A Very Sad Disappointment & Proof of the Power of Marketing

Rating: 5/10 (22 December 2015)

As an absolute fan of Star Wars...I had been looking forward to this from the day Disney announced it would produce a further trilogy. I genuinely did not think it would be possible to make a bad Star Wars movie, given the history and endless plot line possibilities.....well....despite the odds they managed to screw it up.
It really is a remake of the first Star Wars movies....the Luke Skywalker/Darth Vader saga was simply reversed for this one....so not much work needed there. The acting was stilted and very sub-par. Harrison Ford (Han Solo) and Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) were like puppets on strings and really showed their age..it was sad to watch.
The story was all over the place and really had a thrown together feel. There was simply nothing to get attached to. In fact it was impossible to figure out who was the main character, as the plot was chaotic.
The action was a mirror of the action in the early movies (which was great),,,,but this time around the abundant use of the shaky cam and light speed scene changes took all the entertainment value away.
This movie will make ton's of money no doubt....because die hard fans will go to see it regardless and the newer generation will be coerced by all the hype.
Sadly, however, it will destroy the legacy of a truly great franchise and also the mega-star status of some of the original actors.
An absolute shame to see a classic die so horribly at the hands of studio butchers.