Disappointing rehash. Over-hyped

Rating: 2/10 (30 January 2016)

Over-hyped rehash. Another cute droid with the key to a lost Jedi who has disappeared because an apprentice betrayed him and turned to the Dark Side. Another desert planet. Another roguish Han Solo wannabe. Another prison break from deep inside Imperial/First Order held territory. Another cantina scene. Another Death Star-like planet killer which must be destroyed (and is, again right before it's about to destroy the Rebel/Resistance base planet). Another plan to destroy it which involves a small team of infantry destroying a shield generator. Another masked evil student of the Dark Side with a respirator-distorted voice (without the reverberating depth and presence of James Earl Jones's voice). Another mysterious shadowy super-evil figure scheming behind the scenes. More Jedi family intrigue.
Couldn't they come up with a better storyline than a mishmash of the previous story lines played out by some seriously pathetic characters?
Kylo Ren has to be one of the most anaemic petulant wimpy bad guys ever. So strong with the Dark Side of the Force, but he looks like he's about to break down crying if another character so much as sneezes in his general direction.
Finn is an indecisive useless waste of space, who still somehow manages to save the day without getting himself or everybody around him killed. Are we supposed to identify with his crisis in morality? If so it is so poorly acted that it comes across as less of an ethical struggle and more like generalised anxiety disorder combined with acute constipation and a fever.
The most interesting part of the entire film was when Rey makes instant bread by mixing a powder with water. Her character and her portrayal of the character is far better than any of the other main characters.
With all the interesting Star Wars fan fiction out there, the fact that the creators couldn't come up with something better than this is truly sad.