No character chemistry, rehashed plot, made for kids.

Rating: 3/10 (24 January 2016)

The plot really is a complete mirror of "A New Hope" but the film holds none of the emotional weight or character dynamics of that film. The two protagonists, Rey and Finn were boring and had no personality. Rey was the most wooden character and I could not care less about her character. Finn was better and has some humorous moments but even they felt forced- like his encounters with Captain Phasma- who was a pointless character. Princess leia and Han Solo were kind of just there, not adding much really but forced nostalgia. Kylo Ren was under-powered and the First Order were not intimidating villains at all. The Rebels felt more powerful. Starkiller base was stupid, the plot was predictable.
What makes it worse is how society and pop culture is now so over- saturated with new star wars. I really do not care about these new movies anymore and I hate how you can't go anywhere without seeing something to do with them.
There was no tension in the last act of the movie due to predictability, there was no emotional payoff at points in the movie where they tried so hard to force emotion. Only a nostalgia blind person will enjoy this film. Perhaps people will realize down the line how bad this new trilogy was just like the prequels, at least those films tried to do something new.