Not as bad as people are saying

Rating: 6/10 (28 January 2016)

Rather than a review per se, thought I'd post a conversation I had by email this morning with a good mate.....
Morning. Saw the new Star Wars last night. I didn't think it was too bad at all. Pretty predictable in a lot of places, but then so was Episode IV. Good to see so many of the original cast members included, including Peter Mayhew and Anthony Daniels. I think it sets the stage for a really good follow up. Main disappointment is the guy who plays the new baddie New Order/Sith Lord character. He was more like a sulky teenager who needs an early night and no treats rather than the personification of evil.
Yeah It's an old story which brought young and old together, clever but it got too predictable. But it does set things up nicely for the next episode. Yeah i know what yo mean the 'new' Darth Vader needed Han to put him over his knee and smack his arse. Finn was a bit OTT and his bromance with Poe was slightly annoying but thought Rey was an ace character, do you think she might be Luke's daughter?? Han Solo probably took the right moment to end his Star Wars role, little bit wooden now. All in all not bad but hope for better.
Watching Han was like watching Harrison Ford doing a bit of a sketch for the Letterman show. I did like how they tried to weave in a kind of mythology about episode 1 and the heroes of the rebellion. Yeah I think Rey is gonna kick ass, and she's bound to be a niece or cousin of Luke. Maybe through Aunt Beru or maybe even some cousin of Anakin? I don't think Luke ever had a shag in him so I doubt Rey will be his daughter! But..... another Death Star? Really? FFS the bad guys should know by now that as soon as they aim a Death Star at a Rebel Base the life span of any Death Star is exactly 2 seconds less than it will take to charge their main gun! Lol
Anyway i'm going to make a death star, it will have an off world force field which will be totally impervious to Battleships, i won't need to worry about the small fighters as our turbo lasers will take care of those. Bollox, now where did i leave those plans! Dee do dee do brr beep!
Don't forget to leave a tiny little bit on the surface that will cause the whole thing to explode if it gets hit with anything as powerful as a pea shooter. It's not a proper Death Star without one!