The defection of Finn should have been the focus of this movie

Rating: 1/10 (16 January 2016)

Yes, this is also my first review on IMDb and probably the last. This film desperately needs lower IMDb ratings as it's turned out to be a steaming pile of money making Disney crap!!
No other film franchise gets my gears going like SW, and I had good hopes Disney would treat the SW universe with the respect it deserves. And builds new dimensions on it. How disappointing was I when I excited the cinema yesterday. This film is a superficial copy of everything we have already seen in earlier Star Wars movies.
Do not expect a much thought out story that brings some originality to the table. The film uses all the SW cues like light sabers, the force, X-wings, bad guys with dark masks, planets that can destroy other planets, etc. On the surface, it looks the part. And that's where it ends!
The storyline is appalling. Boring. Unoriginal. Unsympathetic. It mixes every SW cue up in a visually appealing (yes it looks STUNNING) but incredibly contrived way. Other reviewers have pointed out a lot of the things that are wrong with the movie and its characters (old and new), go and read them all!
The only thing that makes me go, oh, how nice, is that a Stormtrooper turns out to have a conscience and defects to the good side of things. And it happens as a side note in the first 15 minutes of the film. THAT'S IT! The rest is: running from the bad guys!
What I would think would make it an interesting movie, is WHY did the Stormtrooper decide he's not a bad guy? Because 'it's the right thing to do?' COME ON Disney, give me a fecking reason to believe the guy! They could have made the entire movie around this concept alone and it would be an original idea that adds to the SW universe!!
Anyway, go see this movie and decide for yourself if it was your money's worth. I wasted mine.