Great movie and great evolution of the series, Star Wars fans are just impossible to please

Rating: Null/10 (15 December 2017)

First off, the movie was fantastic. I would say it rivals Episode V for the greatest Star Wars film of all time. Everything from the story, to the characters, to the visuals, soundtrack and especially acting performances was simply...amazing. I found myself captivated and shocked, however in a manner that is unlike many reviewing the movie here that refuse to allow the franchise to grow in a new and exciting direction. It was fun, unpredictable, and genuinely left me wanting more.
This is still star wars. I'm not sure how it isn't in your minds. I guess because it wasn't built on nostalgia. I consider that a good thing. First off, George Lucas ruined his own legacy with the awful movies that were Episodes I and II, which were so bad that a pretty good movie in Episode III is enveloped in the "prequels suck" sphere. Just a few years ago the popular complaint was that Force Awakens was just a rip off of a New Hope. Now, Johnson pushes boundaries and innovates what a star wars movie can look like, and suddenly he's ruined it by trying to allow the franchise to grow and expand beyond what we already know. I see a lot of "this isn't star wars" and "disney ruined star wars" etc. Bull. Johnson delivered on the hype with a brilliant NEW take on Star Wars saga and characters, including seeing characters we know and love undergo real change and evolution, as good characters and real people do and should. The changes made to characters were logical responses to their past and present situations. The roots are still there. Try to think back long ago, to the first star wars movies. It was at its core about hope; an underdog story, that Luke Skywalker, a seeming nobody from nowhere could be something more, that this nobody could defeat the Empire. Last Jedi is exactly that. At its core, it's about finding hope where there is none, even for Luke.
I was disappointed when I logged on here after walking out of the theaters, expecting pleased viewers and praise, but instead seeing mostly bad reviews of what I and literally everyone in the audience of the theater I was in seemed to think was a fantastic movie and many, including myself, thought this was perhaps the best star wars film yet.
Let me be clear, it is not perfect. There are still unanswered questions (especially about Snoke), and some sequences last a little long (code breaker guy), and it takes a little while to get going (ships in space moving 10 mph), but still a fantastic film that is worth several viewings.
Embrace the changes.
just go see it for yourself.