Star Wars: recycling of old plot awakens

Rating: 2/10 (20 December 2015)

Wow, Disney, way to kill a franchise!
The movie has none of the general "feel" of all previous SW movies, and makes Episodes 1 trough 3 looks like masterpieces. At least in those episodes there were focus points for the disappointment (Jar Jar, Anakin's romance etc). Here it's the whole thing that's flawed: the entire movie is basically one giant patchwork of plot snippets from all other movies, the whole mystique surrounding the jedi has been turned into a happy little boy and girl adventure, while the sith are now apparently nothing more than raging teenagers caught in slightly post-pubescent characters who fail miserably. Apparently the dark side now recruits among casting failures, as does the light side. The plot is weak, lame, and often predictable and as many people point out a recycled nonsense. I sense a disturbance in the general Hollywood genre that is the re-cycle and re-hash of both old actors, old one-liners, old everything! Oh and the acting is pretty bad. The main character is basically the "I am slightly confused, scared out of breath guy" who is literally like this throughout the movie not just in this one part like in the trailer. You'll get bored less than a 1/4 way trough the movie, and about half-way you'll see the cliffhanger coming. I am guessing the target audience are older people with nostalgia and young kids that they eventually drag along to see what they *think* is a good continuation of a cult classic. In that case you are bad parents, and your neighbours should call the CPS.
For the lack of a better analogy - this franchise is like Apple. Once Steve Jobs (George Lukas) was gone, so was the vision and guidance. This movie is literally the cinema equivalent of that ridiculous tumor-looking battery case for the new iPhone: looks to be an authentic brand part, but is a complete nonsense that should never have seen the light of day.