Decent movie for first timers, a reboot for the rest

Rating: 4/10 (23 December 2015)

Commercially, the movie has been well planned: - For new timers, it is a quite enjoyable stand-alone movie. - For Star Wars fans (or just people who have seen all the previous movies), it has the stamp of Star Wars, so regardless of the content, they will watch it.
It is for the people who are already familiar with Star Wars that this movie will be disappointing. As many other people have commented, this movie is a reboot of the original trilogy but with more budget and today's special effects.
I guess the producers didn't want to risk to create a real sequel, where knowledge of the original trilogy would be necessary. We have to take into account that 35 years have passed and many people today is not too familiar with Star Wars. Still, they have capitalized on the original movies by including some characters and items for the nostalgic viewers.
Overall I find the original trilogy much better, the story was solid (and original), less inconsistencies, more believable characters and better character development.
The new movie tried to squeeze too many things in just one movie and many elements/events were unnaturally forced into the movie. With a bit more of time (or movies) they could have explained/develop those events so they would make more sense.
I hope for the next movies they take more risks and become more creative and come up with an original story where all scenes fit smoothly.