Fun to watch but still very disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (9 January 2016)

***Spoilers***
As many people have pointed out, the issue with his film is largely down to the lack of creativity. I remember when it was first announced that we would be getting a new trilogy and opinions were largely varied. I couldn't help but feel like it was being forced, that they wouldn't put enough time into coming up with an original idea. The first two trailers confirmed this pretty well.
When the final trailer was released, I became optimistic: the music, the visuals, the voice-over, the characters; everything just looked interesting and that anticipation stayed with me up until I saw it on the second day of release.
The lack of originality is unbearably obvious. I mean this film pretty much runs the exact same way as A New Hope. I could go into the similarities but if you've seen it, you know what I mean and if you haven't seen it then just picture A New Hope and you're 75% of the way there.
I would like to remain hopeful that the next two in the trilogy manage to make up for it but considering that we'll be getting a ton of spin- offs between each episode, i'm not optimistic. I also have no clue where they can go with the storyline, I mean the biggest weapon ever created as just been blown up with what I can only assume was the majority of the First Order on board. The villain just got his ass kicked and the villains master didn't actually appear on screen in person. I have a horrible feeling that when we reach the end of this trilogy, not only will we have another failure to put alongside the prequels but we will probably have a cliffhanger of sorts so that they can make it seem like another trilogy is justified. I've already heard rumors of an Obi-Wan Kenobi trilogy which in itself is ridiculous.
That being said, I won't deny that there are certainly aspects to the film that were very enjoyable. The X-Wings flying across the water and watching Star Killer Base destroy several planets at a time was visually exciting...but this just doesn't make up for A) Having another freakin' death star in the first place and B) Having it be destroyed as easily as the other two. I mean when are villains in the Star Wars films going to learn?