Worth a watch but hurtful for the heart and soul of a Star Wars enthusiast

Rating: 5/10 (29 December 2015)

This review will be more like a deeper analysis of the movie and therefore contains spoilers! You have been warned!
First of all I have to differentiate my vote. The score of 5 points is only valid for someone who watches this movie as his/her first Star Wars movie. For people like me, who watched the previews movies and who see this movie in the context of the others the score will be much lower and tending to 1. To clarify some stuff in the beginning I were born 1990 and therefore I am a fan/enthusiast of Star Wars since the first episode. None the less I highly prefer the classic trilogy over the newer episodes but still enjoyed the newer ones.
But now lets start with a short overview and afterward continue with a deeper analysis of the critical points.
SWTFA does have stunning visuals and luckily didn't animate everything through CGI (f. e. the storm troopers). Unfortunately there is still some heavy CGI stuff which doesn't quiet help the atmosphere. I would prefer costumes for the aliens because they let you dive much deeper into the world (something I enjoyed in the classic trilogy).
There definitely are some epic and two memorable scenes in this movie. The first one is the speech of the new "General Tarkin" in front of the storm troopers before firing the new super weapon. This felt a bit like Hitler giving a speech to his fellow NS regime. One parallel to our history that I felt in the classic trilogy as well. This had the dark feeling and mood I hoped for. The other memorable scene is a fleet of X Wings arriving after the raid of the TIE fighters. A scene that gave me goosebumps.
Unfortunately the rest of the movie felt like some Frankenstein monster puzzled together from the classic movies, mainly focused on Episode IV. Due to so many parallels in the story it felt like a cheap remake. The appearance of old heroes like Han, Leia or Luke felt forced and just like some fan service. And not only that, but the story had plot holes and was overall very weak and you could foresee every single event. I will get further into this during my analysis.
The actors performance wasn't bad or good. The actors for the new heroes are sympathetic but unfortunately their characters are weak. Like mentioned before the appearance of the old heroes felt forced and especially the scene were Han and Leia met for the first time in years. The weaknesses of the characters will be part of my analysis as well.
Overall the movie had some funny scenes as well. But most of them felt like the typical Disney crap. Disney is known for forcing jokes into scenes where they don't belong. Fortunately BB8 isn't as much a Jar Jar Binks as I expected. Unfortunately the stupidity and goofiness of Jar Jar spread equally over all the characters in the story and made it feel more like a parody than the sequel.
I have to admit, that it might be a good and watchable movie for Star Wars starters (like my older brother) but it is definitely nothing for people who really are into Star Wars and dived into the expanded universe through books and games (Jedi Academy and others). Too many scenes don't make sense if put into context with all the other movies. It is even worse than the inconsistency between 1-3 and 4-6. Unfortunately it isn't perfect for new watchers either because there is too much fan service in it to make it watchable without seeing the other episodes beforehand.
J. J. Abrams did with Star Wars what he did with Star Trek but worse. He made it somewhat enjoyable for new watchers but ruined it for the real fans. I have to admit that I never liked Star Trek and enjoyed his version more but in the case of Star Wars he ruined the franchise. Instead of using the existing stories of the expanded universe (Han and Leia have three kids with Jaina, Anakin and Jacen; Jacen turning into Darth Caedus later on) J. J. created something that doesn't fit into the world of Star Wars and feels superficial.
This concludes the overview. Now I want to start with the deep analysis and why I think that TFA is a remake, foreseeable and does have a weak story with plot holes. I will only focus on the parallels and the weak parts and not the few new stuff. This won't be the 100% correct chronological order.
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EDIT: Unfortunately my analysis is too long and it therefore won't meet the guidelines of IMDb. For everyone interested in the analysis you can read it in my Google Docs document:
https://goo.gl/j0EE1f
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In the end I have to say, that the story was weak, too much like Episode IV and felt super artificial and forced. Unfortunately I have to watch this movie a second time with my family and friends. After watching it again I will fill in some more details into this review and hope to close the last gaps in it.