Mediocre Movie

Rating: 7/10 (22 December 2015)

First of all, I don't get all the overwhelmingly good reviews. But I think people will look at this movie with more reason after the initial hype declined. I don't say it's a bad movie, but it's certainly not a good one either.
Positive aspects first: I really liked the first half of the movie. It feels like the old movies, I like the new protagonists, also Harrison Ford fits in well. They copied a lot from the old movies, which I thought was cool at first.
However, at some point they just overdid it. They went from tribute to the old movies to a shameless ripoff which makes the movie feel very uncreative. As much as I like the new protagonists, I hate the antagonists. They all feel like kids playing bad guys and are not threatening at all. They would be a better fit for a franchise like Harry Potter or Twilight. This completely removes all the tension from the movie. Also, a lot of stuff which is important to the story just doesn't get explained, making the plot meaningless. The entire second half of the movie feels rushed, uncreative and ridiculous.
If you want to get back a little bit of that old Star Wars feeling or if you're just into watching a remotely entertaining movie with people shooting at each other with laser guns without thinking about it too much, you should go watch it.
If you are expecting a well crafted, outstanding movie (most reviews claim that this is such a movie) then I'm afraid that you are going to be disappointed.