Typical Abrams

Rating: 8/10 (21 December 2015)

I mean, JJ Abrams does an amazing job at keeping you on the edge of your seat. He slows the movie down and then speeds it up to such a high pace with the close action fight scenes that blow your mind. Some awesome scenes. It is reminiscent of the star trek remake he did, which was mind blowing. The problem I have is that, as with Star Trek, you already knew the characters. You don't have to start going into lengthy depth into their background. After watching this movie, I'm still clueless about any of the new characters. JJ Abrams briefly touches into the background of the characters leaving you with more questions than answers. It certainly builds up the suspense for next time, but it turns this movie into a full blown action movie. They'll need to spend an hour of episode 8 going into the background of the characters which will make the next one quite strange, otherwise we'll still left wondering who these people are and where they came from. The villains do need to be more evil and sinister. I think the casting there was a little weak. No one holds the scene as Darth Vadar did. I did like what JJ Abrams did in taking it back a step in CGI. Episodes 1,2,3 were a bit too much. Stunningly amazing, but to extreme. My problem is, JJ Abrams has done the opposite giving the sense that its not the future. You get the sense that the original episode 4 there was more advanced technology. The rebel base just seemed a little tacky, and the millennium falcon appeared more like a toy than a futuristic space ship. But for me, the scenes that just make no sense should have no part in a movie. There is a scene near the end where Kylo Ren started walking across a bridge over a pit that appears to be 2 miles long. Why even attempt the walk? It didn't make a lot of sense. Then when you go on a mission to destroy the empire base, you send 3 people? In the Return of the Jedi, at least they had 2 dozen going down to the planet. Just seemed odd. And when the rebel fighters are attacking the First Order base at the end, you see about 6 fighters going in, and 6 fighters leaving. Somewhere in the battle they lost over half their forces. What happened to Rebel's fleet they had at the end of return of the jedi? Then there was the scene where Princess Leia says they didn't know anything of the First Order's new weapon. Seriously! When you see the weapon, its bigger than the death star. How could they not know about it. Aside from that, a good start, but not amazing. 8 stars.