One of the best star wars films since the originals!

Rating: 8/10 (13 January 2016)

Im going to offer two reviews. One review for this IMDb review board and another review for this film.
In regards to this IMDb review board- if you want an honest concise review of this film you've come to the wrong place. The majority of reviews posted on the IMDb review boards are not written by average movie goers but by obsessed movie fans who take the success of any particular film as a personal issue and flood the review board with as many negative reviews as possible to alter the the real world success of this film. This board seems to be one of the few places that these people can voice their opinion and that is why they have migrated here. Take a look at these reviews. Notice how many of them have rated this with a "1", as if this the worst film ever made...now compare this to professional reviews, average movie goer word of mouth and its box office numbers. If you want an honest review of the this film or at least an evaluation of its worth i suggest checking out Rotten Tomatoes which includes a collection of some 320 reviews from professional critics, (not children) and Box Office mojo for its box office revenue. A stark contrast from hr picture being painted by these people who seem to know nothing about films.
And now, for what its worth, heres my review of TFA- Overall it definitely had that star wars feel and miles ahead of the prequels, and one of the best in the series. The acting was top notch by everyone, and the humor was perfectly timed without going overboard. The chemistry between the new characters was spot on. Abrams hit some pretty good emotional and "hell yeah!" moments. The villain was also pretty unique and interesting. An undisciplined, loose canon sith-lord wanna-be with no real training and major psychological issues.
Now the complaints. This movie moves at a breakneck pace. Which works well but it came very close to ruining the film. The original trilogy had many exposition scenes that took its time and let the audience savor the performances and let the words sink in....while this film did slow down a few times to let characters settle in, it still seemed a bit rushed. just as you're letting the dialog sink in the scene ends.
Abrams did a good job of developing his characters and moving the story forward while maintaining this light-speed pace.
The next issue was that the storyline of the film was taken mostly from elements of the original trilogy and stitched together...however this only bothered me for about five minutes since it was done so well that didn't care after a few minutes.
finally, the music. I've always been a John Willliams fan, but it seems like his best days are behind him. Aside from Reys theme, none of the new music was very memorable, just a bunch of musical notes strung together that didn't seem to have a formula, and for some odd reason it didn't sound like John Williams Music...the memorable Star Wars themes were also barely used in the film. Mainly confined to the opening crawl and the end credits and a few bars during the actual film that came and went before you could even enjoy it. I don't know if this was Abrams decision or Williams.
Overall I would say this ranks up a close second to ANH, with ESB being first and RoTJ close behind.