A fan well-served here

Rating: 9/10 (16 December 2015)

It's clear that J. J. Abrams shows his utmost respect to the franchise and keeps everything familiar intact. As a fan, I'm totally happy watching this movie, with well-timed re-introduction of characters we know and admire, and a structure that faithfully follows a classic Star Wars movie.
In a way, Abrams played safe and developed this movie like a tribute to the original trilogy, which is not a bad thing. But consequently, we don't get to be wowed by anything truly novel. The movie is brief on the few new things it introduces, and that calls for elaborations in the next installments.