A Horrible Rehash

Rating: 2/10 (23 July 2016)

This would have been one of the best Star Wars movies ever...if Episode IV did not exist. The plot is pretty much the same; I can't think of a single original element in the plot. Even the planets shown are copies from Episode IV and Episode V. The Prequels may be bad but at least it had an original story; the prequels had done quite well considering the outcomes were already decided before. But Episode VII had full freedom to steer it's plot in any direction but instead sadly they just decided to make an Episode IV clone to appeal to nostalgia and milk the cash cow. However, unlike episode IV the stakes weren't very high- the heroes' plans worked out more or less without a hitch. The new characters were highly unrealistic and the old ones are forced into the story. Rey is a mary-sue who is extremely good with machines; is able to understand droid language;can even understand wookie language even though wookies don't live in Jakku;is an ace- pilot who knows the Millennium Falcon better than even Han Solo himself and can use the force better than a fully trained Jedi without any Jedi training. Finn is a controversial character who refuses to kill for the First Order but is fully ready to kill his Stormtrooper brothers without any hesitation and remorse for the Resistance. Kylo Ren becomes an emo punk the second his mask comes off...This movie has stunning visuals and this is perhaps the only redeeming quality about the movie. The plot and characters however are grossly horrible. The dialogues were atrociously juvenile- "Do you have a boyfriend, a cute boyfriend?" and "Who talks first? Do you talk first or do I talk first?" are examples of cheesy dialogues scattered throughout the movie. Unless you didn't ever watch episode IV I don't believe you should watch this unoriginal trash.(This movie doesn't actually deserve 2 star, maybe 4 or 5, but the ratings have to be balanced)