Not for the hardcore fans, terrible subplot yet few great stuff. Could be better, but....

Rating: 8/10 (15 December 2017)

Everyone has to agree to disagree: this is a transition towards a new generation. So newbies will love it, hardcore fans will hate it.
I honestly expected: Rey's background to be amazing. Snoke's background. Luke to train Rey effectively and actually joining her and the rebels. Finn and Rey to have more adventures together. Poe to join them. Leia to be killed by Kylo Ren. And then the "good boys" to be miserable in the end and make everyone craving for Episode IX. Something like Empire Strikes Back (Luke with no hand, confused with his father & Han frozen...).
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
DISLIKES:
* There was this weird thing going between Kylo and Rey. Why? Just because of the "hashtag Reylo" all over the internet after Episode VII? Why did they talk too much? Weird whatsapp thing between them.
* I hated that Luke died. Yoda told him to train Rey properly! How? By dying? Leia is already dead. What's this thing about killing everyone from the original 4-5-6 or sending people to suicide missions? just because Rogue One made a lot of money - I mean, success?
* too many comedy stuff
* Rose & Finn going to Monte Carlo. Too many minutes wasted on such subplot. I actually looked at my phone to check how much of the movie was elapsed during such scenes.
* hated Laura Dern. and I like her. Benicio del Toro was pointless.
* too much time wasted on the spaceship lacking fuel thingy.
* no romance. everybody needs some. Rey was left alone with Finn all involved with Rose, but it was one kiss, that's all.
* how come it was so easy to kill Snoke? after that, Rey & Poe fighting some ninjas was cool BUT there was an opportunity to make things really dark. Like Rey joining Kylo or him joing her - and later betraying everyone.
* flyboy
* Rey's background
* if you pay attention you'll get some stuff related to life nowadays: crazy leader (Trump), one of the quotes was "yes he can" (Obama?), Rey & Kylo chatting like skype / whatsapp, rich people suffering (casino), Chewie not eating Porgs (becoming vegan?)
* no amazing lightsaber battles
* the whole thing not being as expected
LIKES:
* Luke was bitter yet wiser.
* YODA
* "You're my only hope" moment. I cried.
* Luke & R2-D2
* Leia almost dying. I started to cry. It was cool that she used her jedi powers, though.
* Chewie
* Chewie becoming "vegan"
* Luke coming out of nowhere, talking to Leia. And showing off his powers.
* some memorable quotes - like "teaching failure" by Yoda
* meet cute in the very end between Poe & Rey. I always thought they belonged together, yet this meet cute is in the novelization of Episode VII
* battle in the end
* Poe along with Leia, having more screen time
* the whole thing not being as expected
* not copying episode VI.
Anyway, I left the session a bit confused, for there were indeed amazing moments but terrible ones as well. Overall, I had a lot of fun by crying, laughing, being stunned by few plot twists. It is clearly a transition between the old and new and such evolution must happen, since people get older and evolve as well. I'm sure that I'll have plenty SW episodes to watch in my life, and I'll keep doing so.
Thing is, after such episode, there is a lot of things to happen in Episode IX. Hopefully we'll have greater ups and downs, better acting, less subplots and more retro & respect towards the saga.
AT LEAST it wasn't as bad as episodes 1 & 2.