It was in sum an OK movie. Parts of it were excellent, parts of it were horrible.
I quite liked the Rey and Luke scenes. In my opinion Rey is the most interesting character introduced in episode VII and VIII, and I liked the way Luke died. He proved he was a kick-ass Jedi master, but not in a prequelly-way. Like he did not make a bunch of backflips and such, he simply commanded the force like a boss.
I also liked the theme of the movie - everyone fails at times - even Star Wars heroes, and it is better to accept it (than it is to isolate yourself on some forgotten rock far away from everything).
What I did not like was the Finn and Rose stuff. The casino scenes were pointless. The stuff about war-profiting should also have been done a bit more subtle. I don't like being treated as a retard by a movie.
The opening scene where Poe makes fun of General Hux was also was over-the-top, but most of the other gags were good.
Snoke's death was also stupid I felt. He's proven himself to be a strong force user - and he doesn't notice that assasination attempt? The
. But it might also have been a necesarry thing to happen in order to give the Rebels a shot. Chaos is a ladder after all.
Speaking of the Rebels. When did they become Rebels? Their fall from a Galactic Republic to basically being a group with three ships at their disposal was a bit abrupt for my taste. Personally, I believe telling the story of how that happened could have been a more interesting plot than the "oh we have to run away from the First Order and we're running out of fuel" plot.
The plot is in my opinion perhaps the poorest part of the movie. Running away? Fair enough that they have to run, but building an entire movie around that event? Poor choice in my opinion.
Also: hyperspace ramming? Really? Why didn't they just ram
Home One into the Death Star? Allahu Ackbar indeed!