impressive, most impressive

Rating: 9/10 (17 December 2015)

Since announced, this film has been the centre on my attention. When the first teaser was released I was incredibly excited. The two following trailers just heightened my expectations and intrigued me, three trailers and I still had little to no knowledge of the plot. Many trailers these days fail to do this and unintentionally show the whole movie. The marketing behind this film was 10/10.
So it's 12:00am on Thursday the 17th of December, I'm sitting in a screen full of people feeling just as excited as I am. The star wars logo and theme plays and from that moment I was hooked to this film right until the very last credit. This. Film. Was. OUTSTANDING!
The opening scene was thrilling and captivating, you instantly understand what the first order are about. Kylo Rens introduction is excellent, and brutal. he's not you're average bad guy, he's extremely complex, has a back story that we don't yet properly understand and I hope gets explored in the later films. He's conflicted, which makes him all the more interesting and his relation to the original cast doesn't feel out of place at all. Adam Driver plays him brilliantly so props to him for that.
Seeing Han Solo and Chewbacca back in the star wars universe really brought a lump to my throat, Harrison Ford of course aces the role and in this movie he really is integral to the plot and helps our new heroes Finn and Rey (who'll I get to later on in this review). also seeing him back with Leia, as their john Williams theme plays in the background ,really is a special moment. The chemistry is still there.
Finn and Rey are excellent additions to the star wars universe, john boyega is great and he really brings a lot of charisma and commitment to the role, you feel for him and can almost relate to him. But daisy ridley is truly amazing as Rey and really steals the show, she's funny, caring and an absolute badass, also her chemistry with boyega is awesome and it works very well.
Oscar Isaac is 10/10 as Poe Dameron, he's extremely likable and really does kick ass in his X-wing. He reminds me very much of wedge in the original trilogy, just more emotional and funny. However he's slightly underused in this film, but hopefully he makes a larger appearance in the next two films.
The return of practical effects really is welcome and is a refreshing change from the prequels. J.J Abrams has really pulled it out of the bag in this respect as it makes the star wars universe feel so much more real. Making BB-8 a practical effect really is a stroke of genius, giving something for the actors to work with makes the performances all the more better.
There are a few flaws in this film however, my main gripe is (SPOOOOOILLLERRRRS AHEAD) Han Solos death, It could just be pure sadness to why I don't like this but I feel the story ark with Ren and Solo could have been explored further which maybe could have led to a confrontation in a later film. Also the story is familiar, starkiller base is practically a death star 3 and I didn't care a great deal for the destruction of it, I was more invested in the lightsaber battle that occurs at the same time.
But overall, this film is brilliant, fast paced and exciting action, great dialogue, interesting characters along with awesome chemistry and the return of practical effects makes this a true star wars experience that's sure to please most fans.
oh I almost forgot, the last scene of this movie, really REALLY makes me want to see episode 8 now!
so yes, it's good!, we can all take a huge sigh of relief. 9/10