Epic let down to the first 6

Rating: 5/10 (3 February 2016)

I am a huge fan of star wars and therefor placed the expectation of the 7th on a very high pedestal. But that's probably why it was such a let down.
Now the movie did hit certain points: the acting was pretty good, the visual effects were phenomenal, and it really is an action adventure.
However it missed quite a few major points.
1: No connection with the characters. Kylo Ren struggles with following good or evil, Han Solo feels the "loss" of his son throughout the movie, Rey has been abandoned at a very young age and has some sappy sad story, and Finn constantly is looking for his place in the world. All understandable stories. Yet, you don't feel any of it. No sadness, or understanding or anything. The only character that is some what relatable would be Han Solo. But that's not based on this movie, but from the love of the character in the 1st 3 movies (not chronologically).
2: Not realistic at all. Now I fully understand I'm watching a movie with Jedi, the force, aliens, space fighting, etc. I'm with you 100%. But, if I was to accept that what happened in the first 6 movies is the standard of what is realistic, than this movie is not realistic at all. This is based entirely around 1 character: Rey. She was abandoned at a young age, and has never really known what the force is. Yet somehow, after Han Solo gives her a brief 30 sec explanation of the force, she somehow manages to master the mind control and manipulate a storm trooper ... in a matter of minutes. So well actually, that the scene before, she resists the mind manipulation of Kylo Ren, a seasoned jedi. Somehow, manages to master the force and "summon" her lightsaber out of the snow with Kylo Ren attempting the same. Then, the really big "bullshit" scene, when she defeats a sith lord. Rey discovered the force yesterday, and somehow, in a day, masters it so well, she's able to defeat Kylo Ren: a seasoned, well trained, very powerful sith lord. Oh and she developed this ability in about half a second, mid way through the fight. Yeah, I don't buy it at all.
3: Originality. Yeah, this movie, is the exact plot of a New Hope. Character, abandoned by father, finds a droid with plans for the universe, joins up with a smuggler (the exact same smuggler in fact), travels across the galaxy, discovers they're a jedi, is taught very briefly how to be a jedi, loses that mentor later in the film to the villain, fights that villain and wins (without killing the villain, destroys a very large planet killing machine due to a convenient glitch in the killing machine's construction, and then leaves to go find a master jedi to learn the force... interesting.
4: Ending of the movie. I've already explained how the fight between Kylo Ren and Rey should have gone way differently. But even if Rey was that good, she should have killed Kylo. An earthquake, basically, separates them and they go there separate ways? Yeah no. Obi Wan and Anakin did force jumps like crazy in the first 3. If you're so powerful in such a short time with the force, then hop the damn canyon and go cut his head off. And then Chewy shows up to rescue her just before the planet size object blows up. And then she goes to find Luke Skywalker. Which I would have been OK with, except for the actor had 5 sec of screen time. The good parts about that ending, were the same good parts about the ending to A New Hope and therefor can't be attributed to this movie.
5: Kylo Ren. This character plays as the main antagonist in the film. He is following in his grand father's footsteps (Darth Vader) to becoming a very powerful sith lord. And he is very powerful. He stopped a blaster in mid air and then continued on with a conversation as if it took no concentration for him to hold it there. He also used a mind control interrogation technique rather successfully. And he took a hit from Chewy's crossbow which we have seen blow people up before, and continued moving. Yeah the character is powerful. But throughout the whole movie he continuously throws temper tantrums and cries like a little girl. Then, he gets his ass kicked by a little girl who learned the force yesterday. Oh yeah, that was very Dark Lord ish of you. After having fantastic villains in the 1st 6 movies, Kylo Ren was a major let down to this one.
For the rest of the Star Wars fans who haven't seen the 7th, don't waste your money at the theatre. Wait for Redbox.