The story weakens the film.

Rating: 6/10 (21 December 2015)

(No Spoilers) Star Wars, The force awakens.
Better than the prequels but not as good as the original. The movie feels incredibly rushed and as a result some of the acting/writing seems forced and unnatural. The story is too similar to the original movie (A new hope). The ending is a bit frustrating. Other than that, I was very pleased with the film. JJ Abrams did a good job telling another story within this masterpiece science fiction galaxy that George Lucas created in the 1970s. The new droid, BB 8, stole the show. Ray, played by Daisy Ridley, was the best new comer to the story. This film should have been the 4th one made and it should have been made in 1999, not 2015. Many of us Generation Xers who grew up with the original trilogy will forever be messed up with our expectations of the Star Wars Universe. This film wasn't bad and it wasn't spectacular either. It was exciting to go to the movies to see a new Star Wars film and I left wanting more.