Saw it last night.
Han & Chewie really steals the show for me. You really see moments of his character that even ROTJ missed - so its refreshing to see him again. And as someone mentioned earlier there isn’t that INDY4 “I’m too old for this” stuff.
Rey and Finn were great. They captured that light hearted innocence that Luke/Leia had in ANH. I thought Finn was really nice character.
There is thankfully much scope for simple faneditting to make it flow better.
Rey’s introduction reminded me of Luke’s original introductory scenes that were cut in favour of better flow in ANH. I think by the same logic we could be introduced to her a bit later on perhaps - or re-edit her introduction to BB8.
They really didn’t need to be so obvious with Ren’s patronage. Like its so obviously mentioned so many times - where if it was just confirmed on the bridge scene with Han - it would carry much more impact.
Yeah Millenium Falcon sitting in the same junk yard where Rey was seems a bit convenient - could have just been left there when she was perhaps?
Really didn’t think much of Starkiller Base. Really an unnecessary plot device that isn’t explored far enough to me given the scale and threat of it. And the red laser thing being viewable from across the galaxy didn’t seem right (I know it’s fantasy).
Not much really happened in space either.
It doesn’t deserve all this negativity - the best SW film since ESB for me.