Better after the sense of anticipation a leaves

Rating: 8/10 (17 June 2019)

When I first saw the last Jedi, I didn't necessarily like it. I didn't think it was hot garbage like a lot of hurt fanboys think, but I didn't love it.
There were a lot of things that annoyed me on the first viewing, like the character of rose and admiral holdo. (It is not the actors fault that I didn't like rose, I actually think she was really good at portraying the role given to her, but the character that was written was just not written so that I liked her)
Other things in the movie disappointed me, like the "revelation" of Rey's parents, how grumpy and emotionless Luke was, and the anti-climactic final "battle" if you can call it that.
This was all my first impression. I had built it up the previous months so much and had in my head what I was expecting and never received what I wanted. However, I recently watched TFA and TLJ back to back. This has been the first time I've watched it in about 6 months, and I honestly thoroughly enjoyed The Last Jedi This time.
Of course there are glaring mistakes in the movie, holdo being one of them. Honestly this is the only character I've consistently disliked since the beginning. I hate whenever a character in a position such as hers talks like she did to Poe when she first met him. This is not how a military official would speak.
I was able to get over the annoying vibes I got from rose the first couple times I watched the movie. Other than her ending and a few of her lines, she was a pretty likable character and I really enjoyed the chemistry she had with Finn (I don't think she should've kissed him, that didn't make sense)
What I've always liked is the character arc Ben goes through in this movie. I liked him way better here than in TFA. He has potential to be one of my favorite Star Wars characters depending on what happens in TRoS. What I grew to like through watching it again was Luke's character and how he trained Rey.
There are huge problems with this movie, but I'm glad something original has come to the franchise. I think the trailers went in a completely different direction and threw the audience off. But when the anticipation that preceded the movie wears off, this is a very solid entry in the Star Wars franchise. Definitely not hot garbage. Be careful what Star Wars fanboys tell you, this movie is not all SJW stuff. It's not completely free of that, but that doesn't make up the entirety of the movie.