Not overall terrible or good

Rating: 6/10 (18 December 2017)

It seems that most people either hate or enjoyed this movie. I feel a bit of both.
Characters: most of the good characters in the episode 7 are good here; however, Fin is a little underused. There is one new character, Rose, who I really do not like. She is fairly boring and unnecessary. Luke is done fairly well, albeit there were some dumbs scenes involving him.
Acting: it's Star Wars, all of the acting is at least good (with the exception of Del Toro). No one is superb however.
Action: Some very cool action sequences. Better the episode 7. Lots of action in this movie
Cinematography: it's a beautiful film, but that is expected of Star Wars.
Plot: This was my biggest problem with the movie. The messy story does not justify its 150 minute running time. Many of the subplots are a waste. There are a lot of twists in the movie, most of which vary from awesome to whatever to absolutely stupid.
Consensus: This movie seemed to polarize many Star Wars fans, but overall I think the average movie goer will be entertained. This could have been a good two hour movie, but overall I think it's a mix bag of great, terrible, and decent scenes.