Star Wars is back,simple as that.

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2015)

I admit,when I went to see this I was a bit scared.Everybody was waiting for the new Star Wars movie and the expectations were unspeakably high,so I was afraid that it wouldn't stand up to them. I am glad to say that I was proved wrong.This movie brilliantly manages to give you the same sensation the original trilogy gives.It looks like Star Wars,it feels like Star Wars.It's definitely not a perfect movie,that is certain,and I see many criticizing it,more like nitpicking it,for its similarities to episode IV,but despite these similarities it feels like a brand new chapter.Regarding the usual complaints about this movie:
1)Rey is nothing like Luke,we see that Rey is clearly able to take care of herself,due to her living alone in a desert world,unlike Luke who always had someone to hold his hand in episode IV.
2)This movie has an expert pilot,Poe,like the originals,but Poe has no other similarities with Han or Luke,the expert pilots in the original trilogy.
3)Kylo Ren is NOT a Sith Lord,he is still in training,like Supreme Leader Snoke says.He had little experience in light saber dueling,so when he suddenly has to go against a force user,he can't keep up.Also,everybody discards the fact that he was already wounded from Chewbacca when he fought Rey and Finn
4)The First Order has a new super weapon,the Starkiller base,which literally destroys star systems.The rebels have to disable it,in a similar way they destroyed the death star.Let's be honest,this is a Star Wars movie,and the First Order has immense power.There is nothing more threatening than this base.If they had some other weapon,most people would say that it is underwhelming.
5)Many questions are left unanswered,which is only natural.You can't just tell the audience everything in the first chapter of a trilogy.These questions are left unanswered only to be answered in the next 2 movies,episode 8 and 9.
6)Finn,who is a storm trooper,manages to fight with a light saber,having no experience with it.His inexperience is clearly shown however,when he loses in both his fight with the Stormtrooper and Kylo Ren.Unlike Finn,however,Rey is force sensitive,and actually witnessed almost every fight we have seen in the Star Wars franchise when she touched Luke's light saber,which also belonged to his father,and saw all their memories.
Having said all that,there comes the important question:Is this movie a rip-off?
Definitely not.
The prequels were criticized for having nothing similar to the original trilogy.The same would have happened if The Force Awakens tried did the same as the prequels.This movie has many similarities,and to be honest it could have less.But these aren't enough to say that this is a remake of Episode IV.This movie wants to show that Star Wars is back to its original roots,and fortunately,it manages to do just that.
For you Star Wars fans(including me),a 9/10 For everyone else who just wants to enjoy a good sci-fi movie,a clear 8/10.