Stop comparing it to the originals, JJ Abrams did his thing.

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2019)

JJ Abrams did his thing. After The Last Jedi, trash, and The force awakens, 'meh' at its best, I was ready to be disappointed but not surprised. However, I think the movie was actually pretty good.
JJ sorta pulled a James Cameron where we can almost act the last 2 movies weren't even made, except for some brief mentions. If someone were to make a 5min video to introduce us to the cast, you could watch this immediately after ep.6 and to be honest, it would've been much better if they had shown us this movie in 2015.
Of course the movies contains some Disney BS like horses on the side of a space ship, but there's a lot less forced humor than in the previous films.
Kylo acts more like a Vader, Palpatine is pure evil again, and even though it's the end of the Skywalker saga, I'm sure there will be more movies in the future.