Disney makes a Star Wars movie

Rating: 1/10 (21 October 2016)

There are so many negative reviews of this movie here that I doubt I could add anything new to them, so I'll just say that all the criticisms you've heard and read about The Force Awakens are correct. The problems fall into three categories:
1.) The story is mostly a copy of A New Hope, with characters, planets, droids, etc. simply having different names. Even some of the dialog is practically copied. There's a little The Empire Strikes Back in there, too. I guess it's a great film for kids who haven't seen the original, but for an adult like me it's a complete waste of time.
2.) The SJW component is pretty strong. The evil characters are almost all white men, and in fact all the males in the film are either weak, immature, or evil. The only exception is Poe, who's barely in the story. Even the great Han Solo himself is killed by his pathetic son.
3.) The "Luke" character is an extreme Mary Jane. She can do anything — repair spaceships, fly spaceships, talk to an R2 droid, do Jedi mind tricks, defeat a Jedi master with a light saber, etc. — all with no training, apparently without even having heard of The Force. This kind of character is outside the Star Wars universe, why is she in this movie? My impression is that problems 2. and 3. are common to Disney movies these days. I guess they're made for little girls, while little boys are instead playing violent video games.
Conclusion: Your nine year old daughter might love this movie. It's definitely not for adults, and quite a far cry from the great 1977 film that was once simply called Star Wars. The sad part is that it made a bazillion dollars so Disney will make many more just like it.