Star Wars is back and you will love it!

Rating: 10/10 (28 March 2016)

The original Star Wars (A New Hope) was a simple tale: that of a young boy growing up to become a hero and of a clash between good and evil. The prequel trilogy did not grasp this and that's why it failed. But this movie returns back to the simpler narrative of good vs evil we loved. Gone are the trade negotiations, discussions about taxes and laws, voting in the senate. We are back to the fairytale like world of the original trilogy.
The cinematography is stunning. The desert in Jakku where Star Destroyers have crushed is a pleasure to watch, as well as the frozen forest of Starkiller Base. None of this feels fake and you will be awed by the scenery. But, of course, in a Star Wars movie it is the characters and story that are the most important.
Personally, my favorite character of the new ones was Finn. His story was unlike that of most heroes in Star Wars: a Stormtrooper who decided to leave behind the First Order and wanted to run away from conflict. Not only was his background interesting, but he was well acted and offered most of comic relief of the movie, which was fun to watch and did not feel silly like Jar Jar Binks in Episode I.
Rey, the protagonist of the movie, was great as well. Daisy Ridley gave a great performance as Rey and her chemistry with Finn made the two characters fun to watch. Her story was the classic young man/woman grows up to become a hero. Which was just fine. Harrison Ford returned as Han Solon and he was arguable the best character in the movie. His character did not return to the series simply for nostalgia reasons, but he was crucial to the plot, well acted with his famous one liners and every bit as entertaining as he was in the original trilogy.
As for the other characters, Kylo Ren was quite good as the main villain. Adam Driver did an excellent job in portraying the emotional conflict in his character. He was not meant to be a second Darth Vader, but a conflicted villain and a person who battled with his emotions and Adam did that just fine. Admiral Hux was good as was Leia, although both of them did not play a major role in the story. BB-8 was cute and I liked him.
The plot too was good. It copied the tone and style of the original trilogy but did not feel like a cheap rehash, for it inserted it's own original characters, pace and twists into the story. It did a good job in that, as it felt like real Star Wars (something that the prequels failed to do) while not being a direct copy.
Overall, it is a great movie and you should watch. Ignore haters and you will have a great time watching this awesome movie.