It's cool to be a hater

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2017)

I thought "The Force Awakens" was ok. If it had been marketed as a reboot of the series I would have liked it much more. I went in expecting something new and was surprised and disappointed when it was simply "A New Hope" with a different cast. I felt nothing for "Rouge One" as it was to me simply an action movie set in the Star Wars universe. The Vader scenes were awesome, but those five minutes could not make up for an entire movie of stuff I did not care about.
"The Last Jedi" is everything I could ever have hoped for. This is hands down the best Star Wars movie since the originals. Which is why I am so confused at the hate it is receiving in the media. But it's the cool thing to hate things these days I suppose.
Was this a perfect movie? Of course not. But to say that it is the worst Star Wars movie ever made and fans are calling for it to be struck from the timeline?!
It is this humble Star Wars fan's opinion that this is the greatest modern day Star Wars that has been made to date. So great that I saw it twice opening weekend, and I want to get to seeing it a third time in IMAX if possible.
Don't believe what your read online. Go watch the movie. Hate it if you want, but go watch it with an open mind and I think you'll be surprised.
I can think of a bunch of things I didn't like about it. But I also had a huge grin on my face for most of the almost three hour run time. And if that doesn't speak for itself, then I don't know what will.