A Simple Honest Review (Minor spoilers so proceed with caution)

Rating: 7/10 (18 December 2017)

Never felt compelled to write a review before but so many trolls giving 1/10 and 10/10 on this I thought id just give the pros and cons as I see them.
PRO
>Its visually stunning some of the best SFX i've seen in a movie
>The acting is good-great throughout
>Quite a few surprises, nothing quite goes the way you expect it to.
>Funny in places (although it goes a little too far at times)
>More original than TFA (still a lot of call backs though)
>Over all the story is good and well written, if a little loose.
>The action/fight scenes are very entertaining and well done/shot.
>Lots of Lump in your throat moments (some a little forced)
>A Fitting emotional farewell to one (maybe two) beloved characters.
CON
>It's over long, this movie could have been easily trimmed down or tightened up to 2 hours.
> Too many story lines the movie should have focused on the Rebel fleet, Rey/Luke and Kylo-ren.
>Finn's story-line felt like "got to give him something to do" it would have been much better if he had stayed with the Rebels and helped Poe defend the ship or something (maybe a Phasma lead boarding party to defend against).
>The whole Canto Bight (casino planet) part felt dangerously close to prequel/kid movie territory.
>The pacing was "off" not bad but very "off" (Kinda hard to explain)
Overall I think it's probably the worst of the new movies (including RO) but it's still pretty good even when compared to the OT and very good compared to the prequels. Hopefully when the trilogy is complete TFA and the 3rd movie will pull it up a little as part of one big story.