The movie (to me) was AMAZING, so much better than TFA. For one thing, yes there is humor, but for me it didn't feel forced (other than perhaps porgs "sad-eye" reaction to Chewie.
When you understand WHY Ben did what he did, then you see why he would carry such hate toward the Skywalkers and his mother and father for sending him to Luke. Adam Driver also managed to convey so much emotion and portray conflict, without ever saying it.
Warning: Spoilers Ahead
Lukes green saber makes appearances twice, both times to show Luke as a younger man, at the new Jedi Training Ground, in a conflict with Ben.
Anakins blue saber is to a certain extent made into a relic Kylo wants desperately for its history, and also it's used to kill Snoke.
Luke is seen both in his robes from last time, but as he projects himself to Crait, he is wearing the black outfit from RotJ. His appearance is also noticably different from what you see when he's training Rey. His fear of Rey is also from when he tells her to reach out with her feelings, and she immediately is shown the "negative" nexus of the planet, as opposed to the temple she's at. Since he sees this and automatically goes to his former experience with Ben, he refuses to train her as he's afraid of creating the next Sith apprentice.
There is obvious romantic tensions throughout the movie, most noticeably between Finn and other characters including Poe, Rose and Rey. He isn't shown as having emotions in return to any except Rey, who he sees again for the first time since Starkiller, and clings to her in a hug.
Finn also manages to smash part of Phasmas helmet, so you actually get to see Gwendolines face (partly) which I loved.
After projecting to Crait to allow the resistance to escape while Ren is focused on him, Luke is shown as seeing two setting suns as he looks out over the ocean, and with Leia and Rey both feeling it, he vanishes, leaving his robe behind, to become one with the force. It's shown as a moment of hope and reassurance for the rebels though, not as a "damn, we lost our Legend" moment. I can understand why Mark would feel cheated, considering the series is so focused on Luke, but remember, there are at least two other "skywalkers" in Leia and Kylo, so the throughline of the history of the Skywalkers is far from dead.
Rey is told by Kylo, incidentally, that her parents we nobodies, but she's also shown to an extent being linked to some other force-user via the miracle of cross-cutting.