A great addition but quite an obvious episode IV plot copy

Rating: 9/10 (18 December 2015)

I really enjoyed watching SW ep. 7 at launch, the air of excitement of watching a new Star Wars for the first time in 10 years was brilliant.
As a movie I really enjoyed the experience, it captured well the magic of the Star Wars universe with a new generation of heroes and villains battling for the fate of the Universe. If you love the original trilogy and are hesitant about seeing the next instalment, don't be because you are in for a treat.
The only issue I had with watching this new film is the obvious copy of the plot from 'A New Hope'. Starting on a desert planet with a protagonist who quickly gets caught up in an adventure taking her from her home to go and learn about the force powers she possess'. The evil first order (next generation of the empire) have built an even bigger death star type base which this time can destroy entire planetary systems. The only was to defeat this great power in the Universe is for a group of x-wings to go and target a specific part on the station.
This plot is very familiar but I feel like this is okay, looking back at the original trilogy each time the empire had rebuilt a new base and the light side had to go and destroy the new threat (death star, super star destroyer, death star II). Continuing from here the new movie continues this trend and for those die hard fans of the originals what could be better?
In my own personal opinion (which is not shared by most of the internet and maybe because I was 8 at the turn of the millennium) I quite liked the politically driven plot behind the prequels and the different stories each one contained. So my hope for the future is that having thoroughly enjoyed the nostalgic feel of 'The Force Awakens' that new ground and stories are visited in the rest of the trilogy (I hope the first trailer of ep 8 we see, is not a battle on a snow planet with new generation AT-ATs).
I look forward to watching the movie in cinema again very soon and to the coming trilogy!