An alright blockbuster - lots of flash, not so much brain

Rating: 6/10 (20 December 2015)

It's endearing the see people cheering at a screen and clapping to actors and reacting emotionally to every scene on the screen.
It's endearing to see your memory sparked up by familiar characters.
But hey, I don't remember the first 3 Star Wars anymore, I might just have to rewatch them. But this good-evil/black-white dichotomy is just laughable as a plot. The characters continue to be quite simple, everything that is complex about them are "mysteries" that are not really explained. Because if they were, they'd probably either make no sense or be fairly boring.
The movie is quite pleasant to watch, the back and forth between dramatic moments. But if you stop to think about why things are happening, you'll see it makes no sense. So major suspension of disbelief needed to enjoy.
The level of production is very high, of course, which makes for great music, scenarios and etc.
What surprises me is that there's lots of Star Wars spin-offs that are great, mature, complex and worth spending time on. But movies? Meh.