Oh, what could have been!?

Rating: 5/10 (19 April 2016)

The Stuff this film does right almost works against it as a whole. It left me wondering what could have been. Where they could have taken the story. The film evokes the spirit of star wars fairly well and brings me back with nostalgia only to totally leave me hungry for fresh plot that is also deeper.
I agree with the "haters" I suppose. How can you literally rip off 80 percent of the plot of "New Hope" and run away with the reviews this project seems to be getting? I guess the last three installments were hated a great deal, huh.
Some say the newcomers were bad actors who weren't engaging. Are you serious? Have you performed a day in your life? Get out of town. Aboslutely nothing wrong with the actors. The script is whats surprising.
Id say that I think the bad dude being Han Solos son is ridiculous. That relationship development in the first series worked beautifully. I don't like how it plays out here. Star Soap opera. Come on. I think Ford would have been better served had he changed and not remained exactly the same. He did become a King of sorts being with the princess and all. Another reviewer mentioned his hair and how it would have been better served shorter or buzzed. As ridiculous as the gripe may sound, id say i agree. lol.
The bad guy wears a mask but why>? Why? lol. He bickers with the other head of command and it only underminds his prowess and how sinister he needs to be. He throws hissy fits. My 10 year old daughter laughed and was amused when she saw him throw one of his fits. She said "So, he destroys part of the ship! What an idiot" She also mentioned the fact that in his second little hissy fit, two of the guards turn and walk the other way and poked fun at it. I think it was meant to lend some humor but it only further discredits any potential of the main bad guy to be truly menacing.
The force is not respected. It took Skywalker the course of three films to be a master. At least he wasn't a master by the end of the first outing. Rey can do great mind tricks and out saber fight the bad guy (he is hurt but, still) with no training. SHe could basically do the things an old jedi master like Obi can do in the first series. The guys practically a spiritual seeker and monk and she comes along and can do what he can do just like that!? Im sorry. Thats crap.
I give this film a 6 because i would be lying if i said i didn't enjoy watching and feeling the spirit of Star Wars that it conjures up. The problem is that it does this so well that it leaves me truly wishing they would have gone to greater lengths to respect the world involved. And, by all means, come up with a better plot. Copy and Paste much?