Bad reviews make no sense. This movie is awesome.

Rating: 9/10 (12 March 2018)

Not sure why every single review is one star with "prevent others from seeing this turd" as the only justification. This movie was fantastic. I actually almost didn't watch it because of all of the negative reviews, but fortunately all of those reviewers work for CNN, because it is all fake news.
The movie had great effects, great battle scenes, great acting (except for Rose, consider at least one star removed for this new most-hated character, out-placing even Jar-Jar Binks), but, most of all, I really liked the story and the writing. This movie made so much sense to me in terms of where the story left off in Force Awakens. Reading some of the trivia, turns out this director was also the main writer, and I think that is this movie's biggest strength. Force Awakens was a J.J. Abrams project, and now I hear Episode IX will be also, and I'm actually not thrilled about that. While I really liked Force Awakens, I rated it an 8, I have a personal beef with Abrams ever since Lost, and for good reason in all the projects that followed-he is a master of story, and also a master of taking his masterful ideas and totally screwing them up, by story or by execution, in the final acts, but I digress. The point is, this writer/director hit a solid home run, and I really wish he would come back for more (and I think there are rumors he will be back, just not with Episode IX).
Everyone saying this movie destroyed Star Wars is jumping on some kind of hate bandwagon for reasons I still can't determine. I actually think this movie is really setting the stage for a clearer, more logical, and even bigger and more complex universe than even George Lucas and the previous movies could deliver.
Also, The Last Jedi, moreso than even Force Awakens, really gives this saga a true mature treatment. I don't mean in terms of gratuitous violence, language or sex, but in terms of darker and more realistic tone. It is still family-friendly for the most part, but I don't see these being fodder for cartoons like one could imagine for Episodes 1 through 3, and Episodes 7 and 8 are certainly not as campy as the original trilogy. I think The Last Jedi just raised the bar significantly for the entire saga, and i hope Abrams can deliver on a worthy sequel.