Really Bad

Rating: 3/10 (28 December 2015)

What else can I write, it seems everything has been written already...
When leaving the theater, I had mixed feelings. It took me a few days to analyze why, and reading the reviews made by the other users helped putting words on these feelings : boring, predictable, poor plot (not to say no plot at all), re-mash, etc, etc... Now I'm just angry, angry they have stolen the pieces of a tale that made me dream so much as a child to make this piece of sh...
One element that I have not found too much in the reviews concerns the score which has always been a crucial element of Star Wars. Using the structure of classical tales like Peter and the Wolf or Wagner Operas, the score uses describes actions as well as the characters. One follows the story with the score, any piece of the score is associated with a scene in our memory and it is extremely powerful...
Even in episode II one the score was very good with a progression of the love theme with the realization of the love between Anakin and Padme, and the slow progression of what is to become the imperial march with Anakin progression towards the dark side. In the Force Awakens, there is nothing I can remember from the score except the main theme....
The entire movie is just some kind of poor patchwork of episode IV & V, with elements going way to fast to hide the lack of proper scenario.
To end on a positive note, the scenes with all the empire wrecks in the desert were aesthetic, the flash back into childhood was not too bad either.