Unimaginative, lacking originality

Rating: 1/10 (22 December 2015)

After watching the movie, I was surprised that initial reactions were positive. In my opinion, the backbone of the whole movie should have been an original and interesting story. Instead of that, it just turned out to be a A New Hope v2.0 with a Death Star v3.0 (doesn't matter what we wanna call it... Starkiller base, wow, whatever). We've got a cute droid carrying important information (teaming up with Rey - the new Luke Skywalker - on a desert planet), we've got the bad guys looking for it, the bad guys have a super weapon (Death Star v3.0),.. very predictable... and of course the good guys manage to blow up the new death star again, etc, etc... wow... Is it really supposed to be a sequel? It's rather a reboot.
We know that Kylo Ren is tempted by the light side, but we don't know anything about his relationship with his father. It all just feels shallow and Han Solo's death is just.... poor, disgraceful, stupid.
On the positive side, BB8 is extremely lovely, it was good to see the old characters, I think most of the actors (especially Daisy Ridley) did a great job, there were good moments, it was a fast paced movie and I was never bored.. but despite all that the most important thing was missing. I missed originality and a great story so much that it hurts.
At first, I wanted to rate this movie 5/10 as it is just completely AVERAGE, but then the reason why I changed my mind and gave it only 1 star is because... it's what it is... a copy. Nothing more. Is it labeled as a remake? Please anyone, correct me if I'm wrong, but it's supposed to be a sequel. What rating does a movie deserve if it's crawling with plagiarism? What plagiarism policies do universities usually have? If I copy a work of art without adding anything fresh/interesting to it, do I create something great? My answer is NO. To me, this movie is a massive FAIL.