When disappointment awakens

Rating: 7/10 (23 December 2015)

The force awakens is definitely not the best Star Wars movie you could watch but it's not the worst either (the clones attack is in my opinion).
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First I would like to say that J.J. Abrams really tried is best to refresh the characters: Ray and Finn are excellent and I like the idea of introducing new young faces. However, and I must admit it is one of the greatest disappointment in the movie, the evil character alias kylo ren is a pale copy of Vader and lost all credibility after removing is mask. Seriously how can he act so bad? I also believe that it was totally unnecessary to make him part of the Han Solo family but whatever...
About the plot: the idea in the beginning is a catch but in the end it is only a remake of the death star story from the previous movies. Hopefully the characters are moving and funny which makes the conversations very pleasing. Getting back some characters of the original SW was a nostalgic touch but it was clearly approaching fan service at some point... I find it also hard to believe it is so easy to master the art of the Jedi in a few days time. The final battle scene is in this regards a good sum-up: Ray is able to confront kylo ren without any light saber knowledge! Congrats!
In the end I granted the movie a 7 which is more a 6.5 because I believe episode VII was designed to build the intrigue for the next episodes and I hope J.J. Abrams will correct the mistakes he made in this one. Besides the movie is keeping you alert so it deserves some credit.
Mickael