Do not buy into the negativity

Rating: 10/10 (28 December 2017)

Please- see the movie and decide for yourself. Personally, I thought it was amazing. I think the loudest voices are often times the angriest. But if you look at the aggregate score of the film it's clear that many thought it was spectacular.
Rian took this thing in a direction I never saw coming and, after seeing TFA, a shot-for-shot remake of ANH, it was refreshing to see some originality. If you are a fan of Rian Johnson's work and Star Wars, you should be pleasantly surprised.
I am a lifelong Star Wars fan, not a Disney shareholder, and I was deeply disappointed with the lack of originality of TFA and the direction they took Han's character. I can only assume by reading some of the reviews and scores of this film that fandom was looking for a reboot of TESB, which, for me, would have been the ultimate heartbreaker.