An really enjoyable film with a few issues.

Rating: 8/10 (20 June 2020)

I found the latest film in the franchise to be an interesting way to end it. It wasnt an amazing film but it did keep me entertained for the most part and it did fill in holes and questions i had from the prior films. I dont see how some people can gice it some of the ratings they did though; a 10 seems insane in that at no point that viewer found any issue with the film, character, a bland part, etc? How is a 1 or 2 possible as well? You are saying that at no point in 2hrs you enjoyed a moment of the film? How did you finish it if you hated it that bad? Nothing was redeeming? Ok.
I though that having the origin of Rey being the opposite of what i would have suspected was a neat twist, then making her to be stronger than any Jedi i have ever seen was pretty rad.
There was quite a few moments in the film that i wish would have been cut down in length for one reason or another (boring, long winded, doesnt add to story, cheesy, etc) but that wasnt a whole lot of moments. It did bring back some characters from prior movies which was a near nod to those films, like the originals but it also felt like they were going for cheap nostalgia tricks at the same time.
The special effects throughout the film were pretty good but felt more video game-ish than movie, i dont know if thats bad or good. There was also some pretty horrific dialogue uttered once in a while. While much of this i didnt really notice at first; i was able to once i backed up the film or discussed with others later.
Overall, id say this film was a 7 or 8. Im not going to make comparisons of it to the originals because thats unfair to compare it to something so much pop culture, nostalgia, memories, etc are tied to, but i understand why its difficult for so many to distance the 2 because they are connected by a story line. It was a pretty good film, far from perfect but quite entertaining and I've really enjoyed watching what Rey and Finn have had to deal with in them.