My thoughts about The Force Awakens

Rating: 3/10 (18 December 2015)

+++This review contains spoilers!+++
First of all I would like to make it clear, I'm not a professional in movie reviews, I don't really know much about the camera angles, the special effects etc. I'm just a simple Star Wars fan, like all of us here and I would like to share my feelings and experience. This is not really a review, please treat this wall of text as my own opinion.
When Disney announced they will make a sequel of Star Wars I was so excited. I tried to avoid all spoilers, and of course I jumped on the hype train. Everything they showed us in the trailers was so exciting and raised my hopes of getting a good Star Wars movie. (I have to state that I love all movies, yes, even the prequels too. Despite all the hate they received they always felt Star Wars to me, and that's the most important thing for me.)
So when we got to the cinema and took our seats I felt like this 5 year old boy again, who just watched The New Hope and started living his life with a beautiful fairytale we call Star Wars.
Then the room went dark and the familiar crawling text appeared in space. I don't know if I was prepared for what has been coming after this.
The opening scene at Jakku felt "new". I don't have a better word for it. It had some connections with the old feelings but yet it felt like I wasn't watching star wars. (this feeling remained until the very end of the movie)
The introduction of the characters went well, but I still feel them distant. This is not the actors' fault, I know I'm getting used to new things slowly.
For me the funny parts were funny enough, didn't always felt like they are out of place, but I have to mention I think by far this one movie has the most of the comic relief moments and I'm not sure this is a good thing.
I was literally shocked, when they revealed that Kylo is Han's and Leia's son. Don't get me wrong, the shocking part about this was the audience in the cinema sitting through this scene in complete silence. This should've been one of the most surprising moments in the movie, yet they couldn't get any reaction out from the viewers. It is very disappointing for me.
Another sad moment for me when Han and Leia were reunited. I get it that they were separated for years and carry the burden of their son's dealings, but this shouldn't end up in a forced conversation. Because that's how it felt for me: forced.
And now we get to the most disappointing scene in the movie. Well at least it is for me. Han's death. This just wasn't the Han I remembered. The badass scoundrel, who roams the galaxy, kicks anyone in the butt, saves the day, gets the girl, etc. The true "space pirate" we all loved, and part of us wanted to be. I haven't read any of the books, so I have no clue how Han handled the father role in them, but this scene... From my heart, it is the most disrespectful, unworthy death they could come up with for Han. He deserved better.
Well that's about it, when the movie ended I stood up and almost couldn't believe this is it. This is what I was waiting for for so long. I was worrying maybe I had too high expectations or I'm just being too critical. I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one, not a single applause or cheer could be heard in the cinema.
I could mention a lot of thing which i din't understand or disliked in the movie. But please let me highlight just two: - The music. I absolutely respect John Williams and love his work, but the previous six movies had so much better music. I really missed that extra "life" that music gives to certain moments in movies. For example please remember the Binary Sunset scene. No words were spoken, yet everyone knew what Luke thought standing in the desert watching the two suns. - New faces. I mean the aliens. I really love the idea to introduce new races to the SW universe, but i missed the old ones really bad. 2 or 3 alien were familiar, but most of the time I was staring at completely strange beings. Again no SW feeling at all.
To sum it up, I don't know how I feel. I will give it another chance, I could forget the plot holes, the reused ideas, even the cliffhanger at the end (Only the Empire Strikes Back could do it well and it never felt so out of place like this one) everything, just let it feel like Star Wars. I don't know if time will change my opinion, maybe this will be better when episode 8 and 9 will be available. Until the time is right, disappear we will.
One last thing for all of us, I saw different reactions in reviews. Some people like the movie, others are not. Please RESPECT each other, be happy for those who liked it and had a good time, and hope the later episodes will meet more people's expectations.