The plotting and exposition are a little sloppy at times (the climax with Palpatine is a tad puzzling) and the bevy of twists and fake-outs are a bit much, but overall this is a fun and technically-excellent starry sci-fi war/adventure movie carried by a refreshingly diverse cast of characters (men, women, humans, non-humans, old, young, past, new) and sprinkled with great bits of deeper character work (see the cool Rey-Kylo dynamic, along with their individual arc-defining moments) and humour.
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joel watches movies 
Glad to read you enjoyed the film. Despite it all, it was entertaining film.
I also wrote the film’s pros and cons. If interested, you can read here: https://meshthemoviefreak.wordpress.com/2019/12/20/pro-and-con-rise-of-skywalker/ 🙂
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yep you pretty much nailed it!
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I really enjoyed it. I think as a moderately casual fan of the franchise, I’m able to. There are those who will not be happy with it no matter what happens. I really think this newest round of films did a lot to recover the image of the whole franchise after the prequils had left it all in a bit of a dump.
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Yep, I’m with you on all points!
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