Good start to a new trilogy

Rating: 9/10 (18 December 2015)

Too many people are rating this film down because the story follows a similar idea of A New Hope. The problem with these reviews are that they are rating the film as if it is a stand alone.. These are the reasons why I loved this movie. (Spoilers)
1) It follows the same story idea of A New Hope. I understand how people can criticize this but in my opinion it was different enough form the original to not be predictable.
2) When Ren is revealed to be Han and Lea's son I was not surprised. Ren killing Han, that got me. I seriously thought that Ren would be turned to the light side.
3) No jar jar like characters.
4) Ren being psychotic adds a bit of un-predictability to his character which I love. He's very much dark side Anakin Skywalker.
5) Snoke is a very intimidating character. Cant wait to see how he moves and interacts with Ren in the next film.
To me this movie is on par with The Empire Strikes Back. The only dislike to this film is the inconsistency in the force. How can Rey learn the force so quick? How can Ren stop a lazer but not pick up a light saber? Cant wait for the next installment, JJ did an exceptional job and would love for him to do episode 9.