Bringing BACK the STAR WARS feel

Rating: 8/10 (31 January 2016)

Waited 5 weeks to finally see this (the Christmas rush over) TODAY was the day.
We tried the IMAX 3D option for the first time (expensive but we wanted something a little different and got just that)
BTW: You folks rating it a 1 & 2 well i can but only smile, too similar to A NEW HOPE say they! perhaps but it rates 8.7 and is a highly regarded classic. Troll reviewers who like Kylo Ren are pathetic & whinny although in the film that's a good thing, he's a daring & different character to Vader's COOL...These read as SAD & have lost their sense of FUN.
Forget them...MAJORITY RULES and THIS is FUN & I have no doubt the next will be a little different.
Clearly some have been disappointed by the similar feel of the first film and yes there are similarities there is no denying it...
A droid with important information that both sides want. A Death Star clone (mighty impressive though...I wondered if those lasers would be diminished from that far out once they hit but nope it took them all out) A Darth Vader clone (but i'll come back to him in a moment) And even a bit of a HOTH vibe there towards the end but a 1!!!
Some wanted MORE? others said it seemed a bit of a rehash? OK, I can see that but this brought the STAR WARS FEEL back to the general public & did it with entertaining style.
Kylo Ren was just a whinny, angry kid (albeit Han's kid) and NOT so dangerous? are you kidding!!! have you seen the World Today??? These kind of kids can be killers and he's just starting out and yes here's the SPOILER "HE KILLS HIS FATHER 'HAN SOLO'"....Nooooooooo This was an awesome scene and you could sense it coming (yes a little similar to the Obi Wan vs Vader and/or Luke vs Vader meetings but this is what happens in Star Wars films)
Is Rey (BRILLIANTLY portrayed by Daisy Ridley) Han & Leia's daughter? or perhaps just Leia's? looks like Han & Leia had their problems so who knows? she certainly has the Jedi power (another great scene had Luke's lightsaber flash past Ren as he was trying to order it into his hand only for it to land in Rey's towards the the end of the film) there's clearly a conflict between the two of them...Brother & Sister? or Luke's Daughter?
The LOOK and FEEL is clearly STAR WARS :)
It is a very ENTERTAINING film...I can understand those wanting something a little different but JJ's bringing back THE STAR WARS VIBE and it LOOKS LIKE he 'DID IT' judging by the figures.
The upcoming Episode VIII helmed by Rian Johnson could well be something altogether different as Empire was to Star Wars...JJ Abrams was the safe pair of hands here that crafted a film to BRING BACK STAR WARS. Having successfully done this Mr Johnson may well kick on with Rey, Finn, Luke & Chewbacca & Poe piloting the Millennium Falcon? surely he will? to bring us something truly EPIC & what many what...Different.
Just a few other things to discuss...
It looked like this new Death Star drew it's main power from a Sun (interesting this because NASA captured a strange looking large Dark circular object which seemed to do something very similar to this not too long ago using our very own sun...try a YouTube search? it then moves off, very strange, I would have said it a fake as it looks so strange but this was from so called NASA footage? OUR UNIVERSE may be even STRANGER than we can ever imagine!)
Poe was captured, tortured and then mysteriously returned to the fold? why? was he tagged? like the Millienium Falcon was in the first Star Wars film? if not then this was a curious decision to let him go (surely Ren would have killed him)
I'll admit for a few seconds there I had to hold it together when Han was killed by his son, it even looked like he might have persuaded Kylo to come with him but did anybody really fall for that, he positioned that three pronged lightsaber for him whilst talking, still, it was a SHOCK even though I knew it was coming...HARRISON acknowledged that this part helped make him a star but I get the sense he was done and got a GREAT ending here (he fell with his wounds but surely he's gone for good? there's no surviving a lightsaber to the heart right?)
THANK YOU Mr HARRISON FORD...I'm still not sure you know how much of a 'BIG DEAL' :) you are to people...HAN SOLO, INDIANA JONES and DECKARD are you kidding me, some actors search all their lives for just 1 ICONIC Character you've given us 3.
OVER to you Mr MARK HAMILL...Oh boy does he look the part of a JEDI KNIGHT at the end of this film but how conflicted is he right now?
John Boyega (Finn) Superb...LOVED his Scared, HEROIC & funny character & could he possibly be LANDO's son?
Daisy Ridley (Rey) COMPLETELY NAILED IT!!! Go DAISY!
Oscar Issac (Poe Dameron) Welcome to the new HAN...i'm sure he's gonna nail it too when given more to do.
Adam Driver (Kylo Ren) from what I've read he's the one that could divide most...but watch this guy grow into a GREAT screen Villain.
Carrie Fisher...WE LOVE YOU and she knew what was about to happen to HAN :(
Anthony Daniels & Peter Mayhew Glad to see you guys Back!
Andy Sirkis as the Supreme Leader Snoke Wouldn't it be GREAT if he actually was THAT Size in real life and not just for the Hologram?
A shout out to Max Von Sydow who got this film off to a quality start.