You had an easy job and you blew it

Rating: 7/10 (22 December 2015)

This new Star Wars movie looks like the uninteresting saga of Transformers which includes everything that any Star Wars fan hates: lots of explosions, poor CGI and bad timing jokes. I am in fact surprised that Rey was not wearing a hot cleavage.
The movie had a lot of potential but the producers were not able to use them.
For example, the producers turned the Imperial Troops more human with the desertion of Finn. Also, the blood on his white helmet was something never seen before and thus very well achieved.
However, the desertion could be much more exploited. Why? Finn helps someone of the resistance to escape and suddenly he is a hero. No! He could be trying to infiltrate into the Resistance. The idea was excellent but the producers should give more attention regarding Finn's decision to abandon the Empire.
Kylo Ren is the worst Villain ever. I know he had a hard task to replace the best Villain ever: Darth Vader. But his acting was horrible. Also, he has not a face of a Villain. He has a face (and hair) of a disturbed kid. I was expecting a horrifying or a cold expression.
Also, some secrets like knowing that he is the son of Han and Leia should only be revealed in episode VIII or IX.
Finn should not fight with Kylo Ren... Specially using a lightsaber. Lightsabers are for Jedi. This means that any regular person can fight against a Jedi or Sith evenly. So, those years of Jedi training are irrelevant!? One Death Star is excellent (Episode IV), two is OK (Episode VI) but three is too much (Episode VII).
Those last minutes of the movie (travelling to Luke) were extremely forced. The movie should have ended with the location of Luke. But Disney decided that Luke (Leia and Han) should make an appearance on Episode VII just for Nostalgia. I will not be surprised if Lando appears on Episode VIII.
Ending the movie in suspense, that is, leaving Luke for the next episode would drive fans crazy to watch the next episode. Like what the producers did to Han Solo: frozen on carbonite on Episode V and unfrozen on Episode VI).
To conclude, this movie is OK for a non Star Wars movie. But for a sequel of Star Wars you should have done more much more.