can't understand the negativity here at all.

Rating: 9/10 (16 December 2017)

My expectations were modest, and the movie surpassed them. Better then previous, even.
Seen all the SW movies number of times and being a fan of the saga (playing KOTOR and reading countless stories happening in the expanded universe) this movie properly moves forward with the story George invisioned. Dialogue could be a bit better at some places, but overall the movie was really good. Movie also had a couple of small funny moments that were subtle enough to not ruin the seriousness and anticipation of the plot, pleasant suprise there. Original cast - the return of Mark Hamil really adds to the whole thing for me, though he may not be the best actor on the planet. The soundtrack in Star wars movies is always good, but this movie really has a number of good variations on "Leia & Han Solo" theme, it was beautifull.
for all the Star wars fans I say: must see
for the stuborn SW fans that whine at everything that is not the original trilogy I say: go watch your original trilogy DVD for the 53th time and stop complaining