A remix of the original Star Wars

Rating: 6/10 (16 December 2015)

Just saw the movie, some spoilers ensue. It's basically a remake/remix of the first Star Wars movie masquerading as a sequel. All the famous scenes and characters from the first film and some from the second (Empire Strikes Back) are re-imagined into this one. BB-8 is R2-D2, Rey is the female version of Luke Skywalker, Finn is Lando with little bit of Han Solo in him, Kylo Ren is obviously Darth Vader etc. There's a version of Obi-Wan's death scene remixed with the famous I am your father scene from ESB. There's another Death Star (this time even bigger!) which they destroy. There's images and lines taken from the original film and obviously the original actors make an appearance too for maximum nostalgia factor.
It was OK movie, well made, but too derivative of the original. There were some moments when I thought that this could actually be engaging and a really good film (mostly the later scenes with Kylo Ren), but there weren't many of those, and most of the time I felt like I was just watching a remake knowing exactly what happens next. If I was 10 years old and/or never seen the original movie, I might've really liked or even loved this one.
Hopefully Episode 8 will bring more original content and won't be just a remix of Empire Strikes Back.