SW7: Cerebral Flatulence at its Finest

Rating: 1/10 (26 December 2015)

Fool me once, shame on you Ep 1-3. Fool me twice, shame on me for getting sucked into the Ep VII hype.
After spending countless hours reading plot predictions, learning about the new characters, and of course viewing the trailers hundreds of times, I feel like I got defrauded. The problem is, it's unclear who's the fraudster. Most of the wrath has been directed at JJ Abrams. I'm not so sure. In several interviews he said he spent countless hours with writer Lawrence Kasdan meandering the streets of New York, London, and Paris. It's unlikely that their collective inspiration would be tantamount to Ep IV rechauffee with bits of V and VI mixed in.
No, they're better than that. A LOT better. Rather, the Disney bigwigs hijacked the script and dumbed it down by several orders of magnitude. And what we're left with is this incredibly banal, vapid, and flimsy crapper of a film.
Every stolen element and plot line has already been addressed. No need to rehash.
Just to give you a sense how much I hated this movie...had special imax 3d tickets prepaid for Dec 23. However, due to the insane hype, had to see it sooner. So I saw it in 3d on Dec 20. Did not go to the Dec 23 show, even though the tickets cost $20. Yeah, it was so bad I felt I'd be better off forfeiting the $20 than enduring this movie for the second time. There is not one scene, not one memorable line, moment, or character worth seeing again.
I will not get sucked into the hype for Ep 8.
Thank goodness for all the reviews here
If anything, a chance to commiserate.