Best Star Wars movie, but not my favorite

Rating: 5/10 (13 January 2016)

I have gotten flak and will get flak for my opinions of Star Wars. Such opinions include liking midichlorians and defending Jake Llyod's portrayal of Anakin Skywalker. However, surprisingly, non have gotten more hate than my opinions of The Force Awakens. I thought it was a great movie, but it has many flaws, the one I will address here is everything surrounding the destruction of the Hosnian system. We had no reason to care. When I say that, people compare it to Alderaan. The thing is, with Alderaan, we had a survivor. We had the line "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." There is more impact in that moment. In The Force Awakens, its treated as "The universal government just blew up... So, what's up next on T.V. There is no impact, no emotion in the destruction. If we had seen some people on the planet, like was originally intended, it would be better, but the scene was cut. The other problem is more with the New Republic. Who are they? What does the New Republic do? What power do they have? What is there relationship with the First Order and the Resistance? These questions are never answered, or even addressed at all. However, despite this, I still love this movie, just not as much as A New Hope or Phantom Menace.