Lots of good points in this thread, against and for the movie. I think everyone is right, depending on the point of view. I loved the premise of the movie, and Hamill did a tremendous job as disillusioned and burnt out Jedi - a needed change to let the series evolve. Rey was great too, although her development to a master Jedi is borderline unbelievable. Still, she's taking a role as a new centerpiece in the story that'll help the saga evolve.
On the other hand the film was full of terrible bloat ware and stupid unnecessary scenes. The casino portion was completely unnecessary, and it wasn't the only one. I guess what ever it takes to make the movie long, but what's wrong with 1h45mins of better storyline?
And don't get me going on poor script writing, like how and why did the soldiers get outside the blast doors when there was no way out? And how come there were so many of them when almost all transporters were shot? And why does it takes ages to shoot down 30 ships anyhow? The list is long...
Still, imho there was potential and elements of an epic SW movie with needed changes to evolve the saga beyond the shadow of the originals - too bad the bloat ware ruins that.