I also hate to be that guy, but this movie came off so dull and lifeless to me. This is just my honest opinion and I walked into it with an open mind, wanting to be as optimistic as possible. First I’ll say the things I like:
-Chewie and Han meeting.
-Kessel Run (my favorite scene in the movie)
-Card games
-Donald Glover as Lando (a little inconsistent though)
The rest of the movie on the other hand was a drag. It probably has the worst pacing of any Disney SW movie yet. I was so thoroughly bored that my mind was wandering to school at some points.
-The plot was such a nonsensical mess that didn’t grab me one bit.
-Why did we have to see a close up of the golden dice every two seconds in that opening scene?
-Again, it was just so boring.
-A romance that did not work one bit
-Recreated the Leia/Han kissing scene. And it was distasteful and just felt like plain pandering.
-How Han gets his name. This scene made my eyes roll into the back of my head.
-The droid L3 was such an annoying character that I wanted to cheer when he died.
-The Darth maul scene was just so out of place and pandering.
I could go on and on. I get why people like it. I absolutely respect your opinion and did want to give this movie a fair shot. It just did not work for me.