Depressing

Rating: 1/10 (5 April 2016)

This movie was presented as 'episode VII' but it tries to be a reboot or a remake and it fails to be either.
Star Wars is supposed to feel mythological, almost biblical hence the "A long time ago..." and episodes I-VI all had that feeling.
Most Star Wars fans like to complain about episode I but after watching it a few times one had to admit: it did fit in the Star Wars story and many fans grew to like it a lot. Episodes I to VI all were a struggle to make: get the designs... just right, the final edit to get the rhythm...just right, creating heroes and epics...
It feels the screenplay of this so called episode VII was written on a post-it note and it got lost before filming started.
I really went into the cinema determined to like this movie. I so much wanted to like it! But at some point... characters that were never trained in the force manage to fight someone that was? Even Han Solo lost his blaster immediately when he ran into Darth Vader in Cloud City. This film jumps the shark... The entire thing feels so rushed, no built-up, you can not feel that any love went into the making of it, just an endless string of random things happening. Not a single spark of what Star Wars once was.
How much did Disney pay to get all those positive ratings?