Dre, at last I’ve found something we can agree on, that Hux was cast too much as a buffoon and by reflection that made the FO seem rather toothless. TFA had established the FO as rather intimidating with its opening ‘firing squad’ scene, in the village attack - and hopefully the final movie in the trilogy will once again cast them as a force to be feared.
The idea of Rey being injured and being saved by Kylo in the fight with Snoke’s guards is interesting, but as it stands I do feel those guards were formidable and put up a good fight. I’m happy with the scene as it was, and in fact as an isolated sequence I’d rank it as amongst the very best across the whole SW Saga.
It seems you’ve also learned what thousands of others have, that TFA improves upon a rewatch. I feel like I was quite fortunate to see it twice in quick succession last December, because if I had only seen it once I feel my overall view of it might have been less kindly.