I finally saw this for the first time, and its way better than people make it out to be. The movie visually is the best of the series, and moves at a great pace I never felt like it was slow, and i enjoyed all the characters except for the whole empire redux (i did like ren though)
The three biggest flaws for me were:
The First Order aka "the empire that never left"makes the entire OT irrelevant. Everything they did was for nothing and the empire is now STRONGER for no reason.
This movie should have been mostly about snoke and kylo restoring the broken factions to create a strong force to tear down the republic. Instead theyre already destroying planets, so why the fuck are they so concerned about an exiled Luke
They could easily take over the galaxy, especially since their storm troopers seem competent.
2. Kylo is a powerful dark side force practitioner who has been doing this for years. So we have him losing battles to people who didnt even believe jedis were real just a half hour ago
I could deal with mind force scene because it's a decent way to open her powers up, and show kylos insecurities. BUT losing a lightsaber battle? Fuck outta here
I dont care if he has a blaster wound, you just dont became adept at saber fighting so fast. A garbage man and a chick dont last vs a trained practitioner. It doesnt work that way
3. The last act was just a retread of blowing up the death star. Fuck that.
Finn was funny in spurts, but it was annoying how he was such a cheerleader. Plus all of a sudden he loves rey?
Got friend zoned with a fucking hug.
Leia huggging rey over chewie after han died is a disgrace