The true attack of the clones.

Rating: 3/10 (25 December 2015)

FA is rather a nostalgic clone than a continuation of the Saga. It brings back some of the old characters/actors, although mostly with the over-the-top feeling of a Comic Con convention, "omg, is it him? is it her?". It also brings back the cheesy atmosphere of 4-6, in opposition to the darker and more dramatic tone of 1-3 (which I had liked, because it gave more credibility to the dark side, making it scarier, and positively accentuating the contrast between good and evil). And it copy-pastes a LOT from the old trilogies. There is not much interesting here and definitely nothing innovative. Just a comfortably numb variation on the theme, which feels pleasantly familiar to some, but so familiar to be unexciting for those who were hoping in something new.
Lucas may have made mistakes, but he always experimented and innovated, and I respect him for this. Disney and JarJar "I-want-to-be- Spielberg" Abrams cowardly decide to entertain with the known. Like they've explicitly said, their aim was just to "make a film which could please the fans". And apparently they only considered those fans who've hated 1-3.
It's not all bad though. The CGI are more realistic and feel less invasive than in 1-3. Most actors are good, and a female lead is a nice choice. The film itself would be quite good, if it was a reboot. But it is a continuation, and I give three stars because I am disgusted by how they have literally copy-pasted the old trilogies, in the most shallow and commercial way. They've cloned everything, the story, the dynamics, and some aspects of the new characters. Even the new bad guy, Kylo Ren, is a laughable copy of Darth Vader, continuing the tradition of "Luke I am your father" with a spectacular lack of imagination. But at least Darth Vader was imposing, while Kylo would not scare a cat. He remembered me a bit of Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter, weak and insecure behind a mask of aggression, behaving like a spoiled child, and acting evil to please his model (for Draco his father, for Kylo is Vader) while living on his shadow.
Talking of Harry Potter, I am noticing more similarities: Rey is somehow like Hermione (strong, intelligent, beautiful, brave) and Finn is somehow like Ron (jumpy, rather sweet than beautiful, a bit clown and not so strong), and we even have an almost identical Voldermort in that giant dark smoky thing with no real face. It is clear who is Dumbledore, so now we just miss Harry Potter, and then they can all start fighting with light wands.
Did they do this intentionally? Putting hidden elements of Harry Potter to take advantage of its working formula, just like they've copied the story of the previous SW instalments? I do not know, and I do not care. I have seen enough and I am not interested in their offer. It is all a bit of a cheap soap opera with poor artistic and storytelling value and full of plot holes and contradictions. Like (LITTLE SPOILER) Kylo, the son of Solo and Leila, trained by Luke, turns evil like the father of Luke did, and takes Vader as model of evilness even worshipping the rests of his burned mask, although he had turned good again before dying. Seriously, who wrote the script, Barbie and Ken? What should we expect from episode 8, the return of the Pokemons?
Forget it. Star Wars is dead. Congratulations Disney.