Here are my thoughts on TLJ
I thought it was a pretty solid movie. I would put it under The Force Awakens. I left the theater not feeling the same way I felt after TFA.
Rey
I thought her performance in this movie was really good. Shes OP as hell, and I felt a little cheated about her parents just being junkers like her. After all the build up, and hype around who her parents were, for them to just be junkers was just meh to me. Guess she's going to have to teach all these younglings who have the force.
Kylo Ren
I also thought his performance was great. I honestly thought he was going to turn back to the light, but I was satisfied with how his narrative played out in this movie. I left TFA thinking that Kylo was going to turn to the Light, but after this movie, I believe that he's 95% on the dark side. I do believe that he has a sliver of light left in him, and I'm sure Leia will pull that out of him in Ep IX.
Luke
Really satisfied with his arc in this movie. I honestly thought that he was going to die in Ep IX, didn't expect it to be in this film. I thought they would off Leia in this movie, then Luke in the next movie. With him being gone, I'm sure he'll be a frequent Force Ghost in Ep IX, to continue training Rey.
Leia
This was a bittersweet movie for her. I thought she did a good job in the movie. I thought she was dead after those Tie Pilots bombed the bridge. Her floating back to the ship was just really weird to me. It just didn't seem right at all. But if they offed her like that, I would have been pretty disappointed. I am interested in how JJ will write her character in Ep IX. Like I said with Luke, I thought she was going to die at the end of this movie since she obviously will not be there to film Ep IX.
Poe
I liked that his character got a more shine in this movie. I wanted more action from his character in TFA, so seeing his role become bigger in this movie was awesome to see. I totally forgot that he and Rey never met. I'm sure he'll become the new General in the next movie, again, b/c of Leia most likely dying in the next movie.
Finn & Rose
This is where the movie really lost me. I thought their storyline was just boring, and didn't really connect well with the rest of the movie. They honestly didn't do anything at all to advance the story. They could have taken their mission, and made it a short film and it would have been better. It just didn't fit well with the story in this movie. And are they going to have a relationship? Finn seems to like Rey, but they also wrote in Rose to be a person of interest as well? I don't know.
Phasma
Useless in the first movie, was expecting more from her in this movie. Still useless.
As for the ending of the movie, it left a lot to be desired. That broom kid was pretty lame, just showing us that there are others in the galaxy who do have force powers. I just didn't like how they ended the movie, that scene just felt like it was added in at the very last moment.