Had flaws? Yes! Fun? Hell yea!

Rating: 9/10 (1 January 2016)

All of the people saying this is a rehash of a new hope clearly aren't paying attention to the movie. Though there were similar aspects, out didn't detract from the movie experience at all. First of all let's talk about kylo ren. Such a great villain. When you compare kylo ren from episode 7 to Darth Vader from episode 4, kylo ren is a much better character. More fleshed out and a much more conflicted character. This makes you care about the villain in a way that you didn't care about Darth Vader. I loved the sparity between general hux's cold calculating personality to kylo ren. All of the new actors did a fantastic job in the movie, with Oscar Isaac giving a standout performance. Han solo is also excellent in this movie, and his conversations with chewie are some of the best parts of this movie.
Now I did find supreme leader snoke to be a bit disappointing, but I believe that they have every opportunity to improve him on sequels. Yes the starkiller base was similar to the death star, but that was the point! Kylo ren worshiped Darth Vader, and in the end wanted to surpass him. "Finish what he started". So he built an amped up death star. It completely makes sense.
In the end guys, I think the force AWAKENS is a great time and definitely the best film experience I've had all year.
9/10