I don't agree with haters on Last Jedi.

Funny, you just repeated some of the very criticism people are making, while saying you don't understand why people didn't like it. "The movie did have its problems." Precisely. The ones you pointed to, and some others. And all this talk about hatred is hyperbole. Yeah, I didn't like that much a movie I saw. Big deal. That's not hatred. So, when people are not crazy about a movie like you are, you call them haters? Understanding and tolerance for others' opinions are not your fortes...

Of this modern batch, the one I really like is Rogue One. Both TFA and TLJ have too many problems for my taste.

But maybe it's not the same fans who are complaining that it is too different when they earlier complained that TFA was too similar. Some people may like it similar, others may like it different.

For me, it's not a question of being similar or different, it's a question of TLJ being defective in many ways. Rogue One was fairly similar to the general idea of the franchise but was very good, suspenseful, with good action, compelling characters, poignant ending; just an overall very good movie. This one, meh. I found it predictable, slow, fairly humorless, and just generally dull.

Now, it's not that easy to not judge it as a sequel, because, well, it *is* a sequel. It is inevitable to insert this movie into the Star Wars universe and comparisons will naturally happen. For me, TFA and TLJ are better than the three prequels I-II-III, but less good than Rogue One, and way worse than the original trilogy IV-V-VI. For me, the only one that approaches the quality of the original trilogy, is Rogue One.

If you want a movie to be judged exclusively on its own merits without any consideration for the context, then you should go watch and review stand-alone movies, because this one most definitely is not a stand-alone and is a sequel.

And who said we want perfection? I'm willing to suspend disbelief and get over *some* glitches when I watch a movie as I understand that perfection is very hard to reach, but when there are too many shortcomings, then the enjoyment is not as great.

Yeah, that might qualify as hatred, but it was never what *I* said, and I've read many comments by others who were merely stating the points and parts they didn't like, without crossing into irrational hatred.

Now, one thing must be acknowledged. When a huge part of the otherwise franchise-adoring public shows a backlash against a movie, often there are grounds for it, like the backlash against Jar Jar Binks and The Phantom Menace. I think that there aren't many people out there who love this character and think that the movie was the best one in the franchise.

So, I strongly suspect that the backlash against The Last Jedi is not groundless, given that it does have a number of problems. Part of the problem at least for me was created by too much expectation. The way these critics went berserk about it with a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score, I was expecting a brilliant masterpiece, but it is anything but. I found myself looking at my watch several times and thinking "gosh, I wish this will end already, I want to go back home and watch the NFL" (I attended a Sunday morning screening). I don't recall it happening with other Star Wars movies, even with some of the worst ones. This movie was boring in many long stretches.

Do I think that I wasted the price of admission and three hours of my time (2hours 33 minutes running time + trailers)? No. It did also have some good parts. But was I disappointed? Absolutely.

This is my complaint, but with a different angle. TFA was too much like A New Hope plot-wise, but the feel and look was that of a Star Wars movie, which was perfectly fine. Then TLJ was (mostly) unique and new in its plotline, but it didn't have the look or feel of a Star Wars movie. They just need to hit that middle ground.

In fact, there were several moments (the interior of the Resistance carrier, the talk of fuel, the "lightspeed" travel, and some of the space imagery) that looked and felt more like a Star Trek movie.

It looked and felt like a Star Wars movie to me.  I guess everyone sees things differently.

They are the Rebels again..Theres about 1 or 2 days between TLJ and TFA..Yet some how they became the fucking rebels again in that time span. 

Seeing as the opening crwal explain the Fist order now rule the galaxy, they are indeed rebels again.

Or people simply didnt like it.