Finally saw it last night.
Likes:
-Space battles were incredible
-Set details throughout were perfectly inline with continuity of ANH
-Crashing two Star Destroyers into each other to destroy the deflector shield was very well done
-Ending was amazing. How close they came to losing it so many times.
-Rebel Fleet jumping to hyperspace, only to collide with a Star Destroyer - whoa.
-Death Star laser sniping the top of the tower… on-par with cutting Darth Maul in half.
-Also loved how Forrest Whittaker’s character had a, sort of, hand built Vader-style suit to keep him alive.
-Death Star has more than one power setting? Who knew?
Dislikes:
-CGI Tarkin and Lea blew it. Uncanny valley is not ready for prime-time (although, certainly some of the best close to human character animation I’ve ever seen on the big screen. Hats off to the crew behind those characters)
-Must every building in the Star Wars universe be infinately tall/deep caverns? How do you build such a thing?
-Building the Death Star - Would have been cool to see something actually being constructed, or some kind of equipment being used, rather than what seems like “the force” propelling the weapon in place.