A few thoughts.

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2017)

Hello, world.
You came in here either after watching the movie or before to see what people has to say about it. The current score is 8/10, which is pretty good, right? Then you turn at the reviews and you see enraged people (?) commenting on how awful it was.
But, listen.
It was not awful.
It was great.
It was the first time that the characters felt shaped out, the movie actually gave a damn about the background and what led teh characters act the way the do, be it the good guys (Ray, Luke) or the bad guys (Kylo Ren). It was not a cheesy black and white movie where bad is bad and good is good. It showed the flaws that people can have and with this, I, personally could relate and I am sure many others did as well.
Being fooled by people? We all have.
Believed we had a destiny? We all have.
Found out the world isn't a fairytale? Yes.
Believed we could save someone? Check.
Lost hope in ourselves/the world? Check, check, check.
And many more.
Then, I saw people being angry because there were many females in positions of power and that the choices of men were always wrong. There were females in positions of power that is true but why is that a bad thing? Not every choice made by a man was wrong in the movie, for example Luke was the ultimate MVP at the end of the movie. The thing that worries me is that it seems men felt threatened by a movie who had females portrayed in a different light rather than the "romantic influence" that we see in 90% of the movies ever made, yet this one time were girls can have a different role and be portrayed as real humans with real problems, feelings, thoughts...it suddenly is insulting to men? I do not see it that way, I'm afraid.
Women rarely complained when all of the protagonists were male in every movie, sereis out there and they were reduced to mere love interests or the damsel in distress. I feel like it was a good change for the movie industry to show that both male and female human beings have the same capabilities as leaders and that in the end our paths and our thoughts do not differ as much and we should both be more understanding. I am for equality and equity is what I am getting through here and I feel the makers of this movie wanted to show the same thing by putting women in the frontline because it just hadn't happened in the movie industry ever before (or rarely).
I also liked that they showed the importance of animal welfare through the movie and generally liked that they didnt stick to a simple plotline with no substance. They touched many subjects without actually shoving it in our faces (they didn't comment, they just showed and it was up to the audience to pick up the little things and form an opinion).
Back to the story, I was glad that finally we escaped the trope of "family buisness" in the Star Wars industry. There is no need for Ray to be related to any of the Skywalkers, besides it all started with Anakin who was also nobody special at first. Also, it was great that Kylo Ren was almost savable but alas he was way too far down the dark path to go back.
Ray appeared to be a young woman who is just getting out to the world and believes she can change people for the better (the naivete of her young age) and we follow her to her path of learning how the real world works as she gets a few disappointments and realizes things for herself. I loved this part because it's relatable to all of us.
Also, Poe (as princess Leiah says) is a very promising soon-to-be leader in my opinion but he is just a little bit too eager. He wants to do good without actually having thought of the best plan. I believe what he witnessed with the new commander in place of Leiah is going to make him into a more mature and greater leader who actually thinks before he acts, all in all he got a very good lesson out of this.
The whole movie had great scenes from the director, it had great performances from the actors and actresses, great fight scenes and depth in the script.
This is obviously a subjective opinion and so I know not everyone is going to agree but I was really pleased by this movie, it was entertaining, thought provoking and it stirred emotions.
As a Star Wars movie it deserves a high score, now I personally will give it a 10/10 because I am just a simple person who walked into the theater, saw the movie and it stayed with me leaving me with a great feeling.