The force needs to go back to sleep

Rating: 4/10 (19 December 2015)

First off, I really want to say that I liked this movie. It's Star Wars, what's not to like? However, after sitting through 2 hours and 16 minutes of a "new" Star Wars film, I was disappointed with the originality of it. Or should I say, the lack of originality.
When I say that, I hope this is not considered a spoiler, but when I wait patiently for two years for a new Star Wars movie I expect it to be NEW and not a rehashed version of A New Hope packaged in better special effects and a new cast doing the same things that the original cast did in A New Hope. I cannot believe the writers got away with this! It was completely and utterly the same movie as episode IV! That being said, I get to my rating. I gave it a 4. Just shy of a 5 because of lack of originality. It left holes and gave us something to be desired, lacking in the muster and originality of the original three movies and seriously lacking in a villain I can take seriously. No spoilers here, but the sith lord that tries to follow in Vader's footsteps would be trampled by Vader in a heartbeat. He was seriously a bane to the film, somewhat.
I know I will be in the silent minority because who really blasphemes Star Wars?! It's just not done (unless it's episode one, two and three, in which case that is totally OK). All in all, I wasted money on a movie I've already seen. J.J. may be a good director, but originality is not his forté. At least with Star Trek he went parallel universe. You'd think he would do the same or maybe think up a different script this time around. Losing faith in Disney rapidly after this disaster. Say what you will about episodes one to three, at least they were original ideas and not some bloated, pretty version of A New Hope which was brilliantly done by Lucas. Lucas, why oh why did you sell!? Look what they've done to your masterpiece! It's a mockery.