Disappointed...

Rating: 2/10 (29 December 2015)

Saw SW:TFA in IMAX 3D. Overall, a disappointing experience. If giga-decibel volume, over-miked banging, multiple explosions and fireballs, a preposterous plot and an unimaginative soundtrack (John Williams: were you really composing that loud but limp music?) qualified for awards this film would sweep the Oscars. IMO the acting was, for the most part, of the deer-in-the-headlights variety. The special effects no big deal... 2001 A Space Odyssey did better. The repetitive "deus ex machina" tricks and the over-the-top sound levels detract from a script that seems to have been written by a Playstation programmer. The acting is, for the most part, uninspired; perhaps the cast was reduced to lethargy (hence the over-amped soundtrack?) by the pedestrian script. I don't think I was the only one one to leave the packed movie house unimpressed: I saw few smiles and heard no enthusiastic comments as we filed out. Let me stop right here and summarize: this production does not live up to the hype or its predecessors.