You beated me to it
I loved the Last Jedi... it made Force Awaken look bad
The movie has a ''weak plot'' and some WTF moments but it was a StarWars movie feeling (it swhat I was expecting of a StarWars movie) which clearly was made to cut from the ''old star wars''... they seems to take of the Force what happens in the video games or books. The movie made you feel you were ''in the middle of the fight - the universe''
They do jump into a ''marvel superhero'' joke style, the movie also turns into the grey spectrum of things (there is no such thing as good vs evil... it's business, and sometime you just fail at what you do), the movie really get into the ''atmosphere of the new StarWars''.
It's made for kids, fan of Starwars, casual people, not for the hardcore geek or guy caught in his childhood that doesnt remember what he hates of the Last Jedi was the same stuff he loved in the Original Trilogy.
The main characters : Rey, Kylo, Luke acting was great... Adam Driver really played his role well.
Liked:
Actor play (Ridley, Hamill,Driver... especially Driver)... the general Hux was good in his ''exagerating character'', Benecio Del Toro = WoW (you crave for more)
The ''grey themes'' (good guy fail, evil guy win, if there is such thing has good or evil) = Content was mature in scope
CGI - Space Battles
Battles
The linear story telling through the script with A LOT of underdone (which make you reflect and come up with theories) - What the actors say literally happens lol
Expanding the force use to what we see in the EU, VideoGames (and was mentionned in the prequel: you don't need training for the force use to use it in a raw form)
The music
The suspense for the next movie (I expect this will time jump the movie... like 5 years ... etc..)
You hate Snoke for the time he's on screen lol
Not liked:
Weak plot (so much stuff happening feel forced or not credible.. I mean the movie could have ended at minute 5 lol..) = The rebellion in the rebellion, Leia space moment (and she never use anything after), the general not telling her plans, the medallion usage
Weak editing
Too much of BB8 saving (they never explain how he never got caught when they got caught) = But a robot saving the day is a StarWars theme
Falcon saving the day with Rey (will she was on Snoke ship 2 minutes before) - weak editing.
So there was weak editing (spacing of events)
Still know nothing of The First Order or Snoke (althought Snoke origins seem less important in this movie)... they never mention how was got to the current situation...
Makes Force Awakens look bad (Force Awaken was a good movie but a typical JJ Abraham ripoff...Last Jedi seems to disregard most of the Force Awaken content... so it make me feel Force Awaken should be redone)
Finding out JJ Abraham will be doing StarWars 9
The fact you don't have any emotional connection to the new characters (except Kylo Ren from his performance in the Last Jedi)... while the Original Trilogy made you care ALOT
The heroes remains super-warriors quick
Big Fan of StarWars here. Rate the movie 7/10... I saw it twice in 2 days with a different crowd (my family which are hardcore starwars fan and introduced me to it = they loved it.... my friends who the starwars fan hated it while the ''casual'' loved it)... was good both times