A "Rebooquel" to Satisfy the Fans

Rating: 7/10 (19 December 2015)

This is (probably) the most awaited movie of the decade considering Star Wars is one of the most popular franchises ever. The hype was huge on this one and the waiting time as finally ended.
So what we've got?
The similarities between this and New Hope (Ep. IV) are tremendous. The plot is basically the same thing, but this time everything is bigger. This logic has been used in other titles like Jurassic World and Terminator: Genisys. I feel like Hollywood wants to remake their classics but with all of this CGI madness going on, it's now possible to make absolutely anything.
Disney's influence is visible. I found it odd that before the movie started they had a lot of Star Wars toys commercials, and that got me thinking. I mean Star Wars is made for all ages (basically), but I felt like the movie wasn't as mature as I expected it. The plot wasn't as complex as I imagined, and characters like Rey had a really generic background.

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There are some weird and unexplained things like why was R2-D2 in battery saving mode just because Luke left, like 20 years before, and he just set there for all that time. And, out of nowhere he "wakes up" and shows them the map, which BB-8 had to complete. Rey never picked a light-saber before, and she managed to defeat Kylo Ren which was trained for many years by a Jedi master. How could she suddenly had control of the Force? How was the new colossal Death Star easier to destroy than the Death Stars from episodes IV and VI? Is badass looking Phasma even a threat to anyone? Why the only shots of Republic we had were it blowing up? What happened through all the time between this and the last movie?
To some of this questions I hope to find answers in the next movies, but to others I'm sure I won't.
The best things about this movie were Han Solo and the nostalgia of seeing all the good old characters, and the fact that Stormtroopers finally have (at least better) aim. There are some interesting new characters like Finn, and I'm still not sure what to think about Rey and Kylo Ren. I think I'll have to wait until Ep. VIII to reach a conclusion.
Special effects were better than ever, you can finally see light- sabers casting some light over the actors faces to bring more realism and make it look like they were really fighting. The balance between practical and CGI was satisfying and I'm glad they kept the title crawl and those fancy transitions as well.
Lightsaber battles seemed really awesome since they didn't look too much choreographed like the prequels and too much paused like the original trilogy.
Basically, I think this is a 2015 version of what we've seen before. Even though I don't think it's quite there yet, I do think it's promising.