad guys are the worst kind of stereotypes. I had to stop watching at episode 3 as the bad writing and characterisation was actually making me angry. I mean, I've watched B level horrors that are written better than this.

It actually got to the point that I knew what was going to happen next as the characters are such stereotypes and it uses every troupe in the playbook.

Please don't waste your time.

Born in 1976, the first film I remember seeing at the cinema was 'Return of the Jedi'. I am a lifelong Star Wars fan. I'm just home from seeing episode ix and I really enjoyed it. I laughed, I cried. I loved seeing the old characters mixed with the new. Yes, I still don't really like Rey and I've always felt that Adam Driver was the wrong casting decision, but it wasn't enough to put me off. I don't really understand the negative reviews. Star Wars was never a high brow Sci-Fi. It was a film that was targeted at kids and adults alike. No actors are going to match the ones that made up the original trilogy, particularly Fisher and Ford. But hell, it was an enjoyable ride.