Fan of SW since early 1980's

Rating: 8/10 (24 December 2019)

And this was a fantastic film. It was certainly a little busy feeling at the start, but there were a couple of moments to reflect and let things sink in. What this film did give us was some incredible nostalgia (felt like the original films) incredible acting visuals and score, the best lightsabers battles of any of the films, , and left you with a feel-good finale.
I loved the little jabs about certain aspects from TLJ thrown in, but there was nothing close to a retcon here (nothing needed to be fixed from TLJ in my opinion)..
Anyone giving this a score below a 6 is ridiculous, as are the 10/10. The OT movies were like swiss cheese with pot holes and other errors (theatrical versions, the special editions are almost as awful as prequels), and still great. I don't understand people's issues now. It's just a hate bandwagon. So thankful to have been able to finally have a follow up Star Wars trilogy after waiting since 1983!
Second point deduction was because no film is perfect, so a 9 is the highest score I would give out.