Oh JJ, what have you done?

Rating: 2/10 (22 December 2015)

HA.
You thought Lucas was bad? You know that saying "Be careful of what you wish for, because it might come true"?
This film makes the prequels seem like Renaissance masterpieces. The new Star Wars has not one original idea. It is a complete flowerpot, rehashed from the original Star Wars Episode IV mixed with elements from all the other episodes.
Two weeks prior to the premiere, I watched the George Lucas interview after he watched the complete version and in which you could read the disappointment on his face. I said to myself that it can't be true, he's just old and crazy, but after I have watched it myself, I completely feel his pain.
I could try to explain all the reasons I have for bashing on this sequel, but all the words I can think of cannot express the sorrow I'm feeling. The closest feeling I have that I can relate here is that I just watched a film made by an insane nostalgia driven fan, not by far an actual Star Wars official movie. I was never a huge admirer of Mr. JJ Abrams, but I respected his work and enjoyed his films, including the new Trek reboots. But this? This is an abomination. I wish I knew in what measure JJ had authority on the final cut and the story decisions. I refuse to believe that he was OK with the direction that the film was taking during production. If he was OK with it, then he truly earned the "Jar-Jar" nickname.
Still, "We'll always have Paris!"