Not the worst film, but......

Rating: 6/10 (29 December 2017)

I'll try to make this review quick.
The Good:

Good effects and visuals
Fairly solid story
A couple of interesting scenes (Ren stops a blaster bolt, Ren reads minds)
A couple of interesting characters (Kylo, Poe)
Sets the stage for some potentially interesting developments in the next installment.

The Bad:

Unoriginal, rehashed story. This is "A New Hope: The Remix".
Little character development.
Character personalities are inconsistent. Is Fin a jokey millennial or a serious defector struggling with the past?
Ideological inconsistencies. Fin doesn't like war and killing, yet kills storm troopers whom he once worked with.
Mary Sue. Rey starts as an interesting character, but quickly becomes boring when we realize that she's good at everything.
Star Wars mythological inconsistencies. Apparently, any one can become a Jedi with literally no training, and go toe-to-toe with a trained Sith.
Wasted characters (Phasma)
Marvel Universe style script. Star Wars has maintained a certain speaking style throughout the saga, and this film shoots for a modern, millennial style that is completely out of place in the franchise.
Comedic vibe. There is little or no seriousness to the film; everything is a joke.

There are other things I didn't care for, but that would take all day to get in to. The film is better production-wise than Episode 2, and far less cringe worthy, but I think the prequels in general still maintained the heart and soul of Star Wars, despite their shortfalls. This film, however, feels more like a Star Trek film more than Star Wars; a little too much Sci-fi, not enough fantasy.