My initial thoughts are a little scattered, much like the movie was.
Likes:
Other than the weird kiss at the end, all of the Rey/Kylo stuff was very good.
Palpatine being back was handled better than I expected, though it was disappointing we didn't find out how he's survived this long.
I enjoyed hearing some of the Jedi's voices near the end. Ahsoka Tano was especially exciting for anyone who's seen the animated Clone Wars series.
Finn and Poe certainly felt like they had more of a purpose than in any of the other sequel movies.
Dislikes:
Title of the movie is "Rise of Skywalker" yet the movie ends with the death of the Skywalker bloodline and a Palpatine takes the name of Skywalker.
So this mysterious healing power that led to the creation of Darth Vader can suddenly be used willy-nilly by anybody?
It feels like this movie (similar to how TLJ did to TFA) invalidates The Last Jedi. I didn't particularly care for The Last Jedi, but at least stick with the plot points it laid out for the finale.
Any of the new characters they introduced (the two women, the weird alien) were all terrible.
Overall I'm not sure where I stand on it yet. I certainly liked it more than The Last Jedi, but that's all I'm sure of right now.
