A supersized pile of empty calories

Rating: 2/10 (3 January 2016)

* contains spoilers *
In keeping with my expectations JJ Abrams thoroughly disappointed - which for me is a pyrrhic victory given I really wanted to enjoy this movie.
First, the story..... if you've seen the first Star Wars, imagine a bigger more powerful Death Star and change the leads. I can almost hear Yoda going "Sh*t that was Star Trek, you would not protest, so kick in the balls, for Star Wars you will get".
Kylo and Han's family reunion moment on the bridge was an Oscar moment, it was a duel of epic proportions because both parties are congenitally incapable of ACTING - it was a real nail biter watching which of the two would be worse. In the end .....i think it was a tie. I thought Kylo was worse (and consequently won) till I saw Hans expression when the saber went through him. Tie it is.
Rey is as clumsy with a light saber as her (i expect it to be revealed in the future) dad Luke was in the first 3 - she seems like she'd struggle to use a broom effectively much less a saber. But she's definitely Luke's daughter given this obvious genetic clue.
Oh yes, and while Kylo's entry is almost inspired (he stops a blast from a ray gun cold in mid air) he quickly devolves into a whiny petulant adolescent throwing tantrums all over the place ultimately getting is bum kicked by a girl with no prior (as far as we can see) Force training. Like, what the...?!!
Can someone please deprive JJ of his directorial licence, he's done enough. Sure this movie is already an unqualified blockbuster - which we all knew it would be even before it was made. My point is that its success has little to do with how good (or bad) it is but nostalgia and fanboys and fangirls.