No one hates Star Wars more, than Star Wars fans

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2017)

I am not here, to change your perspective. If you hate The Last Jedi, so be it. But I felt, that in the sea of these negative reviews, where you can only validate your hate about the film, and be surprised about the high ratings, I would maybe provide the opposite side.
First, I gave the movie 10 points, but, I do not claim, it is perfect. It has faults. But I had the most satisfying experience about this installment, and the most enjoyment watching it.
Before the movie, I didn't want it to be the same, as it always was: I didn't want it to focus on siths and the jedi again, showing, that siths are rotten to the core, and jedi fart rainbows. I wanted it to show that both sides, and the people in them are more complex, and have various motives in their lives. I wanted jedi to be shown conflicted, not knowing the right path (Luke wanting to kill Ben), and sith wanting to achieve something with the dark side, and its power, instead of just being evil for being evils sake (Kylo wanting to erase the past, because he just simply can not live up to the expectations of his lineage). That's why I simply loved Snokes death. He is the same one-dimensional bad guy, lusting for power, as nearly any bad guy in the history of fiction. His death was a proclamation: this trilogy isn't about the traditional Good vs. Bad conflict. This trilogy is about conflicted, and damaged people with various motivations against each other. You know. Like life. And yeah, you can say: but I don't want Star Wars to be like life, for God's sake, its a space fantasy! to which I reply the same thing I wrote above: then watch the original, and the previous trilogy, or any other book, movie, game etc. There are plenty of those stories.
The same goes for other plot points. You know that one guy, who claims, that the way things are going in the wrong direction, stands up to higher authority and changes everything to the better? Nope, doesn't work like that. Sounds familiar?Poe claiming that Holdo is a coward, and being proven wrong, because being hot headed, and passionate doesn't solve problems.
And Luke. A lot of people say, they don't like what Rien Johnson did with him. Hell, even Mark Hammil said he didn't like it. Peaople say, that he isn't like the luke in the original trilogy. To which I can reply: have you ever interacted with an old person ever? They are not like they were, when they were around 20; their life and their choices shaped them. Just like Luke. and he claims the same in the movie: everybody wants him to be the hero, to be the legend, they know. But he is a human, who was given the task of reviving the whole jedi order, and failing, having his students murdered or turned to the dark side. Just like as Yoda, who was wise and cool headed in the prequels, and senile in the original trilogy (both of which was written by the same person, Lukas, mind you).
I won't deny the movie has faults (Leia-s use of the Force, half of Finns plot-line, the pace being a bit wonky), but everybody was so eager to complain about them, that I won't. What I can say is this: I simply love the way Star Wars is going, with its tighter focus on characters, morality, and the Force.