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Rating: 8/10 (14 January 2016)

When I first walked out after seeing Episode VII, I really impressed. From the combat on the ground, to the battles in the sky, this movie looks amazing. However, there were a few things that took me out of the moment when they happened. First, the amount of "One Liners." I understand that the original Star Wars trilogy was full of them, however, the contributed or didn't interrupt the story. When Poe is staring Kylo Ren in the face and says, "So who starts this..." is during a very intense scene in the movie, and it totally killed the mood of the scene. On top of that, it made Kylo Ren look extremely weak. All the build up of stopping the blast beam, and his attitude was ripped away at that moment. The only other thing that bugged me, as well, was the amount of comic relief. Again, I know in the originals there was comic relief, for example, the scene where Leia says she would rather kiss a Wookie. That's great because its developing the connection between Han and Leia. In Episode VII, Kylo Ren is being a baby and throwing a temper tantrum, and while he's doing so, two stormtroopers are walking that way, hear it, then turn around and walk away. Why was that part shown? We already saw him destroy his own machinery earlier in the film after being told about Rey and Fin. The first fit was showing and developing Kylo Rens character. That's great, the character is reviling something about himself that we didn't know. The second time, could have cut that out and it wouldn't have changed the movie in any aspect.
On a lighter note, the stormtroopers look extremely amazing. I loved the Nazi emotion behind "The New Order" giving them the look and feel of feared power across the galaxy. I enjoyed how Fin, who at this point, for all we know, doesn't have any force abilities, yet, he still embraces it as a weapon, which made it more realistic for me because if you were given a weapon that you didn't know how to use, then someone tried to kill you while you had it; you would try to use it as well in order to survive.
Overall great movie for new and old Star Wars fans. Check it out.
xEoS.