by jellydonut25 » Fri Feb 05, 2016 4:59 pm
Well, I would say that some of your complaints address your other complaints. Clearly, Kylo Ren is no Vader. He can use the Force, yeah, but he's not fully capable and in control of all his abilities. He doesn't just throw Fin, a "mere" storm trooper to the side like nothing (as Vader would have) so him struggling with Rey AND losing to her, all while she's in an extremely emotionally heightened place, and he's been injured by both a blaster bolt from Chewbacca and his fight with Finn makes complete sense.
As for Rey, they did move her along a tad fast, but I'd argue only just a tad. Stuff like Leia hugging Rey and ignoring Chewbacca after Han's death is what I'm talking about here though; overemphasizing her role as opposed to just letting her grow into it. Her Force and piloting abilities all felt about right to me.
Also wasn't a fan of Snoke.
As for Luke, the whole movie IS about the search for Luke, so it wouldn't make sense to have him in the movie very much. If you ask me, it was actually kinda perfect. Instead of over relying on the existing cast, the new people got to take center stage much more. Furthermore, I think any line of dialogue spoken by Luke at that moment would have spoiled the scene. There's nothing to indicate he didn't know she was coming, in fact, given his odd position, it seems like he knew someone was coming and put himself at the spot he's at purposefully. Who knows for sure? That's what the sequel is for. Perhaps a BIT too much sequel baiting, but it is a mostly functional unto itself story that dangles enough to leave excitement and intrigue for the future.