Well done continuation - just like a Star Wars movie is supposed to be

Rating: 7/10 (18 December 2015)

If you like Star Wars, you're going to love this movie. That aside though, if you're looking for a good family movie that appeals to grown-ups and kids alike, but without any cringy silliness, but also (by nature of being a family movie) without overly sophisticated plots, then go enjoy this movie!
The good points (no plot spoilers):
* Good amount of humour - one-liners, funny scenes - without being cheesy or ridiculous.
* Han Solo being Han Solo!
* Great new lead characters that I can see a new trilogy building with.
* Good amount of nostalgia and references to the original trilogy (characters, species in the background), but without being distracting or making it harder on people not so familiar with the original trilogy.
* Good plausible continuity in plot and existing characters.
* Great action scenes, but not dominated by action.
* Fully self-contained movie, but a solid setup for future continued plot development.
* No stupidly goofy character like Jar Jar Binks!
The bad points:
* If you're cynical, you could argue many points and characters are a re-hash of Episode IV.
* No sophisticated plot (if you were looking for that, then this is not the movie you were looking for ;-)