It took a long time for me to accept it, but this is a remake

Rating: 6/10 (16 July 2018)

I have defended this title against all the possible critics it has. I have tried to justify director's choices and the validity of the plot. But what's on screen can't be denied. This movie is a remake.
I find the attempt to remake a movie so revered as 'Star Wars' a disloyalty to its legacy. Homages can be made in other media, but if you have the responsibility of extend a story that millions of people love, you have to do your best to create new elements, in one direction or another, but the worst thing you can do is to repeat what has been done, and what is considered to be unbeatable. I find in that an excess of pride or a lack of courage, or at least a terrible mistake, but repeating a movie is not a tribute. I found the first paralelism before the first scene ended. The plot copies are so many that they exceed the reference to become a mistake. Specially, I find the 'copy climax' in everything involving the new Death Star, but you can choose: main character's mysterious parentage, rebels in a hidden base, cantina, old mentor who lived the events of the past, etc.
And I feel so sorry for saying that, but the most hyped movie of history is far away from the expected level.
I won't join that hate wave that has grown through fans, because the movie has its positive elements. I find interesting the new ones. Kylo Ren is a good idea of villain, because, as J J Abrams said himself, you can't do anything better than Darth Vader. Also the character of Rey finds her own pace with a skilled and hard cover, but with a vulnerable heart. That idea of main characters who have grown up influenced by myths of the past suppose a resemblance with the viewer. Also Finn and his noble decisions are interesting elements. Finally, the lightsaber battle in a dark forest is a very good environment never seen.
But stop counting new elements there. And I won't speak about other details and problems, because I have argued about all of them for a long time. The movie has its own excuses to explain why Rey won the duel. The fail is greater than that. Why everything managed in 'Return of the jedi' is now destroyed, just to start from the same point, in a sand planet, with a plan in a droid....? We expected other things in Ep. VII. A Luke settled as a Jedi Master, a Leia leader of the New Republic, a new jedi order with new characters, two or three children of Han and Leia. What a wasted opportunity...
To mention it, because I find it fair, it's so good to see Star Wars back to the top of VFX effects, John Williams back to his saga, and one of the best cinema moments I had in this decade: watch the Star Wars title over the stars again in the big screen.
I find my 6/10 in those details and the fact that this can be an interesting title to those people who have never seen Star Wars. Because this is not a bad movie, is a bad Episode VII.