"You were supposed to be the chosen one!"

Rating: 6/10 (16 December 2015)

New Star Wars movie has a lot of good in it. The story itself is pretty good, it had the vibes of the original ones and you'll love everything you loved in the previous films. Droids are still cool, spaceships are even cooler and Han Solo was still that Han Solo we loved in original series.
I also didn't remember Chewbacca to be so charismatic! He almost steals the show from Han-Solo to time-to-time. The new droid is also a funny little guy. When watching this I also remembered why X-Wing is the coolest spaceship for me.
However. Despite of the fact that it had it's moments, it's cons overhauled the pros.
First of all, the two most important characters of this movie were bad. The new woman lead seemed that it was written so that she could be "new modern feminine hero". I'm not saying that strong woman characters are bad, just the opposite actually. Like, Princess Leia is strong woman character, and very good one too, but the world just doesn't need any more of those sorts of characters that seem to be from a book written for 13-year-old girls.
Also the new bad guy wasn't that evil. He wasn't intense or scary character like Darth Wader or Darth Maul. He was just insecure boy, who dresses in black. He was supposed to be the next legendary bad guy in Star Wars -series. But, he was just an emo. He almost got his ass kicked by an ex-Storm Trooper in a lightsaber battle. What can you say..? Is it just me or did I remember Dark Side guys being tougher?
It also seemed that the writers didn't really watch the original movies. How was the fact that only Han Solo were supposed to know how to fly Millennium Falcon? Or that you need to train really hard to control the force? Well, the new guy does both of those. Without any training. Even goddamn Luke Skywalker had to train a lot to become a skilled fighter! The movie just breaks it's own rules. When you are making a Star Wars movie for Star Wars -fans you should be aware that they are gonna be exact with these things. (at least I am, and I'm gonna be.)
There were also many unnecessary bits in there. When I watch a good movie, there isn't a moment I'm bored or think: "Is this really necessary?" With the Force Awakens, there were moments like that. The dramatic pauses, where the characters look in each others eyes for a while, weren't that dramatic. And in the end the mountain climbing montage were... well. Cheap.
At last but not least the movie recycles the themes from the original series a lot. There is same who-is-related-to-who theme in the air the whole movie. Baddies also build a big weapon which is big as a planet. I would like to know what went between writers ears when they though that "Hey! Let's build a new Death Star!" And hey, this time it's bigger! At least they didn't make it smaller...
The movie is not bad at all. Just the fact that it's a Star Wars movie, I expected a lot more. I just can't be without comparing this to the original series. And how could you not? There story is supposed to go on where they left in 1983. There is just very much missed potential in this one. There is still a New Hope that they will improve to next one.