The New... New hope.

Rating: 9/10 (16 December 2015)

Now I went in the theater with incredibly high hopes. There was no possibility that this could fail. I refused to believe that. And I was right.
The movie is incredibly fast-paced. J.J:s camera movement keeps the action flowing, forcing your eyes to be glued into the screen. He gets you right from the opening shot and doesn't let the audience off of the grip. The emotions are underlined by great cinematography which supports what really happens in the scene (beyond what's said). I know some of us were worrying the use of lens flares by J.J. No worries. He doesn't use them in this movie "because they're cool" (that's direct citation from Abrams by the way). J.J uses them sparingly so they do what they are supposed to do. To empower what we see.
It's so hard to make a plot to a star wars movie. And although the plot is really similar to the new hope it does what it's supposed to. And because we are reviewing this film as it's own, we don't really care about how much of it was copied. We review it with the eyes of someone who hasn't seen any of the star wars films.
What carries the story is strong characters. The clash of the old and new cast is rather hilarious to watch. Everyone can understand most of the comedy but some of it only OT fans will get. It's the opposite of jar jar.
The dialogue is here and there pretty clumsy, somethings could've been conveyed better through action with no dialogue at all and some of the dialogue was too obvious. But the fact is that this is a movie also for kids, so some kids maybe wouldn't had understood what they meant with a more subtle dialogue.
Rock solid work, that hasn't been made entirely with dollar signs in the eyes. It's a movie from an old Star Wars fan and you can tell it. Overall it would be a solid 8/10, but for every Star Wars fan it's a 9/10.