Here's a blog piece that's typical of the "subverting expectations is good" defence of #TheLastJedi:
http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2017/12/18/the-last-jedi-a-mirror-slowly-cracking/
TL;DR he liked it because his son liked the broom trick at the end. But that ending is an excellent example of the many ways Ep 8 suffered from #prequelitis. The problem is not that scene being in the film at all, a variation of it could have made a nice coda to the Canto Bight sequence, giving us some breathing room to absorb everything took place there. But as the end?
The broom scene is the sort of open-ended, feel-good movement that might make sense as the end of a trilogy. But it's a completely tone deaf way to end part two, especially a part two as dark as #TheLastJedi, a film with a body count among the core cast rivalled only by #GameOfThrones. Wait ... did #RianJohnston think us nerds would like his total disregard for characters arcs because #GoT made unanticipated executions of lead characters cool? If so, he's failed to understand how that works
@strypey I didn't even understand that stuff. I get that they inspired a mild one-time child-slave uprising, but ... how? and why? and so what? Was the broom shot just a throw-away "oh yeah and there are some kids in the universe and so you should feel full of hope because the children are the future" or was it a major statement about The Force? and if it was a statement about the Force, what was the statement? did they get infected with midiwhatzits? The whole movie just confused me.
@klaatu I think the statement was meant to be that rebellion is a butterfly effect. Any act of resistance, no matter how minor in the greater scheme of things, can inspire others with unpredictable results. Also, it's important to take the time to connect with the little people while fighting the good fight, it's inspiring for them and helps you, the resistance hero, keep it real. Again, so out of place at the *end* of Ep 8. The whole Canto Bight thing should have been an anthology film.
@klaatu I think the other point was meant to be that anyone can be a talented force user, not just a #Skywalker or a descendent of some other "noble" bloodline. But Eps 4-6 were never about bloodlines, but training and self-mastery. Luke gains force powers by working hard for them, with good teachers. Leia clearly has some nascent talent, but never puts in the work to develop it. Such a tragedy Ep 7 couldn't have assumed she would have done so after the Battle of Endor.
My feelings about how Ep 8 let its characters down, especially the legacy characters, is summed up nicely in the comment by Chris Wachal (Dec 19, 2017, can't seem to get the permalink right now). Best quote:
"[#THL] was saying that Luke’s achievements, in fact, ALL of the achievements that were accomplished in the original trilogy weren’t important. They were all undone and they weren’t heroes any longer."