A Great Addition to the Star Wars Universe

Rating: 9/10 (21 December 2015)

First things first, I love this movie! It delivered everything that I expected it to give me, and did it very well.
Yes, I am a Star Wars fan. But I am not a blind fan and I can recognize some of the issues that the prequel movies had, or even The Return of the Jedi had. This movie gave me the same feeling I had back in 1977 when I was watching the original Star Wars for the first time. It was a lot of fun, had a simple story that made sense, and had characters who are likable and relatable. In addition there were the usual Star Wars aliens, vehicles, and settings in the movie.
I have heard people complain that this movie was too much like the very first movie. In my mind, they were paying homage to the very first movie and using what worked in previous Star Wars ourings to make a new Star Wars. The movie had a few twists and turns as we find out who some of the main characters are and how they're related, it brought back old familiar faces which is always a fun time, and it left us with the mystery about who some of the new players are.
I saw some other guy on here reviewing the movie complaining that there was no character development. First of all, we know who the characters are coming out of the gate. How are you going to develop Han Solo any further? Although I do think the movie managed to add some depth to the relationship between himself and General Leia Organa. It added depth to the main bad guy's character, and gave us a fairly complicated character in the storm trooper.
All in all, I think the people trashing the movie or simply those who want to be hipsters and want to show that their tastes are above the plebian by trashing a popular movie. I don't care, I thought the movie was a blast.
It's not Citizen Kane, but let's face it - unless you're really into making movies yourself Citizen Kane is boring. This movie is not.
As I said, as I sat there and watched it I had the same feelings that I had watching the original Star Wars movie. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who wants to go to the movies and have a good time and see you a worthy addition to the Star Wars pantheon.