The Start of something special

Rating: 8/10 (20 December 2015)

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Star Wars the Force Awakens mixes the old and the new better than I thought they would. I have been a beloved fan of Star Wars since I was a kid and growing up loving all the movies. Even the prequels, yes I liked the prequels. Were they prefect? No, but they did some things right and they drew me in. But back to the new film. I went into this movie with mid-level expectations. I didn't expect it to be amazing and I didn't expect it to be terrible. It was exactly what I expected and more. Yes, some things such as Starkiller base made it similar to the New Hope but what people don't understand is that this trilogy is going in a totally different direction than the originals did. There a many questions to be answered already and I found myself unable to think about anything else after seeing the movie. Who are Rey's parents? Who is Snoke? Will Kylo turn back to the light side? Is Luke bad or good? The fact that Abrams was able to fill my mind with a multitude of questions that I am anxious to have answered means that he did a darn good job. If you call yourself a Star Wars fan and are bashing this movie for whatever reason, you have the wrong mindset. This was just an introduction to a trilogy that I believe will be able to compete with the original. New unique characters with cloudy pasts and the return of old friends make this movie the beginning to another great series of Star Wars films. My final word is to go into this movie like I did, understand its only the beginning and if you saw it already go again and try to see what I see because what I see is something special in the making. May the Force be with you.