Was expecting it to be good based on word of mouth, was surprised that I thought it was great.
While I get some of the arguments about Rey, I thought the movie did a good enough job addressing many of those issues for me. For Rey's quick use of the force versus how long Luke trained... It's not like she lifted an entire X-wing. Plus the helmet, the doll, the discussion about the Force prior to Han Solo telling her it was real... It all suggests she was down with the lore of the rebellion and the jedi prior to discovering she had Force powers. And being mind-probed triggering that, the failure of getting the guard to follow her first order... I thought it was pretty thoroughly addressed and not overly powerful. As for piloting the Falcon the runs into about 20 things before getting the hang of it and the only difficult flying part she pulls off in the destroyer she'd spent years exploring and harvesting for spare parts. As for her being independent and succeeding with little help - that's kind of the point of her being a scavenger. Luke was a freaking pussy when Obi Wan found him, Rey was taking on thugs and thieves for years on her own. I actually thought the role reversal between her and Finn was great.
Also, unlike some, I give Abrams a lot of credit for including themes and homages from the first movies without being overly cheesy or contrived. When Han walks out on that catwalk you know what's going to happen, but the acting, the sun going dark, the turn and his death - just really well done. I don't know how TFA could really be all the unpredictable, so I give it a pass there. Go too far off the reservation in the initial film of the new era and you could get in real trouble.
Minor gripes would be the take down of the super laser planet and the ending fighter space scenes were just ok. Leia was predictably rough. And Han's freight monsters were kinda lame.
Also relieved at the relatively light use of CGI, particularly after watching the fucking Lucas additions to the originals. They make me irrationally angry.