The Sad Truth about TFA and Its Defenders

Why does it matter to you so much that everyone loves TFA? Are you really that insecure with yourself?

In the Prequel Trilogy and the Original Trilogy we see a character grow from start to finish. In the Disney Trilogy we see no growth of character. Lucas followed his own formula in the 6 movies while Disney abandoned it to make the character a Sue, in this case, a Mary Sue.

I am surprised by this question, hasn't the criticisms those that disliked TFA voiced been made clear at this point?

I'll sum up the main complaint: 1. Boring, rehashed plot that took the best parts of the original film and made them worse in terms of pacing and plot (way too many plot conveniences and too many things were copies of the original but less interesting, Tell me you think Jakuu is a more interesting Planet than Tatooine).
2. Underwhelming characters with weak backstories that are not likable enough to pass the torch to.
3. Original characters under used and when used were abused (Han deadbeat, Leia crappy leader, Luke absent). 4. Tired cliche and empty mystery box gimmick.
5. Rey being too overpowered, too skilled and too well like by other characters without proper reason or explanation (Mary Sue term is an appropriate descriptor)
6. Unfilled gap in between end of ROTJ and TFA (including the origins and source of power of Snoke and First Order).
7. General overall issues with editing choices (Such as odd timing of relieving Kylo's parentage which should have been saved for the moment on the bridge when Kylo kills Han) and mediocre CGI.

What I and I think most like me would have accepted is a story that started off with the main heroes being in a good position but by the end are either dead or failed to prevent a new conflict those leading to a passing of a torch to a new generation or at least beginning to pass the torch. If they wanted a character like Rey to be the 'main' hero to take the burden of the torch and they wanted her to start out already mostly skilled they needed a backstory to match it