An Unimaginative Remake of Episode 4

Rating: 5/10 (4 January 2016)

My expectation going into this movie wasn't so high after the prequels but even with that, the movie succeeded in disappointing me. The greatest failing of this movie is that it is not a new movie. It is basically a remake of Episode 4 that tries to mask itself as a new movie. The main story is exactly the same and even many of the details are the same. The lack of originality also extends to the universe. There are no new planets and few new races. Star Wars never had a great story, even the originals, but the amazing creativity made up for it. This movie lacks the most fundamental aspect of Star Wars, it is in fact even worse then the prequels in that regard.
In addition to the lack of originality, there are a few other problems with the story and characters:

The Republic is absolutely useless and irrelevant. First Order makes a huge Death Star and the Republic doesn't know about it? What?

Very few ships. This is supposed to be a galactic war. There are just a few X-wings and TIE fighters in the entire movie. No capital ships whatsoever. Republic and First Order navies completely nonexistent. It's just a few guys fighting a few guys. Ridiculous.

Rey is overpowered. Extremely good at everything with almost no learning time. Throws character progression out the window. It feels her quest to find Luke is pointless since she already excels in everything on her own with no training.

Kylo Ren is probably one of the worst villains of all time. He is basically an emo teenager. Forget about being Sith, how is this guy even an officer in a fascist organization like the First Order? Even in a normal army, they would beat the crap out of this idiot.

Finally, the soundtrack is OK at best which is also completely unacceptable for a Star Wars movie.
Overall, this is probably slightly better than Episode 2( which is the worst of the series imo ) since it is not THAT retarded but even Episode 2 had more creativity than this remake they attempted to sell us as a new movie.