Repetition yet Necessary

Rating: 9/10 (20 January 2016)

You know what, after reading through many reviews on The Force Awakens, I have become very angry of the overwhelming number of people saying that the movie "didn't live up to the standards of the originals" or "bored me" or "was basically a remake" and I want to slap you all in the face! They finally brought back Star Wars after so many years, and in order to make the best out of it, the creators and J.J. Abrams decided to make the plot of The Force Awakens similar to the plot of New Hope. They definitely did this to not only draw in the older crowd of people who grew up watching Star Wars, but also relate to the new generation of people who have just come into contact with the great series. People are being way too critical over the repetition and the overwhelming amount of plot points that are similar to New Hope.
In order to draw in both crowds of people, J.J. Abrams and the creators made this movie for the older generation to feel nostalgic over the adventures that Luke and Han Solo went through during New Hope and to show the action and adventure with a strong female lead like Rey and an insight on a storm trooper's mind like we see in Finn. The Force Awakens does an amazing job working in the balance of old nostalgic space adventures with the new ideas and plots of Rey and Finn.
Give the goddamn movie a chance. The cinematography and special effects in the movie blow away New Hope and create a backbone for future Star Wars movies. The creators definitely planned The Force Awakens to mirror the plot of A New Hope, but trust me, I believe the rest of the films are going to go off into a whole new adventure that none of us will even imagine, like New Hope.
If the creators had strayed too far from the original movies in the first hand, then you harsh critics would probably still be here shitting on how much the creators messed up the whole plot and made it only for the new generation.
By bringing back Han Solo, Leia, and Luke, while also mirroring the original plot line, the creators are able to show off the special effects and bring back nostalgia for the originals, but the upcoming movies will definitely stray in plot.
If I am wrong, and the plot of the following Star Wars mirrors the plot of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, then the creators have done us wrong, but for now appreciate the nostalgia towards the originals, the amazing cinematography, and the room for epic adventures for Rey and Finn.