Visually appealing but that is all

Rating: 3/10 (28 December 2015)

Warning: this review might contain some forum of spoilers.
I was disappointed by the director and the screenwriters of the Star Trek reboot for going too far away from the original Star Trek universe. Now I'm disappointed by the Force Awakens because it is virtually a variant of "A New Hope" movie. I think almost every major plot from "A New Hope" it is retold in Force Awakens but with different characters.
The bad guys again have a gigantic weapon with a design flaw that permits the Rebellion to destroy the weapon just in time before they are annihilated. And to do so some X-Wing fighters have to hit a spot after flying some heavily guarded and closed corridors.
Again some vital piece if information is hidden inside the memory of a droid that miraculously finds on a desert planet the right person.
Again the female character is captured and interrogated by the bad guy aboard the Death Star, and again Han Solo comes to the rescue.
Again, the equivalent of Darth Vader has been corrupted and seduced by the dark side of the force and has been turned from the light side. And we are told that when the conversation happened he destroyed the newly founded Jedi school and killed all the young apprentices. Ring any bell?