A lot better than the prequels

Rating: 9/10 (16 December 2015)

Before you start to read this review, realize, that I have in fact seen the movie, and that I am going to talk about the spoilers: You have been warned!
"The force Awakens" starts of 30 after the sixth movie. Luke has disappeared, after one of his Jedi-students turned on him. Luke saw this as his responsibility, so he ran. Now Lea is destined to find him and she has sent her best X-wing pilot to find a map, that leads to Lukes location. This isn't as easy as it sounds...
The movie is directed by J.J. Abrams, and boy, am I glad that they chose him to direct. He has rebooted the Star Trek series, and I liked those movies, so I had good hopes for this one. The movie felt like a Abrams movie. The, yes they were there, lens flares, but also the colors used. in the desert planet called Jakku, the more reddish tones were accentuated, but on the more natural planet, it was more the blue color, which was accentuated. The cinematography of this movie was just so beautiful. There are some pretty aerial shots, which brings out the feel of the surroundings of the characters. The sound was good as well. It was very fun to listen to. The fighting scenes were nicely choreographed, better as in the prequels, but also as in the original trilogy. And the space battles, oh, the space battles. They were very cool to look at they gave me goosebumps. When Poe came to save Finn, Han and Chewie, ah, that was such a nice scene. But what I maybe liked the most about this movie, are the practical effects. Of course they use Cgi, how else would you make a Scifi movie? But when there were aliens or explosions, they used practical effects. The sets are also real, which is good. The set design I liked too. The special effects (when they were there) were cool, but you could often spot the deferents between them and the practical effects.
The acting was fantastic. Harrison Ford came back as Han Solo, so did Carrie Fisher, she reprises her role as Lea and Mark Hamill was Luke Skywalker again. But before I talk about them, I would like to start of with my favorite character of this movie. And this is Poe. He is played by Oscar Isaac. Poe is the best pilot in the entire universe and is put onto the mission to search for the map that leads to Luke. But he was just so cool, I can't even express myself. He is not arrogant, but he knows his skills and is very nice too. I knew Oscar Isaac could act after seeing "Ex Machina", and he was also good in this role. The next character I am going to talk about is Finn. Finn is played by John Boyega. Finn is a total different character than Poe, but they still become friends, and I loved the chemistry between them. Boyega was very good, he was happy to be in Star Wars, and that translates to the screen (wich is good) Finn was a Storm Trooper, but one day he decided that he should do something for the good, because he thinks it doesn't feel right what he is doing right now, so he saves Poe. Whereafter he meets Rey. Rey is a scavenger played by Daisy Ridly. You could see that the writers put the most attention in her character, to give her a background story. I didn't like her character the much, but that doesn't change that she acted very well. She was very good together with Harrison Ford, it actually felt like a real good Father- Daughter relation ship, just as they say in the movie, that Han is like the father she never had. And now for a sec I am not going to talk about humans but about BB- 8. It was the round droid, that belonged to Poe. BB-8 was funny, and cute, and an extra plus to the movie overall. Carrie Fisher was good as Lea, you could really see that she didn't know how to feel about Han, but still loved him. Harrison Ford, I knew that he didn't really want to do sequels for this movie, so it wasn't a big surprise that he died. I was still shocked by who he died, by his own son. Played by Adam Driver. Yep, Kylo Ren was Hans son. Kylo Ren was an intimidating villain, but when he took of his mask, you could see the venerability of him, and that he still is a human. He was good too. If you are going to see this movie to see Andy Serkis, don't go. He only has like 5 minutes of screen time. I think that he is going to be back in the next movie, tho. Due to his short screen time, I can't really say anything about him. You only see Luke at the end of the movie, but he looks very cool as a Jedi.
The script was well written, the only issue I have with it is that there are a lot of jokes in it. It wasn't a big problem for me. The jokes were funny, the worked well, and suited the story, but a bunch of jokes can get annoying after a while for some people (not for me). But the best part of the script was the beginning credits (the yellow letters in the beginning) gave me goosebumps and made me excited to watch the movie. The yellow letters were useful to know what was going on. There was also put a lot into the characters, like I said before. But the ending of the movie is not too great, a lot of people will be mad at the ending, but I am OK with it.
I loved this movie, and would recommend watching it!