Gonna list my dislikes of the film before watching their review. Some die-hard apologists here say that people critical of the films just parrot RLMs criticisms.
Scenes like the one where Chewie seemingly died but immediately being revealed to still be alive in the next scene. Oh it must have just been another unseen transport ship. C3PO getting his memory wiped, oh R2 just restores his memory to right before he left on that mission. Its like one writer tried to focus on the sacrifices & drama but the other writer undermined it with the next scenes. Like why even bother. Just have the memory be kept, have Chewie just taken away, & Rey surprisingly shoots Ben with electricity knocking him down.
Snoke relegated to being an extension of Palpatine instead of having been a separate character.
The Knights of Ren appearing as if they were there all along. I need to watch it again, maybe theres a line where Kylo welcomes them back from vacation or a long mission.
Rey being literally related to a major previous character. But I do like that Rey chose her family/identity at the end by taking up the name Skywalker.
The several McGuffins. Just pick one.
Palpatines several changes in plans at the end. Kill Rey, Kill Rey, Kill Rey! Actually Rey Kill Me, Kill Me, Kill Me! Become a human vessel for the Sith. Actually Ben is here to join you now, and both of you are some sort of duality equals in the force, Ill drain your life forces to restore myself instead! UNLIMITED POWA!!! And this is while the movie is cutting back and forth to the chaotic battle above and those characters having to improvise with several changes to their plans.
Its like The Last Jedi was a bit slow and so for Rise of Skywalker they just throw a bunch of stuff out there.
I did like the film though and think its better than The Last Jedi. By how much I dunno.