I cant help feeling dissatisfied

Rating: 6/10 (21 December 2015)

I am a massive massive Star Wars fan, particularly of the original trilogy, like most people. When I heard that Disney were doing a Star Wars sequel trilogy I thought to myself "oh here we go again, just another Hollywood studio cashing in on an already exhausted franchise". When I saw the trailers for "The Force Awakens" I got my hopes up more than I ever imagined I would. I started to believe. And when the critics came out overwhelmingly in favour of the movie after the premiere my expectations went through the roof. Sadly, I think they got it wrong. The Force Awakens is a decent movie, but it is extremely flawed. This is where I think J.J. Abrams got it wrong:
1) You cant kill off Han Solo, he is an icon. Whoever decided to do this should be hung, drawn and quartered. 2) We've had two Death Stars already, having a bigger and more powerful one was just lazy writing. 3) This giant Death Star was far too easily destroyed - it was just a re-hashing of the plan carried out in A New Hope and Return of the Jedi - disable the shield, find a superficial reactor, fly in there in a X-wing and BOOM. Only it was done so simplistically in The Force Awakens that it made the writers look cheap, unoriginal and boring. 4) Anakin was supposed to be the chosen one and to bring balance to the force.....this movie totally ignores that prophecy. 5) How did Han Solo happen to come upon the Millennium Falcon above Jakku?? No plot thought here at all. 6) Kylo Ren couldn't look any less intimidating without his mask. 7) The whole movie was about finding Luke Skywalker, we get 2 min images of him standing looking at Rey holding out a lightsaber from numerous different angles. He never speaks once...the end. 8) Han and Luke never get a reunion which is something most fans wanted I'm sure. 9) Why bother having a Storm Strooper turn out to be one of the main characters??? Storm Troopers never had a conscience before...why now!? Seems a bit lame to me, even if Jon Boyega did a fine performance. His part just seems a little irrelevant. 10) I could go on and on and on.
The major positive for me was Daisy Ridley as Rey. She is mesmerizing on screen, beautiful and harks back to great on-screen performances from the original Trilogy. It was also Harrison Fords best performance in years until they killed off Han Solo.
I really wish I liked this movie more, but there are too many plot-holes to make this possible.