Not a good star wars movie, but there are worse movies

Rating: 6/10 (23 December 2017)

Yes, the movie is heavily flawed, which is almost entirely the fault of the storyline. I'll summarize what has been mentioned already many times:

Luke Skywalker has somehow changed from the greatest optimist into a grumpy old man. He can in no respect be linked to his former character in the original trilogy. A one-minute flashback is not enough to explain that. Hell, they would need at least another trilogy to explain that change. It would be even more credible if he had turned over to the dark side!

Lord Snoke is killed before we ever found out who he was.

Kylo Ren is nothing more than a teenager with emotional issues, but at least he plays it well. The Hux character however is completely incredible as military hotshot. How did he ever make it to that position? He wouldn't have survived a single day in boot camp.

We still don't know who Rey is. OK, the revelation is probably saved for the last part, but at least give us a hint or a cliffhanger.

The main story about the low-speed chase in space is boring and the redundant side-story with the code breaker didn't conceal it.

Fans can only be disappointed by this movie. But on the other hand, the special effects are good, the battles (both the ones in space and the man-to-(wo)man kind) are fantastic, the music is as good as always and there is no problem with the acting. Is this had been one of those hundreds of superhero movies, people would have said it had been excellent fun and good entertainment.
Therefore I give it a 6. Very poor for a Star Wars movie, but a reasonable score for a random action movie.