I think the majority of the people on this board liked the film - most with some reservations.
Some are not going to like it and to be honest, I can understand why. This film has issues and some of us can overlook them and concentrate the stuff we loved and others just can’t.
It’s funny, though. SW and ESB are my top two all time favorite movies. I’m sure I’m not only on that here. But they have issues too. I can recognize them. Now, I’m not saying that TFA is on par with them (the issues are bigger), but it’s crazy that we can all look past the little flaws in SW and ESB and enjoy the films for what they are but we can’t with anything new (most of us can look past the many issues in ROTJ, so why not TFA, which is probably less problematic?). TFA is a heck of a lot of fun. I think you guys are missing that…
I actually loved the film! I probably like it more than Jedi, which, after watching it last week to get ready for TFA, found that it was a bit boring and phoned in.
I have issues with SW and ESB to be sure! (The first act in SW goes on way too long for example), but like TFA, the positives outweigh the negatives.