Regarding characters, I really like Poe, he has been my favorite character in the ST ever since TFA, and I’m glad he got developed even further in this movie.
Kylo Ren also gets a good share of character development, so he’s for sure second favorite.
Finn is not that interesting to me, and poor Rey in my eyes is nothing but a unrealistically overpowered character, which makes her boring.I’m still not sure what to think about Luke’s arc in this movie though.
Too bad we lost DrDre, he was articulating a lot of what I think of the movie in more coherent ways.
I wonder how common the disconnect is with these new characters? I get what you and Hal are saying about Kylo Ren (though I don’t feel it).
I think that the general audience loved all of them, but people who look more into it tend to like Kylo more so than the others because his motivations are the clearest, he has the most interesting backstory and his character has more growth and uniqueness than the rest as well. And, specifically for TLJ, imo Adam Driver delivered a better performance than Daisy Ridley or John Boyega, partly because he was given the best dialogue too. At least that’s how I feel about it.