Reasons why I didn't like it

Rating: 1/10 (21 December 2015)

Now I am by no means the biggest Star Wars fan but I enjoyed the original series for what it was and even the prequels because it still felt like Star Wars to me. This, however, did not.
My number 1 biggest complaint: There was no star. The 2 main characters felt very much like secondary characters to me, with no one for them to support. If the original series had only Han Solo and Princess Leia, something would seem missing right? A leader! and that's Luke Skywalker. He carries those movies and Han and Leia are great characters but Luke is the star. This movie has no star.
My number 2 complaint: Too much humor. The original series did not even come close to having this much humor. Some of it was funny, but often they were trying too hard and it was cringe-worthy and when you have that much comedy, you're taking away from the epic fantasy that Star Wars is supposed to be.
The rest of my complaints: CG. Now don't be a hypocrite, because a lot of people say they hated the prequels and their CG but ya know what, this movie had a ton of it too and many many characters were pure CG when they could've easily been done in makeup and it would have been much more effective. Too many fake looking monsters.
No arm dismemberment. What the hell? That is a staple of Star Wars. Someone always gets their arm cut off and I was so waiting for that to happen with Kylo and it never did. I know this is PG-13 but I think you can still do that.
Kylo Ren looked good with his mask, although a little funny without his hood, and even funnier without his mask. Looked like a Harry Potter villain to me. And where did that light saber come from? A little back story please.
The black overtones. Are we really still doing this? This is Star Wars, not Race Wars. Moment's like, "You don't know where I come from and what I've seen. They'll destroy us all." Being called a "Traitor" that made it seem like he was being called the N word. Being 'whipped' by Kylo Ren in the back with his light saber. I'm sure a lot of people won't agree with this but to me it seemed all too apparent. I want to watch a movie that puts me in a fantasy world and not being constantly reminded about the black vs. white in this country.
Besides the returning cast members, everyone in this movie is under 40. The originals had mature legends like Peter Cushing and Alec Guinness. I'm so tired of Hollywood not paying respect to veteran actors. Max Von Sydow appears in the first 5 minutes but he is killed off and underused like so many other characters. No back story given to any of them.
To me this movie suffers all too much from what plagues most other modern movies. It's just a bunch of stuff that happens but nothing is enticing or pulling me in to the actual movie. George Lucas had a vision, and a great sense of artistry. I didn't get that at all here. Seemed to me like a big budget fan film with a lesser quality in every way possible.