Excellent

Rating: 9/10 (17 December 2015)

This movie had grit, with comedy, but none of the jar-jar, Ewok, over the top cutesiness that lessened the earlier six movies for me. Is this one the best? Hard to say, really liked the first (original) trilogy but this one was closer to how I would personally envision the SW universe... so for me, this *IS* Star Wars (the last three, Anakin-based, SW movies that were out were just fan-films in comparison). SW-TFA had overall good character development, eye candy, humour, etc. However, as some have noted with anger/disappointment (no spoilers here but a general alert), there is a certain "reminiscent" flow to the plot which some will either hate or they will thoroughly enjoy. For me the latter was the case; though I can understand the arguments of the former, I would simply add -- don't be a whiny "purist," this movie was top notch from a sheer fun/entertainment POV no matter what similarities one may pick up on.