You've Already Seen This Movie if You're a Star Wars Fan

Rating: 6/10 (17 December 2015)

I went into this film with an open mind and open heart wanting to love it. The last three Star Wars films had pretty much sullied me on anything new from that camp, but hearing that Disney was taking over and furthermore, not listening to George Lucas gave me hope.
With all of that said, if you love Star Wars you have already seen this movie. It was released in 1977 and called Star Wars: A New Hope. I won't draw all the comparisons or ruin the plot with spoilers, I will just tell you that as a fan I sat there throughout the whole movie going "wait, they did that in the first one except this way." That's pretty much it, JJ Abrahms pretty much just took the first film, changed around the characters a little bit, and even threw in some of the same lines which came off more as cheesy than as nostalgic.
Bottom line, its beautifully directed, the special effects were not over the top like the last three, so there wasn't sensory overload, and the plot and character development was pretty good. Watching Harrison Ford be Han Solo is also always a treat, cause, well, he's awesome. With that said, this movie came out 30+ years ago. I'm sure any hardcore Star Wars fan will ignore this and probably hate on this review, but as a pretty objective viewer I expected more in the way of originality.