The film conveniently introduces beards for Poe and Finn, but we know what's up. #FinnPoe
The moment I liked the film best was when all the random ships turn up to fight at the ends...it felt important to our current time, to remember that the tyranny across the globe is "populist" but I'm not sure it is popular. It certainly is not in the US. So a call to numbers of righteousness, made to feel disempowered and lonely seemed appropriate. But then the way things unfold, they are essentially useless to coming to the end result. That is almost entirely determined by Rey and Ren vs. Palpatine. So that swept the legs out of the climax.
When it comes down to it, I'm not sure there is an entry in this universe that I'd rate higher than B+ (Episode 4 and Rogue One) or lower than a B- (Empire Strikes Back) other than Attack of the Clones which is just an abomination. It is a fine series that deserves about 10% of the words that have been spilled over it.