It had a strong female lead, maintained consistency with the originals trilogy, involved interesting political, personal, and theological issues, and blew the doors off in terms of revenues.
Personally I thought they nailed it.
Sure some Freeper can provide a link to revenues (if that has not already happened).
Yes, because having a movie with a strong male lead these days would be "sexist". You must have a waif-looking chick that can beat up six guys at the same time.