Unimaginative, Yet With Glimpses of Passion.

Rating: 6/10 (17 December 2015)

**** Contains Spoilers****
J.J Abrams did his best. He wanted the force to be with this one, but it simply isn't original enough.
G. Lucas had the creativity of a visionary with the first three movies, and even though The Force Awakens has its moments, it doesn't radiate the excitement of a new universe as it was presented to us some decades ago.
Abrams manages to bring what we loved with the old movies back to life, but as it is not balanced out with anything new, it drowns in its own clichés and predictabilities.
Still, moments of the movie gave me the chills, especially when we are introduced to Luke.
I wish for the next movies in the new trilogy to dare be more independent and visionary - we don't need a new death star for every new movie...
The actors try their best, but can not cover up that the storyline, and the script, is too insisting.
Still there is hope, as Rey and Finn are characters with potential.
Paul Thomas Anderson would master a sequel to episode 8, but he is unlikely to say yes to the task.
May the force be with the sequels.