Well, I happened to see it over the holiday with some friends. I've never been that much of a Star Wars fan. Sure, I liked the original 3 well enough when I was a kid... But I never held them in that crazy coveted place some do.
I think I've seen most of the others at some point or another, but didn't really think any of them were that great. I've never read a Star Wars book in my life. Never got into any of the spin-offs, or whatever. So, take all that for what it's worth.
Honestly, I thought Last Jedi was the best Star Wars I've seen since the 80's. It's definitely not a movie without flaws. There are huge, glaring, nearly confusion causing flaws. Especially with character motivations for the whiny scarface kid, whose name I can't remember or possibly never bothered to learn. And I totally agree with Wayne that it is ponderously long. All to fit in all the things that seemingly every Star Wars movie must have. Like ships flying through trenches, pointless outposts with overly happy and rowdy aliens, holographic projections, ghosts, and, of course, vaguely annoying small furry creatures. At least, like the originals, the annoying small furry creatures have no real part in the story and can be ignored. (Unlike Jar-Jar...) And, I agree with Fluffy, that the new characters haven't really grabbed me in. The villain scarface, and maybe Rose, are the only ones that poorly acted, though. Rei (Rey, Ray?) even borders on good. And, truth be told, the old characters real grab for me might just be nostalgia. So I might not be being entirely fair.
It's difficult to get into much more without spoilers. But I did think it was an interesting story, and a genuinely different story than any I remember in Star Wars. I'm sure there's a lot worse things you could battle crowds and spend too much money to see.
