My family and I loved this movie, and couldn't understand the hate

Rating: 9/10 (13 January 2018)

I went to see this with my parents, my older bothers, my sister-in-law and my niece. I am a 37 year-old lifelong Star Wars fan. We have all watched all the films and discussed them all. I kept waiting for this film to disappoint us, and to go home dispirited seeing the franchise ruined. I wanted my family to be with me if that happened. Instead, I found tears of joy in my eyes, and looking over at my father to see him also choking up, because of how beautiful it was. Even my mother and niece, who have been somewhat lukewarm about previous Star Wars films, loved this one, and are looking forward to seeing it again. We honestly went home scratching our heads at why anyone would dislike it. I recently went to see it again in IMAX 3D, and loved it all over again. This is the best Star Wars film I've seen in a long time. FYI, I found Rogue One to be the worse "Star Wars" film and gave that a scathing review. That left a bad taste in my mouth about the direction the franchise might be headed. My faith in Disney was restored with TLJ, and I trust that at least Rian Johnson has kept the vision alive of what makes Star Wars great. Was only saddened and perplexed to see so many people hate on this film.