Unoriginal Soft Reboot

Rating: 3/10 (29 March 2020)

The Force Awakens is about as original as Jurassic World. The characters, worlds, and plot are ripoffs of the original Star Wars. The only difference is that the writing is worse. Whereas in A New Hope, Han talks down to Luke ("Who's gonna fly it, kid? You?"), in The Force Awakens, Rey one-ups Han at fixing his own ship. When a new character one-ups a legacy character, it is a sign of poor writing.
Rey is an expert pilot who speaks every language, uses the Force without training, and wins a duel the first time she picks up a lightsaber. Her character is a cardboard cutout without any weaknesses or growth.