There has been an awakening...

Rating: 9/10 (20 December 2015)

It is crucial that I don't spoil anything so I will stick to the general facts and the technical parts. The story you will have to find out on your own.
I belong to a new generation that was introduced to SW when Episode I was coming out so I have a connection with the new trilogy as well as the old one. Still, the old one is way better and any and all debate about the quality of the movies ends here. The original trilogy is a masterpiece and revolutionized SF movies, the new one is visually stunning and fun. So, where does TFA fit in? I have to say that it has taken 32 years to make a real and powerful sequel. It has the magic of the original trilogy, but also visually stunning segments as the new trilogy.
The story. The movie has a very slow and light way of revealing elements of the storyline. The script was well written and keeps one interested throughout the entire movie. Then, at one point it kicks you in the teeth with a stunning revelation that one just doesn't expect. That revelation is so strong and done so suddenly you just needs time for it to sink in, but just as that happens the story picks up the paste and leaves one with just one option - acceptance. Only a (jedi) master director could have done that in such a way. Also, this movie has one of the most unexpected and emotionally painful segments I have ever seen SW movies. All I can say is that it took some real courage to put it on the big screen. Furthermore, I feel obliged to defend this movie from all of the rambling that it is a remake/reboot. The movie has a very interesting way of playing with sequences seen in episode IV, and if you spotted them that only means you are a real SW fan. This movie is nowhere near a remake or a reboot nor does it want to be. It is a continuation of the original trilogy, and nothing more.
The acting. Ridley and Boyega were phenomenal! She is extremely talented and all the scenes she was in just blew me away. Her possibility to switch from amazement to sorrow and loneliness were astonishing. Boyega on the other side was entertaining and a good comic relief. Still I had a feeling she had a harder character to portray so my compliments go to her. But, the best of them was Isaac who, I felt, had the time of his life playing Poe. But, I feel a bit more screen time could have been given to him because he could have given more. So lets wait for Episode VIII, maybe he gets more time there. As for Driver, his acting is so phenomenal that I am looking forward to his death scene more than anything else at this point. He understood exactly who he had to play and how. A great presentation. As for the old cast, well, it is very nice to see the original cast back in the movie that made them famous. Hamill's final appearance is an equivalent to the one done by Alec Guinness in a New Hope. Pure good and light just dripping from every segment of him. Fisher, despite her age, still pulls of Leia in a manner more serious and wiser that in the original trilogy. But, all of the compliments and standing ovations go to Harrison Ford, who gave the best performance of Han Solo ever. He is funny, he is filled with sorrow, he is kind, good, he is the ultimate childhood hero anyone could imagine.
The CGI. It is crucial to say that there is very little CGI in this movie. Most of it looks real and the whole movie feels like it was done 30 years ago. The most important thing is that when CGI was used, it was used in small dosages and it was used wisely. There are spectacular fighting scenes, magnificent visual effects, done with very little CGI. The movie feels real and that is one of it's greatest advantages.
The music. John Williams did a nice job here but, in my opinion, held back a bit for reasons unknown to me. Not a lot of the original music is present and when it is, it ends quite fast. Besides that, no new tunes can be heard.
So, why 9/10? Well, the movie drags a bit at the middle and the music could have been more innovative or more tunes from previous movies should have been used.
All in all, ladies and gentlemen, if you don't like this movie, then there is nothing else SW can do for you. It is the best possible sequel you could have hoped for, it is fun, it is dramatic, it has a great message. The original trilogy will never be made again and stop comparing them. View this movie as a sequel that really delivers to all the SW fans out there and all of the new ones that are yet to come. A new generation of SW fans are coming and they deserve a new generation of SW movies. Ones that will thrill and be corespondent with the time they are viewed in but still as powerful and great as the old ones. This movie is exactly that.
May the force be with you.