WOW! It's like finding your lost best friend from 38 years ago and it's better!

Rating: 10/10 (24 December 2015)

Thank you Mr. Abrams, Mr. Kazdan, cast and crew for taking me back to the joy and wonder of the first Star Wars film. My wife and I were giddy with happiness and emotions bringing us to tears several times. We forgot how a popcorn movie can entertain and still touch you inside. It was a genuine roller coaster tribute to sci-fi, fantasy, romance, action, adventure, drama, thriller movies of many decades past. And I loved all the references to scenes, characters, one-liners and situation of the original paired with special effects in service of the story. The new young actors are real discoveries and the polished pros also turn in those subtle human performances that make us care. It reminds me of the magic that movies can have, universal and intimately personal -- all in the dark in a room filled with strangers for two hours we share a common experience... which only adds to the humanity in us all. Finally, it fills us with hope that good will defeat evil and what's wrong with that?