So you were good with the ‘Mary Poppins’ scene, or the idea of a ‘slow speed chase’ of the rebel fleet by imperial ships with plenty of gas and light-speed capability.
You were good with Laura Dern light-speeding her way through the imperial fleet.
You were good with the anti-capitalist scene at the resort.
You were good with the ‘Force Mastery in Three Easy Lessons’ meme, or that Skywalker the Jedi Hothead decided to off the gender-ambiguous Kylo in his sleep, rather than just decide to go homo and seduce him.
It was a bad, bad movie. An extinction-level event for the franchise, and they are smart enough to know it, but not humble enough to admit they overreached in their reeducation efforts.
I thought I said it sucked. Agree with all of your observations. Are you sure you meant me?
I could add 25 more reasons it sucked.
They obviously killed off the attractive Asian pilot at the beginning, and used the short chubby sister as the hero, on purpose.
Throughout, Leia and the wise Laura Hilary Dern character were getting just about the entire alliance wiped out, ending with Leia brushing off Luke’s death and telling Rey “all we need is you girlfriend”.