Disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (20 December 2015)

My first review. I am a big Star Wars fan, well of the original 3 films anyway. I was taken in by all the hype, and the trailers that were released really got me hooked. I was expecting so much from this film! ............ The film never captured my imagination and I really felt the full running time, I was bored during some parts of the film. The rest was just OK, nothing special. The story line was bland and I found nothing that grabbed my attention and the supposed big scenes that were supposed to surprise or shock neither surprised me or shocked me, in fact I could see them coming a mile away. Characters were average and I never really felt anything for any of them. Special effects were good but nothing I've not seen before and certainly did not give me that 'wow' factor. I still think the opening scenes in A New Hope and The Empire Srikes Back are far more powerful and look more realistic and impressive. ............... My main issue is that, to me this did not feel like a Star Wars Film. I left disappointed and a bit sad for being sucked in by all the hype. My 9 year old son, whilst not saying anything bad about the film seemed somewhat underwhelmed by it and on the hour drive back home he didn't mention it at all. The next day he asked me to rate all the Star Wars Films in order of favourite to worst, obviously Empire was my favourite his being Return of the Jedi. I honestly didn't know where to put The Force Awakens and still haven't decided, my son hasn't either! Bottom line, Disney and Abrams and all the money you could ever want to make a blockbuster failed to impress a 9 year old Star Wars fan. Says it all really. I really hope they get it together for the next film....please!