As a Film, Not Great by Any Measure

Rating: 1/10 (18 December 2015)

Like many others, this is the first time I've felt compelled to leave a review here, but it is becoming all too common for garbage films to coast on artificially inflated percentile numbers - the only metric many people look at.
A couple of things are blatantly clear to me: 1) This film was very obviously scripted by a Disney committee, and 2) IMDb itself is overpopulated with astro-turfers, there is no other explanation for the fact that every crap big budget film is initially deluged with 10/10 reviews.
It can be summed up succinctly, a blow by blow breakdown is unnecessary: as a film, this is just passable. As a 'Star Wars' film, it sure as heck isn't a bold new vision for the series. It has some decent performances and nice effects, but is ultimately unsatisfying, soulless film making, completely forgettable. The level of mediocrity at work here is an insult to even a child's level of intelligence, and most certainly to any sense of imagination. In a word, terrible.
I feel bad for George Lucas - this installment really emphasizes what he brought to his creation, in spite of his foibles. 'The Force Awakens' is a complete waste of time and money, and I wish I could get mine back.