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This is the best movie ever!!.. well, that is according to my 6-year old youngling.He has seen it 15 times now - always with loud cheers towards the end. As such, he is extremely well-qualified to judge it. He claims it is even better than Return of the Jedi, that he has seen at least 50 times.That says quite something. So you can stop here and push the Buy-button.If you are interested in my opinion, as a wrinkly, old day-1 Star Wars fan; I was less impressed the first time I saw the Rise of Skywalker. My rant is below but I’m not dismissing the movie. I’ve watched it three times now, the 2nd and 3rd time were better than the 1 first. And I will still enjoy watching the movie multiple times in the future as even more than most Star Wars movies this one is filled to the brim with new colourful characters, aliens and locations. And every time you watch it, you will discover something new. It is a stunning visual feast with great fx and digital effects. The 4K version that I bought for our brand new 4K player is super sharp with deep contracts and of course, extremely high resolution - making it even more of a very pleasant, immersive viewing experience. The movie is already worth seeing to marvel at the designs of the new spaceships, planets and definitely the wealth of new monsters and aliens. While keeping in mind that this remains space opera, I thought there was appropriate acting and interaction between the lead players . Some of the characters are quite intriguing or funny, like my son’s favourites Babu Frik, D.O. or Zorri Bliss - even though you can wonder what exactly the point of their inclusion was.And frankly, my young Jedi’s enthusiasm proves that the movie successfully reached a very important part of its target audience.However … I had hoped that after the Last Jedi - that, to say it kindly, rubbed me against my galactic grain - we would get a more straightforward movie. Yet one at least as intriguing as the The Force Awakens. And given how tightly Disney controls the franchise I had decent hopes of that. The problem is that the Rise of Skywalker not only tries to deal with a lot of open ends from throughout trilogy, it also throws in more complexity, unnecessary twists and new open questions that remain unanswered (the whereabouts and survival of Palpatine, Liea’s training, new jedi and unexplained powers).. It inserts key characters from the past which would not have been necessary at all. And there are things like hyper-speed skipping.. that’s even worse than midichlorians!In short, this is not a Star Wars movie that ranks in my top 10. It simply confirmed by bad feeling about appointing multiple directors across a trilogy and giving each too much storyline freedom. As a result we get a somewhat upsetting, puzzling conclusion to what was supposed to be the epic end of a story that was started 43 years ago and that viewers spent many, many hours on.. It does show, despite a few minor failings, how great a storyteller George Lucas is.Well, that was just my humble opinion on the movie’s main shortcoming; the storyline. But in fact, I and fellow Star Wars fans shouldn’t complain; The Rise of Skywalker follows two, in my humble opinion, great Star Wars movies; Roque One and Solo. And then over recent months we were treated by the Mandalorian tv series, an original story, brilliant in its simplicity. Me my family thoroughly enjoyed that Star Wars experience that at least made many of my galactic dreams come true.Ah well, you shouldn’t take my muttering serious. My son might be a better reference. After all, I rank The Phantom Menace as one of my favourite Star Wars movies! Also don’t take offence by any Stars Wars movie opinion as there are as many of these as there are drops of water in the seas of Kamino.