Lots of hate from people who've likely not even seen it yet.

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2017)

Seriously, what's with all of the trolls? I guess some people just want attention, but don't want to spend the money to see the movie (or just don't like Star Wars). IMDB is starting to become the Facebook of reviews these days. Sigh...
Me? Saw it tonight - EXCEPTIONAL MOVIE!!! I thoroughly enjoyed every last bit of it. There was never a part where it dragged or was dull or uninteresting. The lines were fantastic and had excellent delivery and flow (with plenty of hilarious one-liners, as we've come to expect from Star Wars), and Kylo, just as intense and moody and angsty as before, just keeps you guessing. Is he a true villain? Is he truly lost? Can he return to the light? So many twists and turns in that kid's brain that it'll make your head spin!
Two new faces join us in the roles of Rose Tico (Kelly Marie Tran) and Vice Admiral Holdo (Laura Dern) - both showing that women can be just as badass in Star Wars as the men (as if Rey -Daisy Ridley- didn't already demonstrate that in TFA), and once again, Leia (Carrie Fisher) kicks some serious butt in this, her final silver screen performance (stay through the credits for a heart-touching, very fitting dedication).
I highly recommend spending the extra to see it in 3-D - there are a couple of areas where they didn't pan out well and tried to do the whole "reach into the audience" thing, but even these weren't overly distracting...but the battle sequences? Or even just the island scenes with Luke and Rey? In 3-D, it felt like you were THERE!
Breathtaking camera work throughout, tiny little background elements that make everything just seem REAL Just a great picture - everyone in the theater LOVED it (myself included) and everyone - and I do mean EVERYONE - was talking about it as they left. None were saying anything these 1- and 2-star people were saying. In fact, a good many were saying that they were coming back tomorrow night! Had I the money right now, I'd be among them!