Not perfect but still very good

Rating: 8/10 (23 December 2015)

Well the Force Awakens is certainly far from perfect because
1 StarKiller base seems to be Another Death Star
2 Characters such as Phasma are not developed as much as I would like to see but hopefully that will come in time
3 Kylo Ren - I'm not sure he'll be a great bad guy- Adam Drivers lacks the vocal presence that James Earl Jones used to have as the voice of the iconic Darth Vader. Hopefully the character will continue to grow in the next film.
4 John Boyega was perhaps trying to overplay things as Finn- albeit he was good in general.
5 Snoke - He's no Palpatine and not scary 6 I Didn't find the score particularly memorable apart from the obvious exception of the main theme of course . Even the prequel trilogy films there was a least one memorable score Has John Williams lost his touch a little? On the Plus side
1 Acting is a big improvement on the prequels
2 Daisy Ridley and John Boyega carry the film.
3 Mas Kanata is great character.
4 It brings back an lot memories of A New Hope with various homages to it in The Force Awakens . However, I'd rather JJ Abrams make a Star Wars film like this than like the over-digitised and general heartless Episodes 1 and 2
5 The Scene involving Han Solo's demise is emotionally powerful
6 There are some real moments of fun and laughter in this films
7 The scene where the Millennium Falcon is chased by Tie Fighters on Jakku meant it felt like the Star Wars of old.