Similar but acceptable

Rating: 10/10 (31 December 2015)

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I rarely go out to say a movie or a game has good animations, but this one left everything else in dust. In fact I rarely notice such things and focus more on the story or plot. The movie plot is indeed awfully familiar and at one point while watching it it did occur to me that it is copying too much with added new faces, however after watching it in cinema I got myself a cam print to revisit some detail and here is what I have to add: This movie is about the awakening in the force. You will continue to find similarities as long as you're looking for them. The moment you try to put the plot into the grand story line, things will fit back in.
I'm sure this is entirely my own theory, but considering the information about star wars given in this episode, I cannot help but agree that the movie plot shows whats most likely to have happened in star wars universe. And here is the thing, the movie's point is not that its going for money by repeating a story, (of course money would never be a problem) but this movie is about an awakening in the force, how its presence is felt across the universe is irrelevant here, whats relevant is that the force has awakened and is looking to be more powerful than what we have seen already. Its true that the movie relied heavily on old films to stay in fans' good books (a bit too much for some) But once you realize that the movie is about an awakening in the force, all that chatter about copying or relying on CGI won't matter.
Star Wars Episode VII has successfully made me a fan out of this awakening in the force, if you haven't seen it yet, make a point of noticing how much more powerful this awakening is compared to the last one. You'll know it when you see it ;)