Style over Substance

Rating: 2/10 (6 June 2018)

I will try to keep this as brief as possible, but I will provide a TL;DR version here in the beginning.
TL;DR: If you only watch Star Wars for the music and the visuals, you can enjoy this movie. If you care about anything else, such as a sensible plot, the story of the characters from the Original Trilogy, the established universe and the captivating heart of the Originals, you will not enjoy this movie.
The movie has more failings than positives, I will point out the most grievous failings first:
Luke Skywalker's character is horribly assassinated, every character trait he earned from the Original Trilogy butchered and given to others who didn't earn them. Couple this with every character that JJ set up being made even more bland. There are plot points that go nowhere and just take up screen time, instead of developing the characters; to justify them one must go to ridiculous mental gymnastics and start writing the plot for the writers after you've seen the movie. People argue that the movie is full of "subversion of expectation", but none of these add anything to the story and serve more of less as tone deaf "Hah, gotcha!"-moments. Political themes are ham-fisted without any sign of subtlety, it's just jammed down your throat and the film beats the audience over the head with it repeatedly. From a plot perspective, this movie is a nonsensical mess that's insulting to the audience's intelligence. If you care about the stories and character consistency, you will not enjoy this movie.
On to the positives: It is the most visually stunning Star Wars movie. The music is also on point and there are cute animals. If that is all you care about, you can enjoy this movie.