Bravo J.J Abrams. A spectacular experience

Rating: 10/10 (16 December 2015)

Wow, just wow. I went to this movie with highish expectations, the internet was abuzz about how this movie was going to be good. And I am pleased that this was one of the few times the buzz is justified, because this movie was a spectacular experience.
JJ Abrams and Disney must take a bow on this one, this film has almost everything going for it. An incredible story line, modern special effects, great acting and chemistry between the cast members, nostalgia. Pretty much everything is in place.
JJ certainly did fill this movie with a lot of content, a lot happens in about 2 hours or so, the movie is fast paced, it has to be to fill in everything from introducing the new characters to take the franchise forward, to also have the original characters handing over baton.
I was incredibly impressed with the way The Force was presented in this film. The power of the force is displayed on screen. In previous films, other than in few places, the raw power of the force was not really shown, other than when Yoda lifted the fighter jet just by using it, but other than that in previous editions I found force use to be a bit underwhelming. JJ has Ken Rylo stop, I repeat stop a pulse laser mid-air instead of just deflecting it, so you have the laser beam buzzing mid-air. Really awesome.
While the story line does resemble A New Hope, it's very much it's own thing, it's modern and fresh. Sleep easy folks, Star Wars is in good hands. I can't wait for the next installment.
*****Warning Major Spoiler************
I wanted to address the criticism of Rey beating Ken Rylo at the end. But I think there is a logical explanation for that. I haven't read the star wars comics or other books, everything I know about Star wars comes from the films. And from the film itself, looking at the character Ken Rylo. The film states that he has fears that he will never be strong as Darth Vadar. So the film might be implying that- that is the truth, while his powers are impressive, as displayed in the film, but we are in a time when there are very few Force Users, and at a time where there are many force users, during the prequels, he would be a below average Sith, and Rey is naturally a more powerful force user. That would also explain why Ken Rylo would turn to the dark side to increase his power because he knows he's not that strong, and he wants to be....Thats my two cents, anyways thats just a hypothesis.