The most over-hyped movie of all time...

Rating: 5/10 (23 April 2016)

... Has arrived. Fuelled by a hate campaign against it's original creator, an outpouring of irrational love for it's original release (by a squadron of people not yet born)... and enriched by the childhood memories of people whose 'childhood' was nowhere near as important as they think it was. Star Wars is back... and it's like it never went away.
Perhaps because it didn't...? Robin Hood and Maid Marion somehow survived the intervening years, and the Sheriff of Nottingham left his foul stench all over the piece. Ironically making a pong all over Christmas.
For all their faults... the 'prequels' were at least serious attempts to add to the story. Episode 7 is a retelling... that is both clumsy and obvious. If the 'fanboys' are happy with this... then the 'fanboys' have had way too much attention given to them.
I saw the original release in 1977. It was good... but it didn't change my life. It was, after all... just a movie. The new version is like watching a remake. One with little to enhance the original.
George Lucas brought us a film that was different... Disney has brought us a film that is almost exactly the same. So why the fuss...???