Imagine this without knowing what star wars is.

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2015)

What makes a movie good? The passion behind it. I am a huge angry video game nerd fan. However, I can acknowledge he made a bad movie. I think he can see that himself. However I could see the effort behind it. I could enjoy it for what it was. The same goes with Ed Wood. A terrible terrible director with possible the worst movie of all times. Still, it is worth seeing just to see the passion going down such a bad movie.
Now with passion directed the right way, the movie can be amazing. If you never seen Star wars before, you will see the effort put in to this movie. You will be curious to why it is so much passion behind it, where they got all the ideas from, how it all started. And you will find TONS and TONS of material to read and listen through.
Sadly if you know what Star wars is about, you know that the previous passionate soul that was behind the franchise became a sellout. He wanted to sell toys and make more money. He wanted to put his name in every aspect of the franchise to make money. He wanted to use CGI to save effort, instead of using CGI to enhance the movie experience.
That is why the franchise needed a fresh start. A new hope, going in a different direction. The negative aspect many people have is that it is too similar to the original without new ideas. I disagree. I see a lot of old content mixed with new stuff. I believe that JJ Abrams wanted to do with star wars what he previously done to Star Trek. Opening it to a new audience. Replacing bad stuff with new stuff. He sets his own tune yet honoring the past. Some say he played it too "safe" not taking risk. However, I see the risks he took, and it did work out well. There is no "safe" when it comes to taking over a franchise and bringing new life to it. There is no safety when you trying to persuade viewers that previously though Star Wars is about toys and kids, in reality has depth to it.
I loved this movie for all the right reasons. If I didn't know what Star Wars was, I would now be curious to see all of it. It had passion, effort, great scenery, a story leading forward, a mystery and chilling atmosphere. It had great characters, great dialogue, great action. This movie had it all.
Why not 10/10 then you might wonder. I was talking to a friend before I went to the cinema asking him if he like to go with me and see it. He said "i don 't want to go see a bunch of robots in space". I replied "they removed all of that nonsense". Sadly, (and i wont reveal to much here) some of that nonsense remained simply for fan service, which really took away that perfect score for me.
Finally I like to say, this movie has a heart of solid force! pun intended.