Congratulations! Disney has stolen your money!

Rating: 2/10 (1 August 2019)

Disney bought LucasFilm from George Lucas and immediately saw a cash grab with the Star Wars movies. They tried with one of their one franchises "Tron". But it didn't make as much money as they wanted it to, and Disney is all about MAKING MONEY!
So we have this film. The Force Awakens. The only reason I saw this film in IMAX was because I wanted to spend time with my family and I was trying not to believe that Disney would butcher the franchise. They butchered it. They destroyed it.
In the opening crawl, you can see most of the problems with this film. "Luke Skywalker has vanished". WHAT? Why? I thought we were done with that EVERYBODY WANTS LUKE storyline after Return of Jedi. Also, how does this film connect with Return of the Jedi? Now there's a cult of villains called the First Order, which is a terrible name by the way. Led by the irritating Kylo Ren and annoying General Hux.
Honestly, when I first heard the line, "Without the Jedi, there can be no balance in the force." I nearly kicked the seat in front of me. But I couldn't since someone was sitting in it. Because I was thinking: "Why would you diss Anakin like that movie??"
The story is a 98% copy of a New Hope, and I know most films reuse some material for new generations of characters like Rocky (1976) and Creed (2015). But with Star Wars, since it's such a great franchise, the whole world expected more! Luke is absent for 99% of the film, and we're stuck with Rey, who is a Mary-Sue. And Finn, whose a character you want to pick up a blaster and shoot yourself.
I thought they would go the route of the Expanded Universe. But Leia is not even a Jedi on this one. J.J Abrams explained why, but it was the dumbest reason ever. All that building up from the original series of Leia, just to have her stand around and bark orders at the "Resistance". (Which is a dumb name by the way).
The only reason why this film got a good rating on Rotten Tomatoes was because of its Special Effects. The movie is pretty much trash anyway. The most annoying part? My younger brother and family annoys with with how great they think it is. I'm probably one of the few people who realize how bad this movie is. And don't say it's a good movie because it's better than The Last Jedi. Because they are equally bad. They're just horrible. Save your time. Don't watch this film!