Uninspiring and over-hyped!

Rating: 1/10 (4 January 2016)

This was Disney movie marketing magic at its best, very similar to a marketing paradigm exercised by a particular smartphone manufacturer that bears a fruit symbol, but back on track to the critique of this movie...
I will simply list the cons because they far outweigh the pros, if any for the latter: 1) Lack of character development: Rey has a British accent - enough said. She sounds great and cute, but where in the universe(s) did she even come from? What's her story? Abrams could have developed her character much better.
2) Character weakness 1: Finn was annoyingly weak. He over-acted and over-reacted in the many gasps he spewed out. This dude was a storm trooper (for the bad guys) who went rogue and apparently lacked being a badass.
3) Character weakness 2 - Kylo Ren was a weak antagonist. We don't get a good sense of how he became the leader of a supposedly dark force - The First Order. His fighting is not great (they should have just put Iko Uwais in as his stunt double! Hint hint!) and the fight scene with Rey (who supposedly has no Jedi training or training whatsoever) tells it all. Furthermore, there is very little or no information as to how he had so much anger built up (which only was apparent by what happened at the end). A better script would have included the story of why Kylo became angry at Han / Leia, who then developed some badass fighting skills from a Sith Lord (like how Luke learned how to fight from Obi-Wan Kenobi), then went on a rampage.
4) Lack of chemistry 1: Rey and Finn don't associate well like Luke, Han, and Leia did in the original trilogy. While I liked Rey's character, I didn't get much out of Finn's existence. Han had a connection to Rey that was more organic - hell, it would have been better just leaving Finn out of the movie.
5) Lack of chemistry 2: There was absolutely no chemistry between Han and Leia in this movie. While people could identify with Han again, it was hard to do so with Leia. This was so sad to see.
6) Everything happened too quickly and the story line seemed unoriginal. For example, a woman in a bar reveals to Rey a lightsaber that she kept in a chest (not floating somewhere in a dangerous and desolated place) and tells Rey that she needs to take it. Rey has some bad imagery from it and resists. Secondly, The Resistance sends a fleet of X-wing fighters into blow up yet another gigantic ship.
This movie certainly made tons of money, but making tons of money doesn't mean it's a good movie.