Exactly. There's a lot to fault this movie for, but all in all I enjoyed it, which I came to realize with my second viewing. After the first I was quite bewildered and found myself tearing it apart.
There's a lot of non-sensical crap in it, but we have spent the last 200 or so pages on that, so no need to reiterate that. But also a lot to like, in my opinion.
It's the first time in this trilogy that I came to like Rey, wish they would have stuck with her killing Chewy as that would have been crazy. But her interactions and growth were great in this movie. I remember discussing with a friend when TFA was released if she could have something to do with Palpatine, considering her fighting style in the forest and Palp's voice during the saber vision, and here we are.
I love Palpatine/Ian McDiarmid and thought he and all the Sith stuff on Exegol was great. Could it have been better? Sure. But they definitely nailed some aspects of it all.
Ben/Kylo showing again that he's my favorite character of the ST by a huge margin. Shouldn't have died, but some other way of repentance.
Finn (and Poe kinda) actually doing stuff! Still think the guy is under utilized and would have really liked something like the forest scene from TFA. While a lot better than TLJ, still think he never reached that height again in the ST.
I wonder what it could have been if the ST was roadmapped, a lot of the things in TROS don't work as well as they could have had there been a proper buildup to it and the movie wasn't forced to move at breakneck speed to cover it all. I think this movie would have benefited greatly if it had some time to breathe and slow down a bit.
