a mediocre film, for nostalgic fans and children

Rating: 3/10 (19 December 2015)

The fact that this film has an 8,9 rating here and maintains a ridiculous 9,5 on another popular film-rating website shows that the critic community is corrupt. It's Disney, baby, not for nothing they have spent 4 bn on this franchise. What I have seen is a mediocre film, I have seen several much, much better sci-fi films, not to mention great films from other genres, which did not get such high ratings. This is a run-of-the-mill fare, typical of Abrams, who is a technically fluent craftsman but not a great director, not a film artist nor an auteur with artistic personality. A corporate hack, good at making movies to earn tons of money. He is another Michael Bay, though less talented, Bay at least has his own singular style and a certain cinematic swagger. I rate this a 3, and only for the sentimental value and for the overall effort. If great sci-fi films, like 2001: Space Odyssey, Bladerunner, Alien or Looper, deserve a rating of about 8 or higher, this simplistic and infantile story does not deserve more than a 3. If this gets a 9, Bladerunner deserves a 15, please. SW The Force has mediocre direction, infantile script, weak dialogues, mediocre acting, sterile action, mediocre photography and mediocre music. Shame on the film critics who rate it so high, I doubt their professional integrity.