Wooden Characters with no Complexion.

Rating: 3/10 (23 April 2016)

While there were many problems with The Force Awakens such as it being a rehash of the original, the hurdle which I found the movie completely flops on was; - the characters
And more importantly the characters interaction with each other. There is no friction between them. When Poe meets Finn they take an immediate liking to one another. They know nothing about one another and don't even attempt to learn about each others character, it's just completely wooden because the writer wanted to create a band of heroes without any development to their relationship just so there could be time for the dull predictable action. Its the same with Rey and Finn, Rey at first distrusts Finn and then 3 minutes later they are best friends high-fiving and hugging and you wouldn't know they met each other only 10 minutes ago.
The characters themselves are also boring and full of holes. The director doesn't seem know how to create a connection between the characters on screen and the audience. I can't relate to any of the protagonists because I know nothing about them because nowhere in the movie do we get an interesting backstory or are we told about the characters interests or characteristics. They have zero personality.
In fact the only characters I found remotely interesting in the entire movie were the original trilogy characters. At least I knew a bit about them and their was a bit of tension between Han and Leia.
Overall the character department of this movie was weaker then both the Original and Prequel Trilogies. I wont even get into the plot- holes or how this movie was a complete rehash because everyone has already done that.