A Nostalgic reboot of "A New Hope" with new characters and old

Rating: 9/10 (18 December 2015)

I being a devout Star Wars Fan since childhood having seen the first installment in 1977 at age 13, have eagerly awaited this new film and I was not disappointed. In essence this is a reboot of good old fashioned "Star Wars" story telling from the first 3 films ( A New Hope, The Empire Striked Back and Return of the Jedi ) set 30 years after the Empire was overthrown in Return of the Jedi. We get quickly introduced to 3 new likable characters, who get thrown together in a battle to save the resistance. We get 2 new bad guys and there cronies, the dark side of the force has awakened and is threatening to destroy the peace in the Galaxy. We get our old original characters back to, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbecca and Luke Skywalker reprising there roles in varying degrees along with our favorite droids C3PO and R2D2 along with a new cute likable rolling beach ball like droid called BB8. It is an easy to follow story, a lot of elements are like a trip down memory lane but I loved it and the new characters. You get the action, space battles and tongue in cheek humour along with fantastic special effects. This is a great film to suite a broad range of ages and introduce the newer generation to the Star Wars franchise. I recommend the movie "Stae Wars: The Force Awakens" as time well spent in good old fashioned "escapism" and the battle between good and evil, just go and see it and enjoy it! I loved it and went and watched it again. On a footnote, there seems to be a lot of reviews panning this movie, my opinion on that is that people need to look at the bigger picture, you can't bring back the youthfulness of the original actors/actresses from 1977's A New Hope, they are very aged now and "old farts" ( no insult intended ) and you can't have a cast from 1977 galloping around the Galaxy, doing stunts and epic space battles, when they are almost ready for a nursing home, it just doesn't wash and is not credible to make a movie on that basis, this is Star Wars - A New Generation for a new generation which introduces young actors/actresses, my favorite is the heroine Rey, played by Daisy Ridley..talk about girl power