Star Whores - The Farce Awakens by Jar Jar Abrams

Rating: 1/10 (28 December 2015)

Firstly, I am not a hater.
Why would I want to hate something that I have spent 30 years waiting for?
I met Darth Vader as a kid (still got the picture), collected all the figures (took 4 years living in a small town in the middle of nowhere), saw the original on the big screen after waiting months to see it (there was only one screen in our town back then, I even have a ROTJ runner up poster for trying to design a new poster for the ROTJ.
In short, Star Wars helped to define my childhood.
Fast forward to the present and we are served up a remake/reboot/rehash of A New Hope.
If that wasn't bad enough, there are enough plot holes to fill the galaxy and then some. I can't post the links, but the Huffington post have listed 60, yes 60 plot holes!!!
I just can't understand this whole cock up. You have all the ingredients:
1. John Williams 2. Original cast 3. Kasdan 4. Disney 5. $200m budget 6. CGI 7. Abrams 8. Pinewood Studios 9. Brilliant trailers
What we are served is a film with no soul, that spits on the memories served to us in the previous films. There are so many inconsistencies, flaws and gaping plot holes that your suspension of disbelief is questioned so frequently that you find yourself questioning the film rather than being immersed in it.
My big concern was Abrams. I liked the Star Trek films visually, but they has no story. When I found out that Kasdan was on board, then my initial fears were allayed. But nope! So, who is to blame? From the list it can only be Disney.
There is a post from 2013 by Filmbagger which predicts the Disney 'adventure' ride that we are currently riding. I suggest you go read it.
The prequels were maligned (I didn't like them), but at least they had a plot and took us to new places. Come back George and help save this mess!
I am so angry at the moment. How do we save Star Wars? All these paid Disney shills and critics giving 10/10 are helping to shape a Star Wars galaxy that I no longer want to feel a part of. Please stop hyping this film. We deserve better than this. We are not stupid kids. We have years of emotional investment in this franchise. We have the Star Wars films woven into our childhoods. Show us and the original Star Wars galaxy some respect!
A parting shot that I feel sums up the mood of the whole debacle - how can you kill off Han after 30 years without the audience feeling one bit of emotion? No tears, cries of anguish, gasps of disbelief; nothing!
Come back George, all is forgiven!