Just got around to seeing it today. I’ll save an in depth review/analysis for after I’ve seen it another time or two, but count me in the group of those pretty disappointed in it. Which honestly makes me sad because I expected to enjoy it greatly and loved TFA.
This I believe was the longest SW film to date, and it really shouldn’t have been. There’s a lot I would’ve cut. (Most of the third act I would have cut altogether or saved for IX).
Just got back from seeing it too.
I have a lot of moments I loved in it (Luke tossing the lightsaber, almost everything on the casino planet, the subversion of the redemption/temptation arcs, the way that they compromise between people wanting to see Luke be Bad-ass and those who didn’t want him to be made into a prequel joke) but man did I feel the Jedi arc and Resistance arc didn’t flow nicely. It had segue scenes, yes, but they felt like two different movies put into one all the same. Also, while I didn’t really get pulled into the Jedi arc at first, it had pay-off, unlike the resistance half, wherein it felt like nothing had any real pay-off.
Ending fatigue was another big one. I swear, there were at least two other points before the actual ending that the film could’ve ended on. Personally, I’d have probably ended the film when the jump to lightspeed to cut everyone in half trick was used.