I was definitely entertained but not blown away! That whole space chase plot was a mess.

I had the same problem as with TFA: love the characters, don't think it's a good movie overall. It had a few brilliant moments and I'm very fond of practically everybody, but some storylines went literally nowhere or their resolution fell flat. I hated the Mirror of Erised cave scene and I'm not sure that Kylo is up to the task as the new Big Bad worthy of Palpatine and Vader. Unless they pair it up with war machine/profiteering from Finn's Space Monaco subplot?

My favorite storyline was a grumpy and then badass Luke, even though I get that it wasn't very Jedi of him. Loved everything about Leia, and I thought it was super shippy how Poe had such a big crush on her and yes, lol, there was definitely a Hondo/Leia vibe!

Otherwise, I went in mildly shipping Finn/Rey and I went out mildly shipping Kylo/Hux (I'll see myself out), only I'm mostly interested in the Hux part of it. Domhall Gleeson is just such a good actor and I thought he felt very StarWars-ey. I love the idea of uptight space bureaucracy and crack fic.

I also see a lot of ~discourse, but... I found parts of it that I can enjoy as a fan, and I wish other people the same. I just hope Episode IX has a different director because I don't think this one had a good understanding of the spirit of the franchise.