The Force Awakens? Put us asleep.

Rating: 1/10 (2 January 2016)

So many errors. So much disrespect for the original story. As a 55 year old father of four I was ecstatic that finally I would be able to share with my teenagers the wonderment of the Star Wars saga. Imagine my disgust watching this total betrayal of the original. Too much glitz and explosions and not enough plot. We waited for 2 hours and 2 minutes only to have the long awaited Luke Skywalker appear in the last four minutes of the film with nothing to say. I would have just assumed to be mugged behind the theater, to take my $80.00, than to sit for that long watching this boring movie. It hurt that there was no respect for the spirituality of the force. It was insulting that the movie seemed to be more concerned with being racially and politically correct for this day and time than to put real actors in place as leading protagonist. One year from now no one will be able to tell you names of the actors that starred as protagonist and antagonist, such was the failure of this poor script. In the end I returned home from the theater disappointed. The only thing my 13 year-old son had to say was "Dad, can we put on the DVD of the 1977 Star Wars?" We did with homemade popcorn.