Unnecessary

Rating: 1/10 (28 December 2015)

Having just arrived back from the cinema, I feel I must vent (or rather "express" my views) against this film.
I found it to be an unneeded re-hash of the old Star Wars movies, with strong echoes of A New Hope (1977). This, you may argue, is all well and good. A series of films needs a staple, a trademark, a distinguishing feature.
However, given what I have just witnessed, it leaves a bit of a bad taste in the mouth. Were the producers just looking to shamelessly cash in on this saga in one last desperate throw of the dice? In doing so, did they want to tarnish what all Star Wars fans had once held sacrosanct? Would it not have been easier just to produce a re-make of a New Hope (same characters, different actors) with a view to targeting this generation's younger audience? I'm going to stop now as my anger will probably give away a spoiler. Watch it if you haven't seen any of the others (as a stand-alone film, I can imagine it's probably OKish, although there are far better sci-fi films out there). If you haven't seen the others, watch it from behind the back of a sofa. It's horrific for all the wrong reasons.