WOW, sometimes I wonder if I'm a fan at all. My opinions always seem to be the opposite to most fans. I thought The Force Awakens was a 5/10, to the point where I tried to watch it for a second time, and could only manage to get half way through. Rogue One was better, getting 6.5-7, then watching again with my wife, 7.5-8.
The Last Jedi - I F***ING loved it. I walked out at the end of the credits, in tears, and thinking it was the best Star Wars film ever made, 9/10.
Yes there were several annoying sections, (but which of any of the previous films didn't?) mostly the CGI characters, which all looked 2005 not 2017. They thankfully made Yoda a physical puppet, and got the design totally spot on to the original trilogy. This was the first time I welled up - Yoda & Luke together - this is Star Wars. Humour was a little off, but not as bad as TFA.
The opening was spot on, right into some space action, and the pace was just right to make you feel panic.
I liked all the twists, to the point where it looked like the writers had scoured the internet, looked for all the predictions (how/if Leia dies, Rey's parentage, etc) and went another way. I thought that was great.
Kylo stopped wearing his helmet - good, it was beginning to go a bit Bain from Batman.
The Benicio Del Torro character at first felt like a scene I'd seen in a dozen other films and TV shows, but actually liked how his story line went. Basically a little dig at the world we live in today, as in, who we think the good guys and the bad guys are, arms sales, dog eat dog etc and he stuck to his character, not turning good at the last minute as is usually the way in these films.
The story of Luke about to kill Kylo was clever - Luke changing his mind and angry at himself, Kylo mistakenly thinking Luke was going to kill him. Both just slipped up, and unfortunately there were consequences.
Yoda showing up and burning the "sacred tree" and rubbishing the Jedi books - YES! I was sick of the force trying to be explained, with physical things, like mediclorians. Yoda brought it back to the mystical thing it always was.
When Luke and Leia meet again was the next time I welled up, big time. A mix of pure nostalgia, and the fact that Carrie is no longer with us.
I could add lots more, but that's most of it. Just really sad it missed the mark for most. It's nice when it's more universal, but that's like any art form, it's subjective. I'm not going to come on here and say "WTF people, you need to go to Specsavers".