My favorite since the original saga (Contains Spoilers!)

Rating: 8/10 (14 December 2016)

(Contains Spoilers!) I really enjoyed this. I think they had quite a few cool new characters that felt fresh and creative. My favorite was "Chirrut Imwe" and his friend with the vacuum cleaner gun. Its was such a shame we couldn't see more of them. I think they could have carried a very cool adventure by themselves because of their dynamic as friends and the connection to the The Force. I also loved the pilot, the main villain and the rebel senator "Mon Montha".
I really love the links to the original Star Wars and I like that they didn't rely heavily on constant reminders of the characters to come but rather just visit these connections from time to time.
Effects looked great. I actually saw some models in there which was fantastic. They still are the best, cause natural light hitting real subjects cannot be beat.
Music was awesome of course, I feel John is probably out of ideas now but it held up great.
I did miss the original titles...I guess the A.D.D generation has arrived lol.
Overall I felt they touched on an emotional level several times which is what all good Star Wars movies have done.
Going to list some things could have been improved but be aware this was a fantastic movie.

Some of the droid jokes were simply not funny as some were. - I think the 2 lead characters were a bit too serious, they need to have a laugh once in a while to show they are human. - The intro 15 min was a little bit information heavy. Maybe a bit more linear script could have helped. - The pilot and the wire cable thingy, was cool scene, but the whole idea behind this task was a bit overly complicated. Perhaps if he had to simply take the data in another ship to the frigate that would have been better. - Where the hell were the BOTHANS???!!! lol

Definitely will watch it again.