It is a good blockbuster. But I don't like it at all.

Rating: 3/10 (18 December 2015)

The movie is not Star Wars. It doesn't feel like Star Wars. It's a space movie with Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher as secondary characters. This franchise was about mythological characters and epic situations, now it has become a Hollywood super-production.
I went to see this movie full of excitement and full of hope. I went out with a sensation of disappointment.
It looks a lot like a remake, like everyone is saying. Another Dead Star. Another droid wandering in the desert with a map that it's crucial for the Rebelion/Resistance. Another bad guy in a mask. But even with that kind of story, they could have worked the entire movie completely different and be great to the fans.
The first thing that I want to talk about, is Kylo Ren. I don't get at all why is he bad. I can't buy it. I really hope that he has some real and believable back story to show in the next two films. But I think that the character lacks of depth. Anakin, for example, was this boy who loved and cared about his mother, that did not receive the right orientation to let go things like a Jedi would do, who took really bad decisions that eventually led him to the Dark Side. I don't think that the evil characters shown in the prequels and original trilogy were bad just because the joy of being bad. It's hard to believe that Kylo Ren is bad, because no one shows you a reason for he to be that way.
I liked the fact that he feels (even seems) like a young Anakin Skywalker in the path to the Dark Side. But even with that, I don't get this "villain". I don't blame the actor, they just told him what to do, and I think the new cast it's really happy to be there, they have no fault in this.
The other thing that bothers me it's the relation between Leia and Han. I understand that maybe they're separated. I understand that they would have wanted different things. But this time there is no chemistry. Everything seems forced. Mostly when they talked about "their son", many dialogs felt awkward and misled.
Their approach to the Force was also weird. Apparently, stormtroopers with no training or control of the Force can take a light-saber and battle a Sith (or someone who seems like a Sith). Also, a young lady, who has just began to learn his abilities, is capable of doing lots of things that only trained Jedis could do before.
This story it's supposed to have a philosophical background. To talk about myths and legends and heroes. The essence and homage to the work of Kurosawa it's gone. It felted like a teenage movie about space. Rey seems like the new empowered Disney princess. The construction of the characters was poor and they recycled resources that worked before, trying their best not to be like the prequels. But I kind of like the prequels now. At least those have a story to tell.
It is amazing how they can bring back Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford and still not be a good movie. And most of all, Mark Hamill's name it's on the main characters just to sell tickets. For God's sake, he is not even speaking in the movie. I don't understand all this. They think we are idiots. They are playing with the illusions of millions of fans, some people has followed this history for 38 years. Everyone hoped to relive their childhoods again. It seems that this new trilogy is all about the money and the merchandise.
The BB-8 was great though. The first shot didn't gave me chills like the other ones. Many things weren't logical, like the destruction of Coruscant, C-3PO without R2-D2, Luke gone, Leia didn't learn to use his powers (I think), the way Han and Chewie appeared out of nowhere.
I think that I will see the rest of the movies. But I will not consider this as part of the Star Wars universe. Star Wars ended ten years ago with Episode III. And even though the prequels were not as good as the originals, now I know that it can get A LOT worse.
Help us, George Lucas, you're our only hope.