Does Finn have Asthma? Why is he constantly breathing heavily for no apparent reason?

Rating: 10/10 (10 April 2016)

OK, OK, OK. I wrote that title in case the writers/producers/director/whomever it is reads this (hey, maybe John Boyega will see this) and gets him to stop over-breathing for no reason in the next movie. Once you notice it, you can't un-notice it. It drives a boy crazy.
Now, you'll notice that I gave the movie 10 stars. Despite the annoyance above (he is a fine actor other than this), and the fact the plot is basically the same as episodes IV and VI (IV: blow up the Death Star, VI: blow up the rebuilt Death Star, VII: blow up Starkiller Base), and the fact that you'll have to make allowances for some amazing coincidences (how is it Rey just happens to get swept up in this adventure then it turns out she, of all people, is presumably of a Jedi bloodline?), I absolutely loved it. Having seen it four times now, it definitely holds up.
I am a Gen-Xer who saw the original three in the theaters when they came out. I'm not sure how somebody younger than 45 or 50 would view these now. Certainly they'd like them, but I'm not sure if they'd have the same perspective.
First and foremost, it "feels" exactly like the original three movies. This is HUGELY important. But it is also smart. Having seen it, then having read a bunch of articles on it, and watched it again, I realized how intricately woven it is. It plays on the common lore in a way that only a series that was planted in popular culture decades ago could do. It was powerfully emotive in this sense.
John Williams' score was also key. The "Binary Sunset" from episode IV is used here to powerful effect. It is played at the exact perfect moments when they are invoking a poignant moment. Every time it is played, I get a little choked up.
And the ending... I remember thinking, as I was watching it for the first time, as I got choked up, "If this is the end, I will be so happy." And it was. And I was. It cut to the credits, without words, just as in the endings of the original three.
Just as episode IV laid out a scenario that was resolved over three episodes, so too does episode VII. Will Kylo Ren switch over from the dark side? Who are Rey's parents? Etc.
J.J. Abrams, congratulations. I am duly impressed.