Lacking originality

Rating: 6/10 (30 March 2016)

Most of the user reviews on IMDb are trashing the film for stealing the plot of the first. It's hard to argue that's not the case when the story line is practically identical. For that reason, the film has no originality. Unless of course, you consider inserting awkwardly unrealistic social advocacy elements into the film as being "original".
Let's go through them:
1) John Boyega as storm trooper with a conscious. Because if they don't put a black guy in the film, they're racist. And if the black guy isn't the one who did something heroically rebellious, they're racist. Because black people never get major roles (according to everyone at the Oscars). The problem: You're making one of the highest grossing films of all time for the most successful film franchise ever and you decide to cast a guy who's had a part in one movie while at the same time managing to destroy the whole concept of what a storm trooper is supposed to be. Nice job, Disney.
2) Daisy Ridley as Luke Spywalker; girl version. Because it's 2015 and I'll be damned if girls aren't as strong as boys are. Right, Furiosa!? Girls can do it, too! Because if we don't make a girl the hero of the film, it will alienate our female audience. The problem: You're a 3 year old girl dropped on Jakku and grow up without family/friends in complete isolation yet you still manage to end up with a British accent. I can only imagine this "I've been in like 3 episodes of a TV show" actress didn't have half the skills necessary to learn how to speak without one.
3) Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux Apparently, "a long time ago" in a galaxy "far, far away", the Irish people managed to get there because for whatever reason a top ranking General has an Irish accent. What's more, how do you explain such a young looking guy getting to that high of a position? I mean, there's storm troopers older than him. Does his Dad know Kylo Ren and was like "dude, my 25 year old looking son needs a job!"
4) Adam Driver as Kylo Ren I think this casting decision was an accident. I feel like Day 1 on set, Driver showed up and the director was like "Wait, where's Elijah Wood? Ah, screw it. Driver looks like a baby faced 20 year old. He'll do!" His character comes off as "I saw an ad on TV for the Dark Side and I had just gotten in an argument with my mom about how much XBOX I'm playing so I ran away and now I get to be the First Order guy with a mask and I can play as much XBOX Live as I want because Supreme Leader Snoke doesn't care!"
5) CGI Giant as Supreme Leader Snoke I definitely couldn't tell it was CGI, could you? When Adam Driver took off his mask and held his hand up to use the power of the dark side, I was really, really scared (almost as scary as Toby McGuire doing the same thing), but when this CGI giant gets mad and makes a >:( face, man, is it scary!
6) Black Storm trooper in a relationship with white girl Because we need to show the world that interracial relationships are okay. Otherwise, you're a racist! Even though it came off completely unnatural and awkwardly fast, it's beautiful and you agree with it.
What they should have done was switch Oscar Issac with John Boyega. But of course, that would make them racist because then the black guy gets the side-role and the Italian looking guy gets the girl. Issac also doesn't look as young as Boyega, so I assume they thought it wouldn't look as natural. (Ha... haha..... hahahhahaa)
This film was made purely for mass market appeal. Rey attracts females/young girls to the film. The black guy scores brownie points with the racists/black people, Mark Hammil, Harrison Ford and Leia bring back the baby boomers, all the 20-ish looking actors make sure the millennials connect with the film, the CGI giant brings over the Harry Potter/LOTR fans and finally copying the first film's story ensures people will like it.