Well look, if you want to tell a story over 9-10+ hours without a major resolution or conflict point every 2-3 hours then write a TV series. Even then a major gripe I have with lots of series I watch, like OiTNB, is that they often lack episode structure. Cliffhangers are fine. Leaving questions at the end of a movie, if there's a sequel coming or not, is fine. An unsatisfying ending is an unsatisfying ending though. The ending of TFA is exciting, but it felt like they were doing even more setup rather than actually resolving anything.
They didn't need to tell us everything about Rey, just more. They could have developed her force powers while someone else was with her to dialogue with to give us more of an insight into what she was thinking and doing. As it stands I feel like there was a lot of suspense for the sake of the sequel.
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