The Force snoozed

Rating: 7/10 (19 December 2015)

I rarely expect to get my mind blown by a movie. Not any more at least. The last time it happened, and how it ricocheted off a sheer what-could-possibly-go-wrong excitement and ended up as another disappointment and mediocrity, was with Man of steel.
But Star Wars is no ordinary franchise. It is THE franchise. And let's be honest - The Force Awakens was the most anticipated film in history. When those words appeared....A long time ago in a galaxy far far away...a smile on my face....TADAAAA starting the Star wars theme..the saga continues..new generation meets old...the Force is strong with JJ.....what could possibly go wrong...
Let me see...
So the rebels are looking for a jedi who might be their only hope, and crucial to finding him is a droid everyone is looking for, and the First Order has a death-star-like weapon that can destroy not only entire planet, but entire systems, and the rebels' plan is to disable the shields and destroy it..?! Never saw that one before.
So, the First Order is led by a Sith (or whatever he is, because that character was the greatest disappointment) who when sth goes the wrong way racks the room with his lightsaber (TWICE), like some impudent child?! I admit, it was kind of funny, but it made Kylo Ren look like a clown, and an immature one, instead of a main villain feared throughout...well, wherever..
So, a completely inexperienced but force-sensitive Rey is fighting an (almost) fully trained Sith apprentice on the same level, and wins, just because the force awakens?! Cute.
So, his master's name is Snoke?! Really? Snoke? That was the best name you could come up with?
So, I expected captain Phasma's character to be Kylo Ren's right hand..a Boba Fett-like figure. What was EXACTLY her purpose in the movie?
So, the chemistry between Finn and Rey doesn't quite work out.
All in all, especially being a SW fan I must it IS a good movie. It was nice to see all our favorite heroes with some new ones starting another adventure. The fighting scenes are amazing, the lightsaber duels are not so fabulous. But a good idea like connecting the past and the future got lost along the way by basically repeating the plot, making one big homage to the original trilogy and I guess purposefully going Jar-Jar on some characters.
Like with Man of Steel, voting 7.x for a film of this magnitude means it didn't quite live up to reputation.