A good, yet disappointing film

Rating: 4/10 (27 December 2015)

I just want to start off by saying that I enjoyed the film. I thought that the writing was good, and the acting was some of the best in the series. However, after walking out from The Force Awakens, I just couldn't help but feel disappointed. Please note that I won't be able to include everything I liked/didn't like, due to the word limit. Also, Spoilers!
Firstly, I'll go over what I liked. 1. Rey, Finn and Poe - these characters are great new additions to the saga. Albeit, Rey does feel OP towards the end, but for the majority of the film, she is well written, acted, and is relate able. 2. The Comedy. I was surprised by this, because I HATE the marvel kind of comedy, which I thought this was going to be like. However, I was pleasantly surprised, and Han and Chewie have some great moments in this film. 3. The practical effects. While I did enjoy the prequels (sue me), I didn't like how much CGI there was in the films. Meanwhile in The Force Awakens, the CGI is used in a way like "Because we need to" rather than "Because we can". The practical effects also look very real, so props to the special effects team. Now I'll go over what I didn't like. 1. Kylo Ren. I hate this villain so much. Not because of what he did to Han, but because he was just a weak villain. He failed to make the same impression that say, Darth Vader or Darth Maul did, and when he throws a tantrum about halfway through the film, it just makes him more unlikable. 2. The lightsaber fight. While you could argue that it was "realistic", I saw it as being sloppy. Not to mention that Kylo Ren loses the fight, which makes absolutely no sense, considering he was trained by both Luke and Snoke. Yes he was injured, but everybody knows that Dark side users use their pain to make them stronger, so I feel like he lost because for plot reasons. 3. The rip-off of A New Hope. This is what annoys me the most. The last 30 minutes of this film is basically just the first Star Wars film, but with better visuals. Everything from the Super Weapon (Death Star in ANH, Starkiller Base in TFA) to both these weapons getting destroyed, and even the main bad guy escaping (Darth Vader in his personal TIE Advanced X-1 in ANH, and Kylo escaping with General Hux in TFA). It felt cheesy and unoriginal. Overall, I did enjoy the film, but he stuff I didn't like played a major role in why this film was disappointing for me. Overall, I give this film a 6/10.