This was not the Star Wars I was looking for but it's not a 1 star movie either

Rating: 6/10 (16 December 2017)

After having 24 hours to process I've decided the movie is overall a good film, with second-to-none effects, great acting, nice action and funny humor. First of all, the plot does make sense. After reading hundreds of one star reviews it became apparent that many folks just don't pay attention to movies. Some reviewers didn't understand that Leia can use the force, for example. There are many more similar examples. Yes, there is some boring filler. Finn has no point other than to be a convenient source of knowledge about base and ship layouts. I am mostly disappointed in the choices made for most of the characters. It's like they followed all fan fiction and if someone suggested something, they wrote the opposite so that no one would be right. I kept waiting for a payoff that never came, at least not in a way that was satisfying. It was like doing work for a grandparent who promises you a nice treat as payment and they just give you a dime. You still got payed but it's disappointing and not what you were hoping for.