Another really good article from the AVclub in their popcorn champs series:

The Last Jedi let the past die—and pissed off a galaxy of overprotective fans in the process

I've really been enjoying this whole series from the inception.  AVclub's writer Tom Breihan has been doing a great job at it.

If you're new to this series, it's going through all the highest grossing movies of each year all the way from 1960 up to the present.  (My one complaint, actually, is that I wish the series had started even further back in time.  We have box office receipts from the 1930s, don't we?)
You can start at the beginning with Tom Breihan's review of Spartacus (the highest grossing film of 1960) and continue with all the other reviews in the series.

Also, my review of The Last Jedi here.