It a strange thing to talk about, because a lot of the time my opinions don’t line up with my actual viewing experience.

The Force Awakens was, and is, the film I enjoy most out of the trilogy, but at the same time I feel like it has the least substance. I wildly disagree with most the story decisions, and I feel like it doesn’t contribute anything to the universe except for more of the same - more planets containing a single earth biome, more cool-looking species we’ll never learn anything about or even probably see again.

The Rise of Skywalker feels like eating too much junk food - it’s a bunch of good things way too quickly and in the wrong order. I like most of the fan-service elements, I like what it adds to the lore (especially the stuff about the Sith), but a lot of it doesn’t have time to set properly. The problem isn’t that it has too much nostalgia, the problem is that it focuses more on the re-used elements than on any of the cool new stuff (like the Knights of Ren, or the company of ex-Stormtroopers, or Rey’s father being a Palpatine clone.) As it is, it feels less like a satisfying conclusion and more like a set-up to even MORE expanded-universe material.

The Last Jedi is the one on which I have the most opinions, because it’s also the hardest for me to quite pin down. I feel like a lot of the criticisms people have center around the author’s intent, but it’s really hard to know what that actually was. I don’t think it’s fair how many people assume Rian Johnson was malicious with every choice he made, especially since the most controversial choice of all (Luke having lost faith in the Jedi) was undone by the end of the movie. If Johnson actually wanted to “let the past die” why would he have the villain say it? If he actually wanted Poe to seem like a sexist pig, why would he make Poe so appreciative of Leia, and have him overcome his flaws to be a great leader by the end of the movie?
But the main thing that I feel like people have misinterpreted about TLJ is when they say that it’s a) just a remake of Empire Strikes Back, or b) something unlike any previous Star Wars movie. Because the way I see it, The Last Jedi is actually a call-back to the parts of A New Hope that other Star Wars movies haven’t imitated.
And I’m not just talking about the same flute melody playing after the crawl, or spaceships requiring fuel, or Leia shooting Poe with the same “Stun blaster” effect that was used on her at the beginning. Those are things they have in common, sure, but so are a lot of the flaws:

The nonsensical space physics? In SW77, when Han shoots down a TIE Fighter in the Trench, its explosion is stationary while the background continues to move behind it.
The Supreme Leader not mattering? The Emperor was only mentioned once in the first movie, and the novelization described him as little more than a puppet for the Moffs.
The slow pacing? Luke Skywalker’s first ever appearance was 17 minutes into his own movie.
The on-the-nose, somewhat-preachy dialogue? Leia begins the third act by saying “It’s not over yet” to which Han responds “I’m just in it for the money.”
The distracting modern hair on Admiral Holdo? SW77 had extras with mullets. MULLETS.
The weird references to gender? Buddy, Han literally said “If we can just avoid any more female advice, we ought to be able to get out of here.” This was never a galaxy free of prejudice. Poe “mansplaining” their strategy and calling Holdo “Lady!” isn’t gonna break any sort of bubble.
I’m not saying these things make the movies equal, I’m just saying they make it seem like TLJ is a lot more reverent than people gave it credit for.
Even Luke’s weird characterization, which, I’ll admit, still hurts a little to watch, feels less like a tragedy for its own sake and more of a commentary on hope. As Mark Hamill said, Luke has always been sort of an embodiment of hope. So while it may seem pessimistic to show him having become so jaded, what does it say that he eventually regains his faith and helps the resistance? That even when the human representation of hope has lost all hope, he can still get it back? That even when all seems lost, when it seems like the “spark of hope” is out, things can still get better? That “hope is like the sun” - always there even if you can’t see it? That doesn’t feel cynical at all to me; it feels inspiring.