I genuinely do not understand how this movie is still at 7.8 on imdb??

Rating: 2/10 (21 December 2017)

I'm sure if you read this review, you have probably read a lot already. I'll just say that I went in to this movie knowing full well that it had poor reviews, but I had an open mind and open expectations. I'm a huge star wars fan and I just really like watching anything that has to do with Star Wars. I also have no issue with the direction they decided to go with some of the characters. Different doesn't mean worse.
However, when the movie throws away almost every story arc that the first film created, doesn't answer almost any of the questions the first film poses (Or gives really cheap answers even though they built them up to be BIG), and almost completely treads on the tone that the first film creates, it's a big deal. The only redeeming aspect to this film, IMO, is the story arc between Kylo and Rey, which I thought was still pretty interesting and mostly fresh.
The humor was unnecessary and felt completely forced most of the time. The first five minutes of the movie turn what was suppose to be an action/adventure/sci-fi film, into a comedy. Most of the subplots were entirely unnecessary (Literally, they didn't advance the story at all). Most of the characters said one line tropes that felt really out of place, and were almost preachy at times. It was like they were trying to force these moral lessons even though they completely killed the pace of the film. One character in particular (just think "purple") had literally no personality whatsoever, and was completely unlikable through the entire film (until the end).
I honestly was shocked at how bad this movie was as a Star Wars film. If it was trying to be some sort of sci-fi comedy or parody that had elements of Star Wars, it partially succeeded at being a good film. But it felt completely directionless, had far too many plot holes and convenient plot elements that moved the story along but made no sense, and almost zero character development (save Rey and Kylo).
I'm hopeful that Disney maybe learns a thing or two from all these negative reviews, but it appears to still be selling a lot of tickets, so I'm not so hopeful. But boy, I am really bummed about how this movie turned out, and that is not something I thought I would say before I watched it today.