A new hope on steroids

Rating: 7/10 (14 January 2016)

The huge fighting scenes were great but if you dive in to the story it really was one big repetition of the first ever released Star Wars. The movie was slick and clean and it felt like one big animation.
The dark side characters were bleak and not so intimidating as you might hope. To me it all tasted like a audience researched executive created movie. It lacked the soul of a free creative involved. The dialog's were not authentic, mind you there are some powerful actors in it that shine whatever they have to say but still.
The total visual explosion could not conceal the very scientific approach to optimizing the Star Wars franchise. Apparently there was too much depending on this movie and the plans for the next steps. Disney executives could not help themselves to mingle in the creative process.
And they kind of blew it of the water by doing so. As entertainment it is a great movie but be careful to let yourself be tempted to look behind the curtains and see some money driven executives look back at you. It sure took the fun out for me.