go see it I don't think you will be disappointed but equally you probably will go only the once

Rating: 7/10 (21 December 2015)

The film gets a seven and not a 5, 6 because I am a fan and this film has attended to and dressed the wounds of the pre-quills.
I was very impressed by the new cast/characters especial Ridley and Boyega in particular their Falcon seen are new classic of Si-Fi/Fantasy In addition this is a new new beginning and I am prepared to place it in the same frame as Fellowship of LotR and journey for Hobbit a start a little week and very wobbly but not blind and I hope able to build quickly and gain strength.
Nostalgia is OK and the reinvent is again OK the plot shift controversial maybe, necessary debatable but I have to say not a surprise and we have all seen it before I do have to say there are enough possibilities and ideas sort of in the air that if we get some good writers involved we could see something special remember Twins and empire were a lot better and the huge finishes or the two returns were marvel use and created a precedent we see in Trek, Marvel and DC and who knows hopefully Wars
the story is thin in fact it's a pain but the look the sound the new characters and yes the nostalgia almost make up for the poor story/plot arcs it looks fantastic the nostalgia is fun and the new characters are interesting and very well performed the pacing in my opinion is good all the way but there were a couple of yawns close by and the younger ones didn't stay with use throughout, but I was interested in the character back history and we had to slow down to do some of that
I have been thinking about an interview I read in the Times (uk) supplement with the producer women who said the first thing we talked to JJ about was making Skywalker a women and I have to say the actress and the writers got it spot on the baddies though they are not so good they seem as if they would be better suited to a bugs bunny or a speedy movie apt to make a lot of mistakes heck if you put a banana peel on the flour I think you would get positive result. We have seen some true Vader big bads in recent times and some real Gothic type evil too so a funny rubbery Wizard of Oz type well em I was not at all concerned for any ones safety but the running joke was a lot of fun I did enjoy that
So go see it I don't think you will be disappointed but equally you probably will go only the once and I have a feeling the next 2 (3) will hopefully see a character based story emerge