Not as bad as many people say

Rating: 7/10 (28 December 2019)

The first thing you need to know is that this film had hundreds of ratings with basically 1/10 and 10/10 (as a reply to the 1/10 ratings) before the release. Too much passion from passionate people. The rest is history: some people finally watched the film and wrote several negative reviews and the rest read the reviews and posted the same ideas in their own reviews.
As somebody said here, this film is dense and requires several viewings to understand it completely, specially the first thirty minutes; I remember that when I was a teenager something similar happened to me when I watched Episode IV at the theatre (please don't let me be misunderstood: I'm not comparing them!).
I agree this film uses spot techniques studied to catch fans. That's the price to be now part of the Disney's universe. But objectively speaking, this film has all the elements to be an acceptable (just that) ending of the saga.
The soundtrack by John Williams is as good as always: that's a strong point that shows if we compare it with The Mandalalorian's ST, for instance.
Some characters like Poe Dameron are too Disney-like for my taste (maybe young public feels more identified with him), and some scenes by Rey portray her more like a PokÃ©mon than like a master like Yoda, although the plot gives a strong reason for her to behave like that.
As a conclusion, this is not the best SW film to date, but not the worst either. If you haven't seen it yet, please make yourself a favor and stop reading these reviews until you go to the theatre and judge the whole thing from your own point of view.