Looks like Star Wars, doesn't FEEL like Star Wars!

Rating: 2/10 (21 December 2017)

My big problem with this sequel trilogy is that it invalidates everything that happened in Episodes 4-6.
The writers were just too lazy or afraid to actually think about an original story and 'The Force Awakens' starts at the exact same point as 'A New Hope'. So we spent three movies with the conflict between the rebels and the Empire and it was resolved in the end. But in Ep. 7 we start in the same conflict.
With the setup of 7 this movie tried very hard to not be like 'Empire strikes back' and somehow achieved that at the expense of the story. Not only was a super slow space chase uninspired but also very tedious. If the general lady told anybody about her plan Finn, Rose and Poe would not have had any reason to do any of the stuff they did.
Also when you look at the film from start to end you realize that the outcome of the movie is literally the start of the movie. The First Order is still powerful with just a new leader because Kylo Ren almost had this moment of redemption... but naah. The Resistance is still on the run with exactly one ship but I guess the spark lit the fire and they'll get a few more ships again.
Because they also decided to kill Snoke there is no real menace anymore. Rey could already beat Kylo so he's not really that intimidating. General Hux turned from Mini-Hitler to slapstick comic villain. And that is all that's left.
I am just very disappointed about the direction they're taking Star Wars to.