An Okay Sequel

Rating: 6/10 (26 February 2016)

I watched this movie rather late compared to some people. I did enjoy the movie when I was watching it and there was some nice humour. Good performances by Harrison Ford (Han Solo), and Daisy Ridley (Rey).
The movie does not have enough of a backstory and that sort of hurts the movie some. As I was watching it, some things did pop out to me as oddly done, like Kylo Ren's temper tantrums and when I saw him take off his helmet, I was like, why did they cast this person, or at least made him look that way? Also, I think they dealt with the ending battle with the villain rather poor. When I was in the last 30 minutes, I was concerned how this was going to end well, since there was that amount of time left. The movie however, ended decently, though I thought some areas were not done properly which I talk a bit about further down.
I go into this movie a bit more just below here, pointing out some holes and other things, though trying to not be too descriptive.
Main Character
The main character acted well. Her backstory was not touched on much at all, but the way the movie flowed, it seems she is the daughter of Luke Skywalker, though, she may not be since Anakin Skywalker didn't have anyone in his family that was a Jedi and he was "strong" in the force regardless.
One part during the movie, she uses her sudden mind trick powers on a stormtrooper to escape from being a prisoner which was funny watching, but rather odd at the same time. She, as far as we know, knows very little about her powers and what she can do, so how does she even know she can accomplish this feat? Especially since I'm pretty sure anything related to the Force (speaking from the info contained in the series) was difficult to gain control of - as seen when Luke was training with Yoda learning to levitate rocks.
It is also odd how the main character and the stormtrooper friend can wield the lightsaber so easily, since I remember in the previous movies that it was said that it took skill to wield one and much training, yet they picked it up and started using it no problem, especially the stormtrooper friend as he isn't supposed to have any powers related to the Force as far as we know.
Stormtrooper Character
The introduction of this character is odd and is very teenager-like in behaviour. You would think since he was programmed to be very loyal, follow orders, and not have many expressions, that he would still have some of these qualities even after having what seemed like a "nervous breakdown". Yet, he had hardly any of these qualities.
These were the main flaws that jumped out at me, there is a few other more minor ones, but that goes into it a bit too deep.
There is also reused plot elements from the original trilogy. It would of been nice if there was some new additions to the plot instead of it being so similar to the original trilogy movies.
So its a 6/10 from me. Now, would I watch it again? Yes I would.
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