It's just a remake with great visuals.

Rating: 4/10 (18 December 2015)

Watched the movie yesterday and i'm still in disbelieve to what i saw. The movie we all waited for, the movie they raised the prices for, the movie with the biggest merchandise ever... ...and it's just a remake. And on top of it it was for 12 year old one's.
The story is Episode IV. It even starts on a desert planet with a droid running from the bad guys with some secret plans. This concept is followed throughout the whole movie. Some changes were made to fit in the original characters.
Yes, it is Star Wars and the visuals are great but that was all. Until the end there is no real tension and no surprises. We left the theater frustrated and the whole audience was very quiet.
J.J. Abrams, how could you do this? No new ideas? The movie feels like you thought let's play it safe, take the original story and mix it with a female hero and a black guy. As it's a Disney movie the dialogue have to be real simple for the typical 12 year old audience. Evil guys don't need to be older than 30 as they appear for this kind of audience already as old people.
If you are about 12 years old and don't care about the originals very much, or haven't even seem them, you will love the movie. For us, who grew up with Star Wars, it's an even greater disappointment than Episode 1-3.