What's old is new what's new is OLD.

Rating: 7/10 (25 January 2016)

First of all I was around and saw the first Star Wars IV release in 1977. It wasn't represented as part of a story. It was just "Star Wars".
Is the script weak, yes, but NONE I repeat NONE of the six previous Star Wars movies were great on script. They've always been a little talking them some action. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, delivers that. Maybe a bit more action.
I never felt bored for the 2 hours and 16 minutes the movie was on. I could have used the rest room but felt I would miss something. I got bored at Lord of the Rings series, Hobbit I just wished it would end. I enjoyed SW 7.
I've heard complaints "Oh Not another desert planet." Well, what's left Lucas did water, jungle, desert, lava, clouds, Rain forest. So no mater what they picked Lucas had already used it. So no points removed for that. If Abrams had picked a robotic or electronic planet they would have accused him of trying to make Star Wars Transformers.
Could somethings have been explained more surely, but we will likely get that in the next few movies.
I would have liked more R2D2 and C3PO in the movie. BB8 was the star of the show. The other actors were just there.
I am pleased with this outing of Star Wars since ROTJ. We didn't go to Star Wars (1977) to see a long story. We went to see Star Wars (1977) for the cool ships, battles, costumes. The story was a bonus. SW 7 gives you that. Yes unlike Star Wars (1977)it was done in such a way if it failed to be a box office hit it was one movie with nothing more expected. SW 7 was written with the notion there will be an SW 8.