Star Wars is back

Rating: 9/10 (29 January 2016)

I have now seen The Force Awakens a couple of times, so i will try my best to give you an honest review of the movie. (No spoilers of course)
At first i will talk about the things that i really liked about the movie, and then i will talk about the things, that i maybe didn't like so much.
Almost all the characters were great. When is the last time, you wanted to see more of the characters in a Star Wars movie, that didn't just talk about how sand feels like? I think every single member of the new cast, did a fantastic job. Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron was a really solid lead for this movie, and i cant wait to see more of them in the next movies. Harrison Ford also did a really great job being back as Han Solo, in my opinion. Let's talk about Kylo Ren. I think people need to understand that he is not a complete character yet. He is conflicted between the Light and the Dark side, and he is not fully trained yet. But overall i really liked the new characters, and i am very excited to see what comes next.
I think the movie had really fun and exciting action. Most definitely at the end of the movie, where we saw one of the best lightsaber fights in the history of Star Wars, and a really cool space battle. It also had a really good pace, and i think it worked pretty well with the characters. The movie was fast and fun, like in the original trilogy.
Abrams also did a really good job directing this movie in my opinion. He went mostly back to the practical effects, one of the things that made the original trilogy so iconic, which the prequels where missing. You could also just really feel the locations, because of the many real sets they were using, and it wasn't just all CGI.
Another thing is that it is probably the funniest Star Wars movie. The movie did had really funny dialogue, and there are times when i did laugh, and i also really liked that aspect of the movie.
Let's talk about something a lot of Star Wars fans didn't like. The movie definitely did have a lot plot-elements from the first Star Wars movie, and the similarities are there. Maybe a little to much, because there is a lot of things in the movie, that we have seen before. But perhaps that's what the movie needed to do. I mean when the prequels came out people said that it was not enough like the originals, and now when TFA is out everyone is saying it's to much like the originals. My point is that it is very difficult to make Star Wars fans happy.
Overall i really enjoyed this movie, and it was one of the best cinematic experiences i have ever had in my life. I think it was definitely the movie which the franchise needed, but if you don't like this movie, then i am more than fine with that.