Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: December 18, 2015
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tomasithDec 23, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is my first review of any movie. But presumably the Force awakened in me, and drove me to create an account on metacritic and share my view on the latest SW movie. I grew up in the communist block, where life was grey and dull- somewhat like Tatooine. And then one day, end of the 80-s, when I was probably 2-3 years old, I entered the room where my brother watched TV. And I saw these two droids walking through the desert. And I fell under a spell. After a few years I rented the VHS each weekend, and knew the roles by heart. The love for SW was implemented into my hard, "Inception"-style, that day when I was a little kid. And then came the dark times... Of the prequels. Although Ep. III somehow made up for the previous two, like the prodigal son.And after years of waiting in anticipation for a new beginning, after a series of trailers sheding a ray of hope the force will again awaken in my heart... came this smoking pile of bull**** by Disney Inc. The first 20 mins. of the movie I was like "wow". The bad-ass Sith who can freeze a laser beam in flight?! Can obviously read ones heart (like the FN-something trooper) just looking at him?! Nice! Then it's Rey. Living on a planet like Tatooine. Just with 1 sun. And the humidity-collecting-thingos are still there (maybe they saved $ as they were left in Tunisia? and they shot that place again?). But OK- let's wait and see what happens. A droid escapes the Empire with some plan. OK- also seen this somewhere before. Two guys escape a Star Destroyer... Again- been there, done that already (just they were 2 droids). Just why do they escape in a 1-person ship (TIE)? Without any suits (there is no atmosphere in there)? OK- maybe some new design- let's wait... But there is nothing original to wait for! Half of the movie I looked at my watch, because I already seen it all! Never ever done such a blasphemy on a SW movie premiere (even if it were Attack of the Clones)! A big-*** panet-size space station (Death Star v 3.0 by Disney) built by a bunch of teenagers who are the whatever remains of the old EMPIRE (capitals, as it was grand- the entire galaxy under their reign)? The EMPIRE had problems with building a 5x smaller station. It took them years. And tons of slave work. Which the New Order clearly does not have (stormtroopers built it and know all about its build details- all weak pints- even those from "sanitation"). Entering hyper-speed in a hangar-bay with some monster on your windshield? Exiting light-speed 100m from a planet?! WTF- you serious? This is not how it was explained before! This is again some bull**** out of the canon of SW! There was a tear in my eye when Han stepped onto the screen. But when Leia came out of that ship... I though they took her straight out of an old-people's home! She could barely walk straight. Thought she will have a heart-attack in a moment! Her mimics (or the lack of any) resembled ones of a person who had a stroke. That was aheartbreaking (in a bad way) scene- Han and Leia's reunion... And the bad-*** Sith I liked at the beginning of the movie? Also a character spoiled. Why did he take that mask off like ever? After he took it off, I was sad for him. I would have given him a spanking if I were Han and Chewie, with that Indiana Jones whip or whatever artifact he had aboard the Falcon. What little sissy he turned out to be. But the movie's all "politically-correct/up-to-date with today's leftist views" so no spanking of shildren could be shown (could have been PG-18 or whatever stupid the rating is in the US- so would make less $$$). In terms of spanking: I though this was what a pupil got in the good-ol-days, when caught doing "bad things". Like plagiarism. That is "baaad"- especially in the US. And the entire story-line is a big plagiarism by JJ. He should get a spanking from Darth V. But hey- Disney (who in some way owns JJ- paid him a heap of money) owns the rights to the movie! So there is no plagiarism per se... We just f***** the fans by emptying their pockets. That what the movie is for. I would like to say I am waiting for E VIII to set it all right and restore balance to the force. But when I read an article recently in which Disney say "they're going to make a new SW move each year until the fans are willing to pay for the tickets". So i know where this is going. You give us money=we make a sh** of a movie=you have to pay to see it=we make another... A vicious circle. Why a 0? After leaving the cinema I though the personell played a trick on me and projected some amateur SW flick. So I went to see once more. I wanted to leave half way! I would rate the movie a 3/10. But I got a strange feeling Disney is paying people to give 10s on the Internet so others are lured to go to the cinema. So I give a 0 to make up for that fact. Mr Lucas: please make a fund so fans can donate to purchase the SW franchise back and make it right. You were the Master-creator! Please!… Expand
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RosynightingaleDec 22, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Disney has ruined another beautiful epic story by turning it into pile of tacky, unoriginal slop with a poorly written plot. It is hilarious that the newspapers who gave it a positive review, only did so because they were paid...shame on you guys. The original characters' integrity is ruined by being represented as old, and mentally rusty. The new characters represent the political garbage being shoved down our throats by popular culture. ( only the girl makes sense!) I know a lot of companies think we are blind dependable sheep now, but there are still independent thinkers out there who realize a good work of art when they see it. Star wars is a classic that should NEVER be touched. With all of the money Disney makes with its shallow tv shows and movies sexualizing our youth and shorting their attention spans, one would think they could hire a decent writer to carry on the magical vision that Lucas wrote...but our education is so poor in this country, it is hard to find someone who can speak and write proper English. For this reason, it affected the acting, it wasn't very good. As a fellow performer, if the story stinks, then the cast and the show will suffer too.The only highlights I enjoyed were the effects, the family lineage continuing with the dark and the light forces, the appropriate use of The Falcon coming back as well as some of the original characters. The huge shocker in the movie which was spilled by some jack-hole online, completely ruined the story. Anyone who values the depth that Lucus created, will see right away what utter crap this movie is. Disney must think the fans are retarded because they claimed this movie was "for the fans". This movie is to marketed to a less intelligent audience... We all know who...sigh...Right after viewing the movie, my boyfriend turned to me and said, " My childhood has been ruined". Thanks disney for **** all over this masterpiece!… Expand
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stu471Dec 20, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let me start out by saying I love Star Wars, I love what JJ Abrams did with the new Star Trek. I had very high hopes for this film. I also would have forgiven pretty much anything if it was just a decent movie (logical script, decent acting). But JJ you broke my heart.
The prequels were better, and I hated the prequels. Phantom Menace was yes (cringe, I really hate saying this) better than this film.
Here is why the prequels were better
1. Prequels had more respect for what a Jedi is, to a be Jedi you had to be gifted in the force and most importantly train for years to be one. In Star Wars the Force Awakens this is thrown out the window, if you all of a sudden find out you have the force you can a) resist a Sith Lords interrogation b) you know and can use Jedi mind tricks on storm troopers c) defeat a Sith who was previously a Jedi trained by Luke Skywalker.
2. As much as it pains me to say this, the prequels had better plots and better acting. The prequels had original plots that were not completely obvious. Liam Neeson had a presence that nobody in this new film had. Christopher Lee and Ian McDiarmid were much better villains and even worse Hayden Christensen was better than Adam Driver (I think I am going to cry now, I didn't think there could be a worse performance in a Star Wars film and I like Adam Driver). Adam Drivers Kylo Ren started out really good, that first scene was good, but then he proceeds to have temper tantrums where he slashes computers. As bad as Adam Drivers Kylo Ren was the worst was Domhall Gleeson, who I also have loved in other films (ex machina), his General Hux was so bad it was hard to watch. When he screemed out as the Starkiller sent out the killer beams it was reminiscent of a highschool senior giving a graduation speech. He was really poorly cast, the general of the first order should have been cast with someone with more gravitas. Just think if they had used someone like Ian McKellen, or Ian McShane or anyone older than 50. That part really needed an older actor.
3. The prequels had much better lightsaber battles. As much as I loved the new red lightsaber that Kylo Ren had and my god the lightsabers looked so cool, but no one knew how to use them. The lightsaber battles were reminiscent of watching the fake battles at a medieval fair. The last lightsaber battle scene had such potential, a lightsaber battle in the snow, think of the possibilities (snow flakes sizzling off of a lightsaber). What is worse is that they could have been better, sooo much better (Genndy Tartakovsky's "The Clone Wars" but live action).

A couple other final points
A new deathstar call a starkiller, really? How did the first order manage to hide this from the rebels and the republic for so long? Why didn't the rebels take it out earlier?
You are really going to kill Han Solo in the first movie? I know every one is following the game of thrones theme of anyone can die, but this was a terrible choice. This really didn't work, if I was supposed to hate Kylo Ren for this I didn't, I hated Kylo Ren because he was a terrible character.

Words cant describe how disappointed I am with the new film. I'm done with you Star Wars, I thought there was a new hope but my hope has been destroyed.… Expand
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PatrickBateman4Dec 21, 2015
A totally miss opportunity, dumb lines, boring character especially Finn and Poe, weak villains and the plot basically is a rehash of A New Hope, a complete recycling movie, truly the prequels are masterpiece in comparison with this one.
BadA totally miss opportunity, dumb lines, boring character especially Finn and Poe, weak villains and the plot basically is a rehash of A New Hope, a complete recycling movie, truly the prequels are masterpiece in comparison with this one.
Bad start for the new franchise.… Expand
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jeffsteelflexDec 22, 2015
I've never written a review before, I just felt the need to create account just for this movie. By now you've probably seen the complaints other people have had, so I don't feel the need to reiterate them. They are all valid. The reviewsI've never written a review before, I just felt the need to create account just for this movie. By now you've probably seen the complaints other people have had, so I don't feel the need to reiterate them. They are all valid. The reviews for this movie are only positive because of the hype and nostalgia blinding people. This is not a well put together film. And trust me, I wasn't set on hating this film, I came in with high expectations, assuring myself it would be great. But seriously it is garbage and doesn't feel like a Star Wars film. Ya know, everyone loved The Phantom Menace upon its release, and now look at its reception. I cannot wait for the same thing to happen to this film, when people are no longer blinded by their own stupidity.… Expand
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JuansithDec 22, 2015
What a tremendous fraud!!!
Is people getting money for writing good reviews or they are that brainwashed to not see its one of the worst movies ever?.
The force awakens is a movie made with the only intention of grabbing money. No artisticWhat a tremendous fraud!!!
Is people getting money for writing good reviews or they are that brainwashed to not see its one of the worst movies ever?.
The force awakens is a movie made with the only intention of grabbing money. No artistic interest on this film whatsoever. There is nothing new to add to the SW universe. No new weapons, spaceships, jakku is tattoine, everything is generic.
Storytelling is bad and cheating all the time. Everything that happens is based on baffling coincidences, everything is illogical. The climactic scenes are terrible and shallow.

What a waste of time. The best thing of tfa was the trailer.… Expand
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EikoxDec 23, 2015
When Disney take a good movie franchise and convert it in a comedy-drama-action (in that order).
This new movie lost all essence of the first and even, the second trilogy, by the hand of jar jar abrams. Poor plot twist, almost the sameWhen Disney take a good movie franchise and convert it in a comedy-drama-action (in that order).
This new movie lost all essence of the first and even, the second trilogy, by the hand of jar jar abrams. Poor plot twist, almost the same argument line of the old movies, no context of any type, it's the first order vs the resistance aaaand the end.
In conclusion, if you like the effects and explosion everywhere (like transformers, etc) this is your movie. But if you are a true fan of SW, don't even go to watch it because is a disney crap.… Expand
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capt_morganDec 21, 2015
This version of Star Wars made me sick to my stomach, like a spiral down nightmare with that empty sinking feeling. I felt like I just bought snake oil from JJ Disney Corp. I was begging for Jar Jar Binks to save the day as a means toThis version of Star Wars made me sick to my stomach, like a spiral down nightmare with that empty sinking feeling. I felt like I just bought snake oil from JJ Disney Corp. I was begging for Jar Jar Binks to save the day as a means to validate an enormous joke.… Expand
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mrklingonDec 21, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Before seeing it, I was very disappointed to hear how Abrams rehashed a bunch of nostalgic stuff and basically followed plotlines from the older movies. Another **** Deathstar plot? Why? Is this all Star Wars is about? A handful of fighters heroically blowing up a big ball?

So I went in to the theater expecting to be disappointed but not terribly so. I actually ended up leaving the theater hating the movie more than I could imagine and basically feeling like SW as it currently stands is pretty much dead to me. To sum it up, almost everything about the movie was just incompetent or flat out stupid.

Let's go back to the Death Star 3 / "Starkiller Base" - OK so apparently this thing which would have taken hundreds of millions if not billions of workers to build (the scale of which is not even remotely hinted at in the movie - the most troops we ever see was in a relatively small Nazi-esque rally later on), operates on the concept that it sucks up all a star's energy into itself and unleashes it in a super-awesome barrage of red lasers that individually target planets.

A lot of Star Wars appeal came from the fact it was very believable. It looked realistic, at least to me - there was nothing that looks like "UFO" or alien concept art from the 50s. There was some cheesy stuff for sure, but gun props were made from real guns, there was at least some pseudo-engineering going on with the ships, etc. Even "The Force" was somewhat believable (before Lucas went with the whole midichlorians thing).

This is just flat out stupid. So this machine sucks all the energy from a star before it is considered fully charged. Nevermind that stars vary greatly in individual size. It allll has to get vacuumed up. Now Abrams also likes to go ahead and ignore the fact that concentrating this huge amount of mass in a much smaller area would probably stand a good chance of hitting the schwarzschild radius of the material and invoking a black hole, or at last drastically changing the gravity on the "Death Star 3" into flattening everyone immediately. But it doesn't, because here at Disney (TM), using our imaginations and ignoring science is fun.

Then of course it has a huge weakness exposed at the surface for easy attack. And the rebels don't know about it this time because they deciphered the blueprints for the base - but because a 'janitorial' Stormtrooper also apparently happens to be a high-level engineer and knows all the weak spots and stuff. That's just kickin' rad for the rebels.

Then there's the issue with that particular stormtrooper. His story could have been so much more intriguing. Like others have said, he basically decides not to be a stormtrooper anymore in about 20 seconds. Someone that was supposedly brainwashed since a child into being a stormtrooper all his life and we are expected to believe he could just all the sudden decide that killing people is bad. Nevermind the fact that he ends up killing quite a few of his stromtrooper bros pretty mercilessly and doesn't seem to mind. This could have been one of the absolute best parts of the movie and this plot line should have been fully fleshed out and the process of going from trooper to rebel should have taken a decent portion of the movie.

And of course Disney made sure to let us know the fight where Finn turns was his first "battle" and he never killed anyone of course, no prior murderings for this future role model! He was also just a "sanitation" stormtrooper so it's like he wasn't even bad at all. Also, he was abducted from a young age so he had no choice in being a cold killer. Yep, you can't help but love Finn! What a great guy. I'll just go ahead and skip over all the absolutely retarded scenes of Finn using a lightsaber and the fact Finn's dialogue is nothing like it should be from an actual soldier who was brainwashed all his life. Finn's speech is full of all sorts of great pop-culture idiosyncrasies and expressions. Despite that, I had no problems with the actor himself.

Moving on and going back to that believability thing - in the original movies, all the bad guy officers and generals tended to look the part. For one, they were usually older than their 20s. In this movie, pretty much every bridge officer or command officer is basically a hipster that just got done trading in his fedora for that cool Imperial hat. It's just dumb.

I am almost out of review space and I barely got going. Can't even touch on Kylo Ren's pussification or how huge of a mistake bringing back Carrie Fisher was, or Rey's apparently sudden expert level sabering skills. Why and how was the Falcon stolen? Phasma seemed a well-portrayed and an intriguing character but was pretty much ignored. Why and how did Solo get this apparently pretty large freighter when he was apparently completely in-love with the Falcon?

This didn't feel like Star Wars in the least. The fans are kind of propping it up right now but in time people will realize how much this one sucks.… Expand
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NuttyCriticDec 18, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a fan Abrams could have fixed alot of things.
Boba Fette could have flew out of the sarlaac pit, Darth Maul could have made an appearance , he could have cloned a new vader.
Instead he played it as safe as he could, no creativity , there isnt one Holy **** I cant wait till they see this moment! in the movie.
Remember when Kenobi trained Luke or when Yoda trained Luke? None of that magic is here , now apparently an untraineded jedi Rey can defeat a trained jedi Ren.
This move is even more disapointing than the prequels because I expected as a fan Abrams would fix what Lucas broke , instead he failed more miserably than I ever imagined.… Expand
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Prometheus_tsJan 22, 2016
The movie is a pure rip off of the first episode squced with pie es from the other movies of the first trilogy. Though those are poorly connected with senseless events in the plot that really make no sense to the smart spectator.The movie is a pure rip off of the first episode squced with pie es from the other movies of the first trilogy. Though those are poorly connected with senseless events in the plot that really make no sense to the smart spectator. Unfortunately the movie was just a big cash cow from Disney to sell to childs and rehash the serie in order to sell more merchandise and products like that . Its really a bad movie , bad script , bad sequel and terrible product .… Expand
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TNMKDec 19, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. An incredibly lazy rehash of A New Hope. Terminator Genisys-tier casting. Getting the old actors back was clearly a mistake. The whole movie reeks of fanservice, hence the old actors who barely do anything and Han gets killed, for **** sake. The acting is barely noticeable, Rey can't act. The new actors don't have any charisma compared to the Original Trilogy - hell, even the Prequel Trilogy actors had some. Everything not explained is shifted over to the next episodes, and they'll be even worse.

**** Disney, **** J.J., **** everything.… Expand
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spidergoatDec 19, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It is remarkably evident the effect the loss of Lucas is going to have on the Starwars movies going forward. This recent episode was essentially a lazy remake of IV sadly leaving out the spirit of Starwars. The scope and spirit of the original movies has been lost. Rather than making a feeble attempt to appease the noisy rabble, the Starwars stories would have been better served with independent thinking. Extremely disappointed.… Expand
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paradoxonpDec 20, 2015
i don't like factories that make movies like they were canned food...the only thing that matters is to make money and not the most important thing , cinema...
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BirdshtDec 19, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. From the opening of the movie there is a clear lack of magic. This is not a movie worth traveling to the cinema and shelling out hard earned money for. Its forced, wooden, rushed and completely lacks any emotion or details to meld it all together. Its a typical JJ Abrams disaster. Too much flash too little substance. Every second feels like a fake movie set. It lacks the soul of the original 3. Its just never there. All of the ships are flying too fast and turning too tight. All the air to air combat is just Xwings and Tie fighters. The length they went to to introduce any differential to the "resistance" Xwings was to give them different colored decal accents. Its laughable. They lead you to believe that the Fempire takes all their stormtroopers as children, so of course Finn is a poor African child stolen from his family.

Another death star? Really JJ you did not foresee you would be lamb basted for this abomination? The acting of the original characters is nothing short of disturbing. Carrie fishers face and teeth are all jacked up and not moving right and her voice is trashed from I am presuming cigarettes. She looks like a thousand miles of dirt road and whatever they did to try and prop her up as presentable borders on CGI. People there is a reason you don't see Carrie Fisher in movies. Shes not an actor. Shes a burnout that got one lucky break.

Many camera shots are tight and wide. Lots of planet surface looks that probably saved some money. Very little of anything involves space. No space battles. One over the top clash of odd tie fighters and xwings. Sorry anyone with a brain, Awings, Bwings, Ywings, Tie Interceptor, Tie Bomber Etc. No where to be found. They need them in the movies but just pretend Xwings do everything. All the blasters have been messed with and many shoot and sound like Star Trek.

The CGI creatures on board the falcon are clearly the jump the shark moment. That entire scene on the falcon makes me want to vomit. Nobody can find these ships and people in the vast galaxy yet they find them no problem on a ship he should not be on board in an area they have no idea that hes there.

The movie is one string of things happening that are loosely stuck together. You are watching a movie that plays out like a story board. Too much unexplained, everything has been done before, better than this.

I simply do not like anything JJ Abrams does. Its as simple as that. I hate the current modern Star Trek movies they just defecate out.

Han = Obi
Luke = Yoda
Leia = Is just Carrie Fisher after 3 strokes
Rey = luke allowed to dress as a girl on Tatooine/Jaku
Poe = Red 4,5,6,7 cuz hes just that good at what he does "YYYAAAAAAHOOOOOOO"
Finn = A bad acting guy trying to escape the movie from the first moment we see him. We too wish he escaped.… Expand
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NavinorDec 19, 2015
Star wars the feminism awakens!

Welcome to Star Wars with: A bad whiny male lead who will be Han Solo 2 in the future! An even more whiny Kylo ren who will be Darth Vader 2 in the future! ( He even lost the same parts of his body asStar wars the feminism awakens!

Welcome to Star Wars with:

A bad whiny male lead who will be Han Solo 2 in the future!

An even more whiny Kylo ren who will be Darth Vader 2 in the future! ( He even lost the same parts of his body as Darth Vader...oh come on!)

Rey who is Lukine 2 in the future. She can beat a full trained Sith warrior even without the force, but the power of feminism.

Because a black guy is not strong enough. It must be the strong white femina girl!

A pilot who died and who was not dead in the end (Oh come on....!)

So much things which are completely brainless. (Why Finn and Rey are crying about Han´s death. They only knew him for an hour....)

And i predict this for the second movie:

Luke will die in the first 30 minutes like Obi Wan. Rey will be the sister of Kylo. ( Do not ask me how, this is Star Wars there is no logic there)

Finn will learn how to pilot an X Wing and will become the greatest pilot of the alliance. And the leader of the Alliance, because Leia will die too.

And we will hear the sentence " I am your sister" Oh god please no -.-

PS: Kylo will look like Darth Vader only with a new armor.

And the white pure feminist female lead will purge the Kylo (snape) and build up the new Jedi order under the one and only truth. The feminist matriarchy.

Oh god no -.-… Expand
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vandylan92May 24, 2016
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Without exaggeration I can say that The Force Awakens is probably the worst movie I've ever watched. It completely befouls and murder the Star Wars legacy. I love the original trilogy and though the prequels were weak and disappointing, The Force Awakens make all the prequels look like masterpieces in comparison.

Virtually nothing in this movie makes any sense or is consistent with what we know about the Star Wars universe. Many reviewers have pointed out the many gaping plot holes and the stupidness of this movie, so I won't waist time repeating that and going into too many details here.

But the movie is basically a crappy ripoff of the first Star Wars movie. Even though episode 6 ends with the empire being defeated and everyone celebrating, The Force Awakens starts with everything being exactly the same as in Episode 4! The Empire is somehow stronger than ever and the republic is just a bunch of rag tag rebels. Ridiculous. And there is no explanation of how that is supposed to have happened. And even more ridiculous: Han Solo (a war victorious war hero and general at the end of the original trilogy) has now gone back to being a simple smuggler here... This makes no sense.

Luke Skywalker is not in this movie (contrary to what the advertisement did suggest) except for in a pointless awkward and weird staring contest the last 30 seconds of the movie. The role of Luke in this movie is instead played by a young woman called Rey. It's of course totally fine to have a woman in this role (though of course it would have been nice of Jar Jar Abrams to give her an original story and not just put her in the EXACT same situation as Luke Skywalker in episode 4). But apparently Jar Jar Abrams is a radical feminist, so he gives Rey superpowers. She is literally perfect in every single way. And I mean every way. She becomes the strongest master of every aspect of the force in a matter of minutes. She masters jedi mind control to perfection and she can beat a jedi master in a light sabre fight, even though she has no training whatsoever. So ridiculous. What's more - she is better than everyone else in the universe at fighting, she seems to know all kinds languages and although she has never flown a spaceship, she is also the best pilot in the universe. She even knows the Millennium Falcon better than Han Solo, just by sitting in it for a couple of minutes. All this after growing up alone, with no education and collecting trash for a living. It's totally ridiculous. How can anyone relate to a character like that?

And then there is the main bad guy: Kylo Ren who is just a winy emo teenager who throws temper tantrums all the time... So pathetic. Seriously, this movie is like something out of the Disney channels morning shows for kindergarten kids. Actually all male characters in this movie are basically pathetic, cowardly losers - while Rey is courageous and perfect in every single way. It's just stupid.

And what's up with all the lame jokes and like 10 000 explosions? Ugh. Horrible, horrible movie. In fact calling it a movie is being way to nice to this piece of junk.… Expand
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kykylesonDec 19, 2015
Recycled crap, what was the point of Captain Phasma character? She did literally NOTHING!! Why didn't Kylo Ren just kill Finn with his force powers??? He could have force choked him to death without ever lifting his light saber... TheyRecycled crap, what was the point of Captain Phasma character? She did literally NOTHING!! Why didn't Kylo Ren just kill Finn with his force powers??? He could have force choked him to death without ever lifting his light saber... They basically just rereleased Star Wars A New Hope with a female character playing Luke Skywalker... totally unoriginal or interesting in any way.… Expand
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failedagainDec 20, 2015
They could have went so many places with the new star wars films but JJ decided to rehash the same old crap and at the same time force politically correct bullcrap down peoples throats.
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euuDec 19, 2015
The Force Awakens could just as well have been a reboot of A New Hope seeing that it has almost the same plot. Fanboys may whine all they want about the prequels, but at least there Lucas failed while trying to do new things and expand theThe Force Awakens could just as well have been a reboot of A New Hope seeing that it has almost the same plot. Fanboys may whine all they want about the prequels, but at least there Lucas failed while trying to do new things and expand the universe. You can see that The Force Awakens has no other reason to exist than make Disney money, that is why they hired Abrams, the "safest" director in Hollywood, who thinks that just by casting a girl and a black guy in major roles means taking chances. And what we ultimmatelly get is another bland, generic action movie, no different than Abram's Star Trek films or most of the superhero crap that comes out these days.

So, as I said, the plot is pretty much the same as A New Hope, only this time Luke is a "stronk, independent womyn who is also vulnerable"(you know, just like 99% of female characters in movies these days), Han Solo is now some bland mexican, the real Han Solo replaced Obi Wan as the mentor/father figure and Darth Vader is now Kylo Ren, an angsty teenager who was seduced by the edgyness of the Dark Side. Ren is by far the worst character in the movie, he whines all the time, he throws tantrums, he seems more like the kind of character that would be in a Twilight fanfic, even Darth Maul was a lot better as an antagonist, let alone Darth Vader. But I guess all those fat teenage girls who like Loki from the Avengers need someone to have wet dreams over in Star Wars as well.

The only new character that is likeble(and also not based on anyone from the OT) is Finn, the stormtrooper with a conscience, his scenes with Harrison Ford are one of the few reasons to watch this. Also, one othar aspect that makes this flick a little more berable is the return of humor. It doesn't always work, but at least now not every character is talking like in a Bible movie.

Overall it's not a horible movie, but also not any better than the average blockbuster that comes every year. Personally, I would take the more flawed, yet more creative and ambitious prequels over this cashgrab any day.… Expand
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Tester007Dec 19, 2015
Dear Disney i have no clu about making films, and probably would my version of sw 7 be bad, but at least it wouldnt be as bad as this one. Who ask to make a poor clone of the previous ones and why did someone listen to that person?
Well in aDear Disney i have no clu about making films, and probably would my version of sw 7 be bad, but at least it wouldnt be as bad as this one. Who ask to make a poor clone of the previous ones and why did someone listen to that person?
Well in a reboot you can cheep at least the first 20 minutes, but trash the rest. Is it true that you fired the guy who sad he would need 18 month for a script and hired one who made it in 6 month?
Quantity instead of quality and you can see that in the whole movie.… Expand
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Failout5Dec 20, 2015
Re-skinned Episode IV with lens flares. Kinda wish Lucas would of made VII, even after II and III, I would of like to see him redeem himself. Unfortunately what we got was forced repeat of the original movie that led entry to the greatestRe-skinned Episode IV with lens flares. Kinda wish Lucas would of made VII, even after II and III, I would of like to see him redeem himself. Unfortunately what we got was forced repeat of the original movie that led entry to the greatest trilogy (IV-VI). This one is just so shallow and is just copy paste stories from some of the novels.… Expand
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kingofkoopasDec 18, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I had really high hopes for this one. As a long time SW fan, I was so hyped up, I stood in line for about 3 hours at the premiere just to get good seats. By the end of the first 30 minutes I was already looking at my watch. I will write my review in list form.

-The whole movie feels like a cheap ripoff of episode 4. The plot devices used are almost identical, watch the movie and you'll see what I mean. Teen in the desert, droid that needs to get something to someone, finding a mentor, that mentor dies, the destruction of a death star like weapon at the hands of shooting down a tunnel with an X-wing.

-Boyenga's character (Finn) decides he doesn't wanna be a storm trooper withing the first 5 minutes of the movie. We didn't see any depth or conflict within himself before he decides to turn good leaving me not really caring for him at all

-Rey is probably the worst excuse for a protagonist in any film. Throughout the whole movie she doesn't have a single heroic deed. She's basically useless until the fight with Kylo Ren (which has a whole lot of flaws on its own but we'll get to that) She isn't built up in any way and her character development is completely absent. All we get is like a 10 second flash back into her childhood. All this leaves me not caring for her at all either.

-Poe was advertised as the third part of the new trio of heroes but he only has like 15 minutes of screen time, he ends up destroying the new death star like thing (do i smell episode 4?) but you really don't care because there's no reason to care for him in the first place because he has no development whatsoever and you hardly know a thing about him.

-Kylo Ren first appears to be this menacing Vader-like antagonist but ends up being a huge sissy who throws light saber tantrums every time his plans are foiled (literally light saber tantrums) He was also horribly miscast, Adam driver fails to deliver any real depth or sense of struggle to the audience. This brings me to my next point....

-Stop here if you haven't seen the movie cause spoilers, but then again this movie sucks so you shouldn't care. Han Solo's death scene was probably one of the worst acted scenes in the whole film. Not only do you see it coming a mile away there was no sense of tension or really any sense of struggle within Kylo. The movie tries to sell you that he's having this man vs. self conflict but his acting says otherwise. If you didn't already know, Kylo is Han and Leia's kid. This to me felt like a cheap plot-device to try and give Kylo some depth but I barley met him so I don't really give a **** also no back story as to why he hates Han is given so I give less of a **** This could have been saved for episode 8, maybe if we knew more about Kylo and the circumstances of his birth, him killing his dads would've had more of an impact.

-The final fight between Kylo and Rey is laughable. The movie first looks like it's trying to tell you that Finn is our jedi (see movie poster) because he wields a light saber midway through the movie and looks like he's doing pretty well for never having handled one before. Then at the end he puts up a small fight against Kylo. Which just adds to your belief that he might be the Jedi because I really doubt that a trained dark sider like Kylo would have any trouble with some average Joe wielding a saber like Finn is but I guess he does... for some reason....? Anyway, Finn gets knocked out and Rey pulls the light saber to her using the force (despite never even having prior knowledge to the force) and duels Kylo Ren and beats him. Yes, she beats him. A person who has never held a saber prior to this moment BEATS A TRAINED JEDI. Imagine if Luke in episode 4 tried to fight Vader... he'd get beat in like 2 seconds. I know Kylo isn't Vader but the movie tells you he was trained by Luke which gives the impression that he was probably pretty good. There you go, no character development.

- The whole movie after the first act just seems rushed, as soon as they get to the rebel base they hatch the plan to go destroy the new death star within like 3 minutes, and then 5 minutes later they're already bombing it. All the important things that really move the plot along as a whole happen in the third act

- JJ Abrams wasn't the right man for the job, Cloverfield, Super 8, and Mission Impossible 3.... all those movies are garbage. With a track record like that it leaves you wondering how he got the job.… Expand
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HellionDec 27, 2015
Overrated and over-cliched. Full of plot holes. Rushed simple story. Little in the way of substance and they turned the Empire into Nazi poster boys and then throw in a black guy as a Stormtrooper just to mess with us Empire fans. TypicalOverrated and over-cliched. Full of plot holes. Rushed simple story. Little in the way of substance and they turned the Empire into Nazi poster boys and then throw in a black guy as a Stormtrooper just to mess with us Empire fans. Typical Hollywood garbage screwing with the original creator's vision. A movie made by liberals for liberals in the age of political correctness. Just wait for the original and untouched Lucas trilogy we all know and want on blu-ray and call it a day.… Expand
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TheReceptorDec 20, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hi, I'll start spoiler free!

This movie is objectively a (bad) rip-off of Ep. 4-6. If you go scene by scene there will perhaps be 10 minutes of original, new screen time.

I've never seen such a shameless reuse of old scripts. It feels, like the producers sat down and assembled all scenes they deemed iconic for SW and just put them together again somehow with a slightly different (worse mostly) look and style. The result is a story totally unbelievable, filled with scenes that seem out of place and full of big plot holes and random events.

The way this plagiarism is done is so crude, they didn't even try to hide their lack of creativity. Almost every scene feels like a deja-vu and those are not even connected properly throughout the movie.

Additionaly they often got the essence of those scenes they tried to copy wrong and even failed at bringing nostalgic feelings then. Instead those scenes seem twisted and feel just wrong somehow.

It's not nostalgia anymore. It's way too overdone for that. It's not even a reboot - just a lazy rip-off without it's own spirit! I like little nostalgic hints in a movie, but this movie is just that in proportions never seen before. A giant easter-egg!

I'll try to make it short and clear by several topics, which were not mentioned before and are not too obvious (which is where the SPOILERS start):

- The new Order: They exactly copied the regime from the game Wolfenstein: The new Order and even dared to steal the exact name!! I can't believe it! Do you know that game? Even the supreme leader Snug
(oh, c'mon...) is a copy of Deathshead. Yes, they really do look the same! It's ridiculous! Same with every other aspect of The new Orders style right down to the speech on Starkiller Base. It's so obvious and
direct, that I wouldn't be surprised if Bethesda sued them about it.

- Addionaly I think the Nazi symbolism is overdone for SW this time. I mean what do you think supreme leader translates to in German? Isn't that a bit too crude, even for Disney? (btw I'm German, but watched the
original language version in cinema.) Did they really translate it to "Führer"? If they did, it will seem most strange to German viewers to encounter this in a SW movie.

- Spaceships and assets: Why are there only X-Wings/TIEs and no capital ships of the resistance or any ground vehicles? They forgot about A-, B- and Y -Wings, TIE-Bombers, Walkers and such completely. I have the strong feeling, that if you count the different models of spaceships and other assets shown, this movie has by far the fewest variety of all SW movies including Ep. 4 .

- Battles are quite small scale throughout the movie. They lack in variety, intensity and numbers of combatants compared to SW standards. What they are is just fast paced. Lightsaber duels are a joke -
especially concerning authenticity and believability.

- Relations between Republic, Resistance and New Order aren't explained enough in the movie, but in novels and dictionaries. So basically you have no idea what's really going on the whole time, if haven't read
those before.

- Starkiller Base. What? Can it move? Does it fire through hyperspace? If it can't move, how to get new suns for ammunition? ... it's just ridiculous - a 3rd sun sucking Mega Death Star. The idea of a genius! And I think I know it from somewhere already...

- Planets were boring, no sights to behold, no fancy creatures, very Earth-like and not very SW-like. Starkiller Base was optically interesting, though. Jakku is just a Tatooine copy, with too few distinctive features between the two. Exotic plants and creatures seem scarce on any of the shown planets.

If I wanted to list every scene they just simply copied exactly, I would be recapping the whole movie. People did that prior to me and it's obvious so I skip that part. When the film is released on DVD/Internet surely someone will analyze this by the numbers, but I think it's over 75% reused content for sure. You can find a
corresponding scene from Ep. 4-6 to nearly every Ep. 7 scene, I'm sure. Just altered a little tiny bit and in the "new" context of Ep. 7.

P.S.: I'm writing this as a long time SW fan, movies and games alike. I wanted to like this really, but I just can't. I'm in the late 30s and even managed to watch and like Clone Wars, but this is just unbearable.

Consider copying and J.J. Abrams (it's the LOST guy!) and Voldemort (Kylo) a No-Go for Ep. 8 and you can still do this! -lol… Expand
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tommyt1984Dec 18, 2015
What a crock. I feel like Ralphie in A Christmas Story when he finally gets his decoder pin and decodes a secret message only to find its a "crummy commercial".

I love Star Wars. This "film" is not Star Wars. The plot is garbage. It isWhat a crock. I feel like Ralphie in A Christmas Story when he finally gets his decoder pin and decodes a secret message only to find its a "crummy commercial".

I love Star Wars. This "film" is not Star Wars. The plot is garbage. It is riddled with holes and uses simply ridiculous devices to bring characters together and move things forward. The pacing is hyperactive and clunky. There is no character development at all. Relationships are hastily propped up and splinter like a mast made of toothpicks and Elmer's glue on the Bering Sea. Any intended emotional impact falls utterly flat. If this movie made you cry, you are delusional and numb to real feeling, I'm sorry. Star Wars The Force Awakens joins the ranks of Avengers, the X-men films etc etc by being flashy, trite, drivel that Hollywood bigshots know fans will gobble up in a hype induced stupor. Star Wars should be better than that, far better. JJ Abrams is laughing at you from atop his gargantuan pile of money.

What I find most frustrating and disheartening is the fan reaction or at least the perceived fan reaction at this time. We're in the honeymoon phase. Somehow "Star Wars fans" are managing to pull down their Kylo Ren underpants and pluck a 10/10 review out of their ass for this travesty. Some "fans" are such douchebags that they make a point of thanking George Lucas for not being involved in the making of the film. How low and disrespectful. History will remember George Lucas and his innovations, creations and contributions far more fondly and profoundly than JJ Abrams' flash in the pan nonsense. Wake up people, free yourself from the carbonite of flash and hype, you're being dooped by Abrams and Disney. They're laughing all the way to the bank.

I'm not some closed minded hater. I went into this film like most Star Wars fans, hoping for something fresh, something to bring back the original spark and excitement of Star Wars after the lackluster prequels. I sat down in the theatre with an open heart and mind, gushing with excitement and optimism. I left feeling like a cruel trick had been played on me. I left actually appreciating the prequel films and missing the genuine heart and love for these characters and this saga, admittedly not always with the most finesse and appeal, that George Lucas always displayed. This is a high budget fan film at best. At worst it's an exploitation of something many people hold near and dear to their hearts and that's simply a shame.… Expand
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timetosmashDec 18, 2015
The power of the Star Wars franchise is so absolute that it continues to let film makers get away with murder. I mean, I get it. The first couple movies were awesome and the lightsaber is pretty much the coolest weapon that's ever been. ButThe power of the Star Wars franchise is so absolute that it continues to let film makers get away with murder. I mean, I get it. The first couple movies were awesome and the lightsaber is pretty much the coolest weapon that's ever been. But how much more are you going to take before it all comes crashing down under the sheer pressure of reality?

The murder for which these pesky, living insults to creativity must answer to, is that of their own franchise. I understand the laziness starts to settle in deep when most of your revenue comes from toys sale, and I realize the glee one must feel with reaching a new target audience after minimal effort (you didn't really think that Rey was a PC equality statement, did you?), but at some point some of these people will remember why they came into this industry in the first place. Maybe after they've spent enough dirty money to get bored with a high standard of living, maybe when they take a second after getting loaded on d'Ambonnay poured onto their stupid Riedel bar-set pieces, I hope they realize they traded a shot at eternal artistic expression in turn for some shallow immediate pay offs. In true synergy with this title by the way - shallow.

The real irony of this once great franchise is that its owners and creators have all become what their stories advert against - tools of the Dark Side. In this analogy, the Dark Side represents profit maximization, the most twisted of its forms being the short-term one. I mean, we all know George Lucas went insane midway through the writing for "Return of the Jedi", probably waking up in a cold sweat with Palpatine's voice screaming in his head during his first withdrawal episode. This was ultimately confirmed with those abominations labeled as "the Prequels" that only purpose was to make the fans' minds juggle when re-watching the originals, in an attempt to forget that the overall quality of the whole thing had just been chopped down a few good pegs. But after this once great film maker decided to cash it in (and hopefully spend at least some of it making amends for his sins) the general consensus was that this would turn a new page. Dead wrong. The profit maximization runs deep within, their fears and angers all leading to the Dark Side, with no redemption in sight.

The entire movie plot moves through coincidence. There is no character development. No connection to the protagonists. The tension is non-existent to the point of the actual characters in the movie making jokes about it (Just use the Force, right?). By the end of this movie you're cringing at how fragile the villains look. Dialogue is so forced and direct that I'm willing to bet their preview audiences were children. There is barely any scope, any feeling of vastness and of how rich this universe is (the prequels actually did this better, which is unbelievable). The story is insulting, both to the viewers intelligence and to decades of lore that got destroyed in another toy commercial.

But the worst thing about this movie, and which confirms that we truly can not trust any system of rating available to a wide range of people (like this website), for how dosed off and content with shallow entertainment most of us are, is how this is being labeled as a space opera. This is not a space opera. It is a bland action flick that happens to be branded as a Star Wars movie. But the feeling of Star Wars is not present. There is no magic left (or Force, for that matter). All that's left now is to determine how long will the mass hysteria last for this disaster to get its deserved recognition.

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PendraDec 18, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm sad to say but this movie is not good. Everything is recycled. Not one single bit of creativity or original thinking went into this flick. The scenes are not linked by story but by Deus Ex Machina. JJ Abrams is the new Michael Bay, except Michael Bay managed to make a good movie in his life, JJ not so much. Spoilers below so expand with care........

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Star Wars - The search for Skywalker
It is the complete story of SW 4,5,6 + ST11 + ST3 + Hayden Christian. There is the Peasant from a desert planet, the I'm your father stuff, Death Star blowing up planets, the main rebels base 2 mins away from destruction by the Death Star, Admiral It's a trap, X-Wings flying in and blowing up an energy providing system, Han Solo deactivates the shields of the Death Star, Darth Vader turns out to be a crybaby, like Anakin, all the nonsense and Deus Ex Machia from ST11, 30 years after Endor, the rebels are, again, a powerless band of renegades with some X-Wings, the Emperor (now called Supreme Leader) is still an ugly and big hologram.

The Star Destroyers were grand, they deserve the point. Han Solo deserves the point as well. He was the only 3D character… Expand
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JoshimakiDec 18, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nostalgia aside... it wasn't that good. *SPOILERS AHEAD*

We all love Star Wars *except most of our girlfriends and wife's* but i was quite dissapointed with this new Di$ney Ver$ion and here are the reasons.

First off some characters sucked. Snoke came out of nowhere as a villain *I was hoping at one point that it was Palpatine since we never saw him die* and the way he was presented...his character..doesn't convince at all. Kylo Ren started awesome until he removed his mask for no major plot reason and started acting weak *They Should've wait for that last scene with Han Solo so that the fact that he still had some unstable humanity left would've impact more*aside from the fact that he gets beats up by Rey who had JEDI POWERS AND KNEW HOW TO USE THEM NOT EVEN BEING TRAINED BY A JEDI OR EVER MEETING ONE IN PERSON. Aside from that the other ones were OK.

Next comes the SUPER WEAK PLOT. Everyone is looking for Luke Skywalker...thats the plot..and is solved in the mos **** way possible *The r2d2 part*. I always say that a simple plot can be good if its well detailed but this one left more questions than aswers which made the movie feel more like a teaser for the next film$$$. Some characters didnt even had any type of development...Captain Phasma for instance...

And finally there was nothing new brought to the table ....Destroy a weapon *A new hope* Family issues *empire strikes back*.The only new thing about a Storm trooper realizing his wrong ways was very poorly focused.*Specially when after watching a comrade die he was killing 20 more trying to escape*.

Overall lets just hope that the next two directors give us a better representation of what they consider Star Wars to be.Until then; may the force be with you.… Expand
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kcraig1963Dec 19, 2015
This was a HORRIBLE movie!!!! Bad directing, script seemed like a 10 year old wrote, bad acting, definitely not a 200 million dollar budget on this film, maybe 20 to 25 million max. I think Disney is trying to recoup there 4 Billion dollarThis was a HORRIBLE movie!!!! Bad directing, script seemed like a 10 year old wrote, bad acting, definitely not a 200 million dollar budget on this film, maybe 20 to 25 million max. I think Disney is trying to recoup there 4 Billion dollar investment in the first movie. seems like they are getting greedy and we, the consumer, are paying for it. There was no one at the theater when I went to see the 7:30 pm showing on opening day. I really do believe that the execs at Disney have underestimated the intellect of their customers. I really hope this movie tanks and forces them to do the next movie correctly.… Expand
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totemDec 19, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the few interesting things about "The Force Awakens" is witnessing how a massive entertainment corporation co-opts talented writers, producers and actors, pulverizes their contributions into a shallow, incoherent pulp, and yet still succeeds financially through a massive cross-promotion campaign.

As for the movie, there's not much good to say. Coincidence is the storytellers' choice for connecting scenes and plot developments: the Millennium Falcon just happens to be rusting away with the keys in the ignition for the protagonists to steal. Han and Chewie just happen to be cruising by as our heroes flee their planet. Luke's light saber just happens to be lying around in the basement of a pub where Rey finds it. Rey suddenly displays the same force powers that every other Jedi acquired through rigorous training. R2D2, dormant for years, inexplicably awakens to provide the map everyone is looking for, etc., etc., ad nauseam. Honestly, if you had just cut up the script from "A New Hope" and given the pieces to a barrel of monkeys, they could have rearranged them to produce a story of similar quality, since there was nothing to connect the plot elements, anyway.

For all the talk about practical effects by Kathleen Kennedy, the movie was mostly the same CGI garbage you find in other Hollywood films these days. As much as I resent the failings of the prequels, George Lucas' creative absence was deeply felt here. The creatures, costumes, and models, perhaps the chief strength of the original film, were cliched and ordinary in this one. The "supreme leader" character (I couldn't tell you who he was even if I wanted to since, like everything else, it was never explained) was eerily similar to the Last Engineer from "Prometheus," a sure sign of the film makers' fecklessness and missed opportunities.

The acting was an aspect I would argue surpassed the prequel trilogy, though admittedly I'm hunting for compliments. The new trio added plausibility to the porous script. On the other hand, casting Harrison Ford to reprise a central role was a mistake, though hardly an unforeseen one given his string of uninspired performances over the last decade. Repeating errors somehow rarely seems to matter to the film industry.

All in all, my takeaway is that George Lucas comes away smelling like roses after this debacle. I never thought anyone could make his maligned prequels look savvy by comparison, but at least he knew the difference between a story and a gimmick. There truly has been a disturbance in the Force.… Expand
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Leo3Dec 20, 2015
The conveyer awakens and the death of the good old Star Wars. Disney just destroyed almost all for what i love that franchise. Disney, please resell the franchise to anyone else.
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ssolvillDec 20, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Star Wars is one of my favorite universes I've always liked to go back to the galaxy far far away being it through the movies, books or games
That's why i am so disappointed with this movie, it's not good Star wars movie it's not even good movie period

My main problem with it is
- galaxy far far away doesn't seem to be so far far away after all, hate all you like on prequel trilogy but at least the 3 movies have this going on for them beautiful places beautiful costumes lots of different species
- Rebellion which consist of 10 x-wings because i haven't seen anything more, makes me wonder why First Order is so scared of them
- this secret super weapon is laughable, who builds a weapon which can fire twice??? looking how dark it got when they were charging it second time, not to mention what would happen with the star - white dwarf , go supernova , black hole??
-forget about training it's enough to have the Force u can mind control and beat anyone as shown by Rey, the last fight was just boring prequels had better
This is definitely the worst SW movie… Expand
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AndreibalintDec 20, 2015
I study marketing and thus whenever i see so much hype and so much marketing **** I try to keep my expectations low but with this movie , a star wars , somewhere beneath all my sarcasm and realism a new hope arose. Needless to say J.J AbrahmsI study marketing and thus whenever i see so much hype and so much marketing **** I try to keep my expectations low but with this movie , a star wars , somewhere beneath all my sarcasm and realism a new hope arose. Needless to say J.J Abrahms took that little glitter of hope and ran it over with a freaking cargo-train.
This movie is just like the monster Frankenstein made but worse: : it's made out of scavenged parts from the prequels but all those parts are assembled in such a way that they have created a monstrosity , it lacks any kind of personality and context, the characters are bland and boring and have little to no background or development (except Han Solo) and the plot is totally predictable and bad.... If you think the Phantom Manace was bad wait till you see this one ....… Expand
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silkLRDec 20, 2015
It's a long time ago in Déja vu Galaxy ... Good for a reboot ... The monney is writing the script. Lost in the old memmory this space opera is like a Star Wars but it's an illusion.
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nalljaDec 18, 2015
There are many things to like about the new Star Wars movie, strong female characters, visual effects which are stunning but not over the top, strong acting performances, and a multitude of varied locations which expand the SW universe.There are many things to like about the new Star Wars movie, strong female characters, visual effects which are stunning but not over the top, strong acting performances, and a multitude of varied locations which expand the SW universe. Unfortunately these do not overcome the short comings in the plot or the story telling. It is very difficult to take a hugely successful franchise and create new engaging story lines. Abrams fails again as he did with Star Trek ( another where the cast did fantastic despite Abrams ). Save your money and catch this one on Redbox.… Expand
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4TifierNov 5, 2016
EPISODE IV

Sorry for anyone who has just read the first two words of my review, because I just spoiled this entire movie just by saying those two words! This is by far the most disappointing movie I have ever seen; I would even go asEPISODE IV

Sorry for anyone who has just read the first two words of my review, because I just spoiled this entire movie just by saying those two words!

This is by far the most disappointing movie I have ever seen; I would even go as far as saying it is the second-worst Star Wars film to date (the worst being, of course, Episode II).

What was advertised as a sequel and a continuation of the Star Wars universe turns out to actually be a copy+paste remake of the first Star Wars movie. I cannot believe Disney and J.J. Abrams would stoop this low just to make a lot of money.

But besides this movie being completely unoriginal, it does so much more wrong that makes this movie a 1.5/5 Star film...

For starters, the character development is far too quick and shallow.

Why does Finn suddenly decide to join the good side? Meh, who cares....

Why does Rae know how to use the Force? Meh, who cares...

How do Finn and Rae master any weapon/vehicle she touches? Meh, who cares...

Why are Finn and Poe suddenly butt buddies? Meh, who cares...

Secondly, the development of the story is based on pure coincidence and luck!

Finn and Rae happen to find the Millennium Falcon and happen to fly it better than Han ever could and happen to fly it to where Chewie and Han are hiding who happen to know where the rebel base is where it so happens that Luke's lightsaber is there and Rae happens to find it and remember to past...

I could continue, but I think you get the point by now...

Third, the villains are absolutely horrible!

Kylo Ren is just a discount Darth Vader whose just full of hot gas and Captain Phasma is just a chrome spray-painted Stormtrooper who does absolutely nothing but give the good guys what they want (she doesn't even get that much screen-time).

Their costumes are also completely unoriginal. Heck, even the Bounty Hunters who were shown on screen for 5 seconds in "The Empire Strikes Back" had more effort put into their costumes than the main villains of this movie!

In conclusion, the writing of this movie is literally a copy+paste of a fan fiction written by J.J. Abrams, and is far from being a proper Star Wars film. Yet it is because Disney advertised this film to be an "original continuation" is why I truly despise this film.… Expand
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ndmattmDec 18, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So my guess is that people who are giving this movie a great review have only seen the Phantom Menace? By all means... it is a much better movie than that one. However, the reality is that this is just A New Hope with different characters. The film critics wouldn't dare give it a bad review because it is certainly more diverse than the old movies and so they wont do that... but its a really the same plot as A New Hope just with worse actors. The whole thing makes no sense and SPOILER ALERT:

How does someone who has never used the force destroy someone who studied under Luke Skywalker? This is your Darth Vader? Your Evil Lord? This? Heck, he was more like Lord Helmet from Space Balls than anything. Wow... I am sure glad I got so excited to see that. I could have just stayed home and watched New Hope. I would have been more entertained! Say what you will about the Prequels... at least they had a new story to tell. Cant believe anyone who actually saw it (other than critics) actually giving it high praise. The fact that the critics liked it should have made everyone run away fast! Its probably a 5 out of 10 but because of all the hype for the last few years I give it a 2.… Expand
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xavanDec 19, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Disappointing movie. Too many coincidences. "Sith Lord" was a complete joke. Started out as a badass, but ended as a whiny baby who got beat by untrained people swinging lightsabers blindly.

Atleast the prequels had a story and ominous villians.

This movie was basically a PC rehash of episode IV with no character development or believable human interaction. Don't me wrong. I don't mind progressive elements in a movie, but I don't want to feel like I am watching a checklist being shoved down my throat despite how forced or unnatural it feels.

-Grrrrl power "i dont need no man to hold my hand" lady picks up a light saber for the first time and instantly knows how to use the force to beat the "sith" lord. She somehow magically goes from zero to hero in 5 minutes without any kind of explanation. So not only is she the most powerful fighter, but she is the best pilot, and mechanic in the movie without any formal backstory or training.

This would essentially be the same as Jake Lloyd picking up a lightsaber in Episode 1 and somehow beating Darth Maul. Totally ridiculous. Anakin was also supposed to be the "child of the force" and the "chosen one" and it would have still been nonsense. Atleast my feminist friend who went to the movie with me was beaming afterwards.

-Forced interracial romance with no believable setup or backstory. I come from an interracial family, but this just felt like some PC checklist. Stale and unbelievable with no chemistry.… Expand
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nerdpanchiDec 18, 2015
Most of my life I had been looking forward to this movie. After all the struggle I went through to obtain the tickets, I can't believe all that was for this. The major plot is just a rip-off of the original movies. The original actors barelyMost of my life I had been looking forward to this movie. After all the struggle I went through to obtain the tickets, I can't believe all that was for this. The major plot is just a rip-off of the original movies. The original actors barely had any screen time.There was no character development at all. Why should we care about the two major characters (Rey and Finn) I really didn't understand. We saw very little of Poe. The movie plot was rushed, nothing original, nothing intriguing. I am sad and extremely disappointed.… Expand
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ekatonplDec 19, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This was not the worst episode of the Star Wars but it is nothing when compared to the old saga. Some things were done right - particularly the special effects, but most were just wrong - the enemy lacks character, the main characters are not really interesting, there is no mentor like Yoda or Obi-Wan who would teach their apprentice and the New Order is simply too inspired by the Nazi regime (not as subtly as in the Old Trilogy). There are no memorable enemies and the main villain should really keep his mask on and especially fight in it, his facial expressions were laughable at times. There is no-one who even remotely matches Darth Vader, Emperor or Wilhuff Tarkin. This, combined with an awful open ending, makes it a very bad movie.… Expand
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CarribeanDeanDec 18, 2015
As a fan of Star Wars and JJ Abrams (especially Mission Impossible 3), I really wanted to like this movie, but it just got worse and worse with every turn. Anybody who says different is either paid to say so or a total idiot. It was a totalAs a fan of Star Wars and JJ Abrams (especially Mission Impossible 3), I really wanted to like this movie, but it just got worse and worse with every turn. Anybody who says different is either paid to say so or a total idiot. It was a total replay of the first (episode 4), but with poor acting, directing, editing, music, everything was just garbage. If you want to see Star Wars done well, watch Clone Wars. I know, it's a cartoon, but it is leagues better than this pandering crap. Affirmative action put each minority in place, but nobody cared about acting. or story, or anything. Carrie Fisher looks like she's had 1 too many facelifts. The only bright spot was Harrison Ford, as wonderful as ever. The villain was a joke (part 50 shades, part brat-a whiny product of corporate feminism). The heroine was a product of corporate feminism (not real feminism, but where emotions and condescending **** replace discipline, training and experience). It stunk so bad, I would pay again to have the memory of it washed away. 1 lousy lightsaber fight, and it sucked-how is a girl who has never held a lightsaber supposed to convincingly duel? Gah! I hated it soooo much.… Expand
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iceman994Dec 21, 2015
How the hell they made this movie. They just ruined everything I am a StarWars fun and I have never seen any crap before like this. Old StarWars were better than this. J.J. Abrams cant make a good film he ruined Star Trek now StarWars what's next?
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Nassereddine18Dec 19, 2015
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, is the most boring movie I ever watched! Warning you will fall asleep or get frustrated in this film. The older movies were better, this one was just a disappointment. Not to mention the hype forStar Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, is the most boring movie I ever watched! Warning you will fall asleep or get frustrated in this film. The older movies were better, this one was just a disappointment. Not to mention the hype for this film got me really annoyed!! Overall, this movie sucks and people that are giving it 10/10 that's just sad. Rating: 0/10… Expand
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CaptainChaosDec 18, 2015
I'm not usually a hater, but I have to say this is the second series of my youth, JJ Abrams has destroyed. First of all, the acting is absolutely terrible. Secondly, the plot is practically a rehash of two of the oldest Star Wars movie.I'm not usually a hater, but I have to say this is the second series of my youth, JJ Abrams has destroyed. First of all, the acting is absolutely terrible. Secondly, the plot is practically a rehash of two of the oldest Star Wars movie. Seriously? Can you find a new writer please. Third, without spoiling anything, certain things made absolutely no sense, like how quickly certain people learn new skills. Fourth, I love how the empire doesn't have anyone over 25 in their command structure. Seriously? I know you want to make it young and hip, but battleships typically aren't commanded by children. This is not only by far the worst of all star wars movies, it's one of the worst movies I ever saw. Phantom Menace was better. No I'm not kidding. At least Liam Neeson carried his parts. Oh and btw, I thought Revenge of the Sith was the best of the all 7, so I'm not opposed to giving the new movies a fair shake (yes, the chemistry between Christensen and Portman was terrible, but everyone else was a superb actor, the movie was so much fun, and the plot was excellent).… Expand
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kaytaroDec 18, 2015
I honestly didn't think it was possible to be more disappointed in a Star Wars movie than the prequels. Star Wars has always been about the characters, and J. J. Abrams manages to butcher every new character and kill off the only memorable one.
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alltoohum4nDec 22, 2015
This is not a movie: it's the combination of a far left, degenerate social agenda, brand marketing and a lot of gimmicky nostalgia.

The sheen will quickly fade, even for the true believers, but they'll fall for it all over again when theThis is not a movie: it's the combination of a far left, degenerate social agenda, brand marketing and a lot of gimmicky nostalgia.

The sheen will quickly fade, even for the true believers, but they'll fall for it all over again when the next episode comes around.… Expand
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onetwotryDec 19, 2015
This is by far worst Star Wars movie. Characters are dull and cartoonish. OOverall it feels like a Disney fairtail than a Star Wars movie. I never expected it to be that horrible. Somehow they failed everything they could.
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TheSuperDevil42Dec 18, 2015
This movie has out of place one-liners constantly. Its a new type of humor that seems to cater more towards a younger audience. I'm 23 and I love everything star wars. I saw it in the first possible showing. I could not connect with the movieThis movie has out of place one-liners constantly. Its a new type of humor that seems to cater more towards a younger audience. I'm 23 and I love everything star wars. I saw it in the first possible showing. I could not connect with the movie because 80% of the movie is just a tour a nostalgia. Its not even the fact that they had nearly identical plots (I didn't even mind the similarities), its just that they made jokes at every character and it makes them hard to believe weakens their character. I'll see every star wars movie, but so far I'm not really a fan.… Expand
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AmerillionDec 19, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Speechless: Fears Confirmed, fans deserve better!

I have rated this a 0, for 1 reason: Fans deserve better!

I have read many comments, detailing in a far more literate way, and at far greater length the issues with this film. I waited at midnight to see this and whilst it could have been worse, with the support and budget this movie had it should have been WAY better.

If this was a stand alone movie you'd have a style over substance 5.5 flick like Jupiter Ascending, however you had a pre-built fan base, and lets face it LOTS OF DISNEY MONEY, to think tank a legacy deserving of the original.

Mr Abrams you should be ashamed, for this blatant, uninspired reboot, that puts action (ripping the best sequences out of episodes IV and V) ahead of a plausible story, combined with weak new characters, poor acting, and a complete failure to suspend disbelief!

4Q Mr Abrams, 4Q!… Expand
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dougaussieMay 19, 2016
if you saw this movie, having never seen a star wars movie, be realistic, As a stand alone SCI FI movie, would it rate two stars? Theres no depth of character in my opinion, the connection between the original movies and this movie has been lost.
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xfuzzDec 18, 2015
A lazy, fan service reboot.

I´m sad that TFA is such a letdown. It´s a safe movie, made for the fans with little new to offer. The real tragedy here is the missed opportunity to take the original trilogy to a new path with a freshA lazy, fan service reboot.

I´m sad that TFA is such a letdown. It´s a safe movie, made for the fans with little new to offer. The real tragedy here is the missed opportunity to take the original trilogy to a new path with a fresh perspective. Instead it uses too many nostalgia elements with the same ANH story arc with a couple of miscasts (Adam Driver? Really?) to bring you something that you already saw. The film score is as poor and lazy as the plot, probably the worst of all SW movies This is a sad backwards step.… Expand
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shapesformsDec 19, 2015
this movie incorporates everything that is wrong with modern (corporate) film making. no story, **** acting, stupid one dimensional characters to cgi to much cgi to compensate.
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DarkHorseSkiDec 18, 2015
THERE ARE NO SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW. The movie does a good enough job spoiling itself. Let's just say, you've seen this plot before, within the Star Wars franchise, no less. There is very little that is actually good about this movie andTHERE ARE NO SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW. The movie does a good enough job spoiling itself. Let's just say, you've seen this plot before, within the Star Wars franchise, no less. There is very little that is actually good about this movie and this is coming from a long time Star Wars and JJ Abrams fan who had nothing but positive expectations coming into this flick. This movie is NOT as bad as Episode 1, but that is about all you can say. Even if a certain, hated, Gungan had lost his head to our new lightsaber wielding bad guy, it still would have been a bad movie (but that certainly would have helped! hint, hint, Disney when you consider digitally re-editing these movies in the future...) There are soooo many holes in the plot because, clearly, while we repeat the past in this movie, nobody has ever learned from it.… Expand
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RyenoDec 19, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Darth Vader Jr. is just a teenage going through rebellion. Like seriously did anyone proof read the plot? This movie is trash tier. Voice acting was awful. Plot was a rehash of the original movie. Phantom Menace was better. I'm serious.… Expand
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skyvydDec 18, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 3 points that ruined the movie:
1) An incredible abuse of coincidences in the introduction of characters, that was necessary?
2) Kilo Ren...begins as an incredible powerful Sith, he removes her helmet and turns into a wayward crying child...wtf!
3) A third Death Star with the same weakness? OMG...… Expand
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WraithDecemberDec 18, 2015
Try and count the amount of coincidences they use to try and move the plot along... just try and count them. There is no solid driving force or goal for the characters then to move from one action scene to the next without ever taking aTry and count the amount of coincidences they use to try and move the plot along... just try and count them. There is no solid driving force or goal for the characters then to move from one action scene to the next without ever taking a breath for some much needed character development. Did you see the trailer, good, then you saw the movie, I just saved you 15 bucks.… Expand
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Viper2024Dec 18, 2015
This was the first Star Wars movie without George Lucas and it is an uninspired part of the Star Wars saga. It seems to be the new American Dream that an average movie maker like JJ Abrams will get his chance to ruin everything other peopleThis was the first Star Wars movie without George Lucas and it is an uninspired part of the Star Wars saga. It seems to be the new American Dream that an average movie maker like JJ Abrams will get his chance to ruin everything other people build up. Once he revived Star Trek (2009) only to destroy it with STID (2013).

There are countless plagiarism in the movie and when you have seen the old Star Wars movie there are not many new in this part. You have the same dialogues and the same plot as in the other Star Wars movies. But wait one thing is new the villain has a new lightsaber – yeah great. But his representation as villain is pitiful and his martial arts are ridiculous.

Han Solo is the new Jar Jar Binks – at the end of the movie I missed Jar Jar for the first time in my life – because his one-liner are annoying with the time. And I can’t believe that Lawrence Kasdan (Episode V+VI) and Michael Arndt (Oblivion) are responsible for the script.

George Lucas is still a genius and I think he is really disappointed what Disney made with his legacy.… Expand
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JoebowhowDec 18, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. For Quite some time if not years i've been looking forward for this. Never and I really mean never was I more disapointed after seeing a movie of which I expected so much. I dunno where it went wrong perhaps Disney should have never been involved in making a SW movie also the director JJ abrams messed up pretty bad. It's an entire rip off of the 4th episode i kinda felt like they copy pasted the entire movie xD really for A star wars fan I really left the theatres with a feeling of WTF did I just witnessed?
The movie had no depth , no stable storyline just a dozen pieces being thrown in a mixxer and I guess they were like lets see what pops out.. Kylo Ren is in my opinion the most disapointing character what kind of Sissy dude did they take for this ? They might as well could have used ''king geoffrey (GOT) haha Ren looked like a queer crying baby. they should have used an actor with actual bad ass face impressions someone like jai Courtney or Cam Gigandet. This all being said Disney & JJ abrams keep your ideas and stay out of the SW business .. This Fan will endure sleepless nights of disapointment… Expand
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Gonk1138Dec 18, 2015
Star Wars: A Newer Hope.

Fans waited over thirty years for this...and we got a remake disguised as a sequel. I surely hope that George Lucas received a story credit for this chapter.
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drunkblackstarDec 19, 2015
The new SW is a flat repetition of old movies, especially Episode IV. I wonder, how it could be, that the project with that big budget produces such secondary stereotyped imitative garbage.
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DarthcrunchDec 18, 2015
Terrible movie: unoriginal, uninspired and undeniably awful. JJ Abrams is a hack. Kathleen Kennedy should be ashamed. Lawrence Kasdan no longer knows how to write a screenplay. Bad move pushing George Lucas and Michael Arndt from this project.
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senya666Dec 18, 2015
This movie was a ton of fun, totally unnecessary, and made no sense whatsoever. The Prequels had an intriguing plot and terrible characters. Force Awakens has some really fun characters and a terrible plot. Way too much fan service, noThis movie was a ton of fun, totally unnecessary, and made no sense whatsoever. The Prequels had an intriguing plot and terrible characters. Force Awakens has some really fun characters and a terrible plot. Way too much fan service, no original ideas, and one of the coolest characters ever goes out like a chump. I could go on but there's little point.… Expand
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DEgITxDec 18, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was really disappointed, this movie is full retelling of New Hope and nothing its own. New characters were weak, 40 minutes of boredom at each planet, and movie ended.… Expand
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PapaJohns2015Dec 18, 2015
As a Star Wars fan from 1977, I was really looking forward to this film. It couldn't be worse than the prequels, could it? Incredible to say, but I think the prequels may have been better. If you like all the Clone Wars garbage on TV, thenAs a Star Wars fan from 1977, I was really looking forward to this film. It couldn't be worse than the prequels, could it? Incredible to say, but I think the prequels may have been better. If you like all the Clone Wars garbage on TV, then you may like this film. One of the biggest disappointments, instead of coming up with an original story or any story, this film suffers from lack of character development, poor direction, no tension in any scenes. This film was about as good as Indy 4. When I IMDB'd J.J., I saw that all his film are garbage. He was the wrong director for this job. He's not even a director. If anything a director of being mediocre. Shame on everyone involved in this project. The prequels set the bar so low, it wouldn't take a lot of thought to make this better. Somehow you managed to make this suck. How much time did they actually spend on thinking about the script and story? One week? The only thing I liked about this film was the opening crawl.… Expand
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Knightmare725Dec 18, 2015
Call me a bigot all you want, but in my opinion, the political correctness in this movie seems to come off as seemingly too obvious and desperate. In which makes the movie very hollow. I think thats why people also hate PC. For that reasonCall me a bigot all you want, but in my opinion, the political correctness in this movie seems to come off as seemingly too obvious and desperate. In which makes the movie very hollow. I think thats why people also hate PC. For that reason and others. For example, "Look! A female stormtrooper! The evil empire has equality too!" "Look! An asian rebel resistance leader! Not every leader has to be a white male!" In my opinion, I think to be thats the notion they are trying to give and its hollow and eye rolling. Im honestly more amused than impressed. I support equality. But not if it comes off as desperate and is enforced in my favorite sci fi franchise.… Expand
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PCforeverJan 23, 2016
The most disappointing film I have ever seen. Phantom Menace was superior to this movie that's how bad it is. I don't want to repeat what everybody else is saying about why it stinks but just google "40 major plot holes in the forceThe most disappointing film I have ever seen. Phantom Menace was superior to this movie that's how bad it is. I don't want to repeat what everybody else is saying about why it stinks but just google "40 major plot holes in the force awakens" by Abramson of the Huffington Post.

It nails it perfectly as to why this is one of the worst films ever made and adds to the growing evidence that JJ Abrams is the worst directer in the history of film making.… Expand
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drysprocketDec 18, 2015
I remember everyone liking Episode 1 on opening night too....people will eventually wake up. This was horrible beyond words. Truly, truly, horrible.

It barely counts as a movie- it's a reboot that brings nothing new, and doesn't have aI remember everyone liking Episode 1 on opening night too....people will eventually wake up. This was horrible beyond words. Truly, truly, horrible.

It barely counts as a movie- it's a reboot that brings nothing new, and doesn't have a fresh bone in it's body. I so sad to realize that I will never see another SW movie in the theater again. It's just gonna get worse I fear.… Expand
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Edward4468Jan 24, 2016
Let me declare at first. The problem is not coming from nature of Star Wars itself, nor the reason why they have decided to create another movie of the series. It's WORSE. The cause of my disappointment is that, the story line of this filmLet me declare at first. The problem is not coming from nature of Star Wars itself, nor the reason why they have decided to create another movie of the series. It's WORSE. The cause of my disappointment is that, the story line of this film is not following the basic rules of fiction writings. In another words, THIS MOVIE DOESN'T HAVE ANY CLEAR VISIONS ABOUT WHERE TO GO.
I don't want to give EVEN a 0 score, I am completely honest, nor to call this thing a fiction tale, IT'S JUST A -FAN-APPEALING-VIDEO-WITH-A-BIG-SCREEN, I'd rather say. At least its not worth to pay for watching it.
I don't really understand why there are so many of them who are yelling this "greatest ever!" or something like that.… Expand
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TgcDec 18, 2015
Since I know Star Wars mostly from books (6 films vs ~150 books), this movie completely ruins the universe that i was fan of for over 20 years. Since this movie doesn't follow continuity established by expanded universe, it's no more than anSince I know Star Wars mostly from books (6 films vs ~150 books), this movie completely ruins the universe that i was fan of for over 20 years. Since this movie doesn't follow continuity established by expanded universe, it's no more than an fan fiction movie with a huge budget.… Expand
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fsujosephDec 19, 2015
It's a disgrace to the Star Wars franchise. I grew up having my dad show me the movies he loved as a kid, I grew up with episodes 1, 2 and 3, but I highly respect the originals and think they are the best (although I think the third is quiteIt's a disgrace to the Star Wars franchise. I grew up having my dad show me the movies he loved as a kid, I grew up with episodes 1, 2 and 3, but I highly respect the originals and think they are the best (although I think the third is quite good)

When I show Star Wars to my kids I'm going to act like Disney's movies don't exist, because to me they don't. This is what happens when people want to revive something that was good and squeeze every last drop of pulp out of it. Maybe George Lucas could have pulled it off, but Disney massacred it.

The movie starts off good, the jet pilot guy is cool and likable. The black guy is also cool. Then from there it takes a nosedive. The villains aren't explained at all, and the new Vader turns out to be a teen with emo problems. This guy couldn't even wipe Darth Vader's shoes. Few things are as iconical and intimidating as Vader's breathing through his mask. There is no creativity in the movie, nothing new is introduced. It's a nostalgia trip and a bad one at that.

Really the whole movie doesn't 'feel' like Star Wars. Maybe it's the camera angles or the CGI,I don't know, but it is extremely obvious the series has a new director. I could go on and on, but the worst part of all is when a freaking girl who has never used a lightsaber before beats a fully trained sith lord in a duel. That's f*cking insane. Plus she exhibits force capabilities that take jedi's years of rigorous training to learn.

Disney just has no respect for the greatness of Star Wars and is only in this for the cash grab. But by far the worst part of this movies was those snarky little 'jokes' You know the dumb jokes that make the nerds in the movie theater bust out laughing? Yeah they are everywhere in this movie. The originals were CHARMING, they didn't have to say these cheesy lines to get a laugh, they were just naturally witty and entertaining.

Well that's all I have, to me this movie doesn't exist. The great series started and ended with George Lucas.… Expand
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Naderade18Dec 18, 2015
Because there was so much hype and propaganda for this movie, I felt that I wasted 2 hours and 15 minutes of my time watching this film. I was so bored and I think I remember falling asleep near the beginning LOL! The older Star Wars moviesBecause there was so much hype and propaganda for this movie, I felt that I wasted 2 hours and 15 minutes of my time watching this film. I was so bored and I think I remember falling asleep near the beginning LOL! The older Star Wars movies were better, this one was really bad I felt so dizzy after watching this film! I think this movie made me hate Star Wars even more...… Expand
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blow0021Dec 18, 2015
After drinking from the well of Happabore backwash that is Star Wars VII, Phantom Menace's Bantha Fodder appears quite appetizing. But a couple of trees are cut down with lightsabers in a beautiful snow lit background so its got that going for it.
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MarcusAntoninusDec 20, 2015
Lovable droid with secret message, marooned on desert planet. Rescued by callow youth 'strong with the force'. Escape from said planet on Millennium Falcon. Reach Rebel Headquarters. Plan to blow up mechanised planet before said planet blowsLovable droid with secret message, marooned on desert planet. Rescued by callow youth 'strong with the force'. Escape from said planet on Millennium Falcon. Reach Rebel Headquarters. Plan to blow up mechanised planet before said planet blows up Rebel Headquarters. One of the few things going for this movie is the rehashed plot from A New Hope. The lack of originality does not stop there. Scenes from VII look as though they have been lifted straight out of Saving Private Ryan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Leni Riefenstahl, Lord of the Rings and, finally, Crouching Tiger. The father-son theme, so integral to IV, V and VI, appears contrived in VII. Nevertheless, VII deserves two points: one for Harrison Ford reprising his Han Solo role, albeit older and slower; another for Daisy Ridley, the only other actor possessing charisma. The Saga was born and died with Darth Vader.… Expand
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AthanasiosTFeb 24, 2016
METACRITIC you should begin filtering Out reviewers, who (for obvious reasons) create accounts for only one movie. It's tiring and it's removing All Credibility from the User Reviews, which is the Main reason I keep coming to this site. AsMETACRITIC you should begin filtering Out reviewers, who (for obvious reasons) create accounts for only one movie. It's tiring and it's removing All Credibility from the User Reviews, which is the Main reason I keep coming to this site. As for SW, it is a sad sad, unimaginative, untalented copy of Episode 4, with extremely poor writing and inspiration. For me SW movies are dead, burned and buried.… Expand
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WEL16Dec 30, 2015
This movie is not better than "A New Hope" and it is not better than "The Phantom Menace" either even with JarJar Binks. "The Force Awakens" feels formulaic, it doesn't introduce any new elements to the series and it plays it safe from startThis movie is not better than "A New Hope" and it is not better than "The Phantom Menace" either even with JarJar Binks. "The Force Awakens" feels formulaic, it doesn't introduce any new elements to the series and it plays it safe from start to finish by emulating A New Hope.

The movie's full of beautiful special effects and there are some amazing action scenes at the beginning and some at the end but seeing how high critics are rating the movie it seems such shallow crap was enough to satisfy them. Me on the other hand enjoyed the movie for what it was. A competent and sometimes fun but it wasn't anything special or something I'd watch a second time.… Expand
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montell088Jan 24, 2016
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Force Awakens is a COMPLETE disaster as a film. How anyone can even pretend it's good genuinely baffles me. Here's the short version of why this film sucks:

1) Leia is not a Jedi. Really? Does it make sense that a force-sensitive person would walk away from the power to be a Jedi? Especially when she saw 1st hand how dark Jedis can almost take over the galaxy. Does it make sense that she'd let Luke teach all the Jedi alone? No. I get we dont want to see a cgi Carrie Fisher with a lightsaber, but story-wise, it makes no sense.

2) Luke Skywalker is a running coward. Seriously? Kylo Ren made the last Jedi run away and hide? Kylo doesn't seem that bad ass to me, but whatever, he made Luke hide for an entire film...

3) Kylo Ren is a **** Like a GIANT **** This Skywalker trained dark Jedi can barely take out stormtroopers (Finn) and gets his ass kicked by someone who has NEVER once held an ignited lightsaber before the moment of the duel? LOL

4) Finn is Jar Jar Binks. I went into this film wanting to like Finn the best. Why? Cause he's on the poster holding Luke's Lightsaber. That leads you to believe that he's a Jedi. They've never before shown someone on a Star Wars poster with a lightsaber who wasn't a Jedi. Until now. Had they put Rey on the poster holding the lightsaber, I'd have no problem with Finn losing EVERYTIME he touches the thing. But as it stands, they did put Finn on that poster holding the lightsaber and ALL he ever did with that lightsaber was get his ass kicked with it. One of his losses was to an un-named character... LOL

5) Rey is god. I don't mind my make believe tales of fantasy having a female lead. I do however mind when that female lead is vastly overpowered without trying. Rey is more powerful than Luke was in Empire Strikes Back. With ZERO training. She can fly as good as Han/Lando with no experience flying the Falcon, she's as strong as Luke, and she can even translate every language like C3P0. I love that we have a female lead. I hate that she is a Mary Sue.

6) Han Solo's death held no emotion. I went into this film with no spoilers, but I saw Han Solo's death coming from an hour and a half away. Then when the actual scene is setup, its insanely obvious what's about to happen. They may as well have had a neon sign in the background that read: "Han solo dies in this scene! don't go for popcorn!" This is the kind of thing that pulls people out of movies. Then the actual death happened and I was like, "meh". The problem with me seeing the death coming from so far away is, I'll see the death in my head 1st. And it was cooler in my head.

7) Chewie and Leia walk past each other after Han dies. This is a film breaking error on the part of JJ (Jar Jar) Abrams. It makes absolutely ZERO sense that 2 old friends and comrades would simply walk right past each other after the death of someone so important to both of them. They walked past each other without SO MUCH AS A GLANCE BETWEEN THEM. If they aren't ready to talk or if Leia wants to talk to Rey, fine, but you have to show SOMETHING. A simple nod. Anything. As it stands, these 2 characters are broken until its explained why they behaved as if they'd never met before.

It's Star Wars. I get the need to want to love this. And it's also trailblazing for girls and women everywhere and that's a great thing. I get why it's hard to say its a bad movie when you want to like it so bad. But this is a JJ Abrams film. And it's a very bad film. And as a die hard Star Wars fan it causes me physical pain to admit that.… Expand
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petraxFeb 6, 2016
Star Wars didn't need to be rebooted. It just insults those who have invested their time and love with this modern mythology. And to add further insult, this retelling is an inferior product of the laziest type of storytelling. There'sStar Wars didn't need to be rebooted. It just insults those who have invested their time and love with this modern mythology. And to add further insult, this retelling is an inferior product of the laziest type of storytelling. There's nothing really new here and that just creates something I never once thought possible - a boring Star Wars film. However, the worst thing is that the majority of us out there just can't see we've all been had.… Expand
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kamgeforceDec 23, 2015
Super safe approach of J.J. Abrams and the need not to anger fans made Force Awakens incredibly boring, predictable and disappointing. It is New hope remake with tons of fanservice and agenda that is as obnoxious as it is obvious.
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CorejecApr 9, 2016
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The movie has much more issues than just feeling like a "not-realised-alternative-screenplay-of-episode-IV".

Basically, there are three major flaws of the movie, which make it an utter c*ap :-(

First, there is not ONE new idea. Everything is just stolen from George Lucas' movies. This movie or that, that does not matter. Problem is that I was looking forward to see a story. Any star wars story would do. But there was no new story to tell at all. Where Lucas invented new story arcs about Trade federation, about Count Dooku and showed how democracy can be easily undermined by propaganda and warmongering, JJ Abrams did - nothing. Invented nothing. Came with nothing. He had NO story to tell and yet, he shot a Star Wars movie. What a bold move! :-)

Second, as there was obviously nobody overseeing the script, it has major logical flaws. I will not enumerate them, but anyone who has seen the movie knows about them. It is far too obvious that the "script" was written like this: Abrams chose what scenes he wanted to shoot (reunion of old characters, sword fight, etc.) and only AFTER THAT they tried to figure out how to connect those scenes by some kind of "story". The result is pathetic, because, obviously, this is not how you create a good story. This is not how you really create a movie.

Third, JJ Abrams completely disregards any given laws of the Star Wars universum. The fans went furious when Lucas put midichlorians into the prequels. But that was just a small detail compared to what Abrams did to the "Star Wars" world. It is obvious that Abrams just wrote some scenes without even knowing if they fit into the universum. He wanted two people in Tie Fighter, one shooting from rear cannon and trying to enter hyperspace - well NO PROBLEM! The fact that there was never any two seated Tie Fighter, nor one with rear cannon and of course no T/F can have hyperspace engines just did not bother him. And WTF moments like this are like everywhere in the movie!

Abrams basically showed a finger to Lucas and his carefully over-the-years built universum. This arrogance and complete lack of knowledge of basic Star Wars mechanics is what bothers me most. Abrams should have never been allowed to put his "dirty" hands on something like this.

PS: Simon Pegg supposedly is a "fan" of Star Wars and he supposedly acted as "consultant"for Abrams. Seeing the outcome I believe Simon Pegg never saw any SW movie.… Expand
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sthomson22Dec 18, 2015
Abrams does it again.

As if butchering Star Trek and turning it into a Hollywood flashy flashy bang bang wasn't enough to keep Mr Abrams content, he has now decided to move onto the Star Wars franchise. My initial thought was he would beAbrams does it again.

As if butchering Star Trek and turning it into a Hollywood flashy flashy bang bang wasn't enough to keep Mr Abrams content, he has now decided to move onto the Star Wars franchise. My initial thought was he would be far more suited to this, given that Star Wars has always been for the, how shall we say, simpletons of the sci-fi world as opposed to the thinking man's Star Trek, however it now seems Mr Abrams purpose in media is actually to destroy beloved franchises and alienate its fans.

For a start the two protagonists are insufferably dull (the casting throughout is quite awful but let's focus on these two). They have absolutely no personality or life to them, boring boring boring! I have no idea how this can manage to occur when they've likely spent millions of dollars on casting alone, it's baffling. They are so bad they are a detriment to the film, many scenes are made particularly painful or eye rolling due to them.

But even taking these two out of the equation, the movie itself is just "been there, done that". There is nothing new, it's more like an (unecessary and inferior) homage than anything else, created by film graduates who've been given a blank check to go wild.

It's a pointless addition to the Star Wars universe, I would actually rather sit and watch the prequels than this shapeless pile of trash held together by lens flares and blowing the bank on aesthetics.

Do yourself a favor and avoid this, you'll thank me for the few hours of life you saved to do something entertaining.… Expand
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Bo33yApr 8, 2016
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After boycotting the cinema being woefully unimpressed by the trailer also after the destruction of the last Star Trek film I didn't think it could get worse, so I decided to give the rental a shot. But after watching 50 minutes, maybe I can stuggle to continue if my brain can remain intact if my remaining braincells haven't imploded.

The scriptwriters have made a rat's arse out of this film. Why is this film's dialogue so offensively childish? When I was 12, I was reading Ian Flemming and Stephen King, and most 12 year olds I know today have a Harry Potter collection. So why is this film made for 6 year olds assuming that they are made out of the internet's text speech generation of today. They understand you if you give them a role model. But I suppose it wasn't made for them, it was made for every other language as well and there wasn't any specific age group. This dialogue often included OMG OMG ain't it cool, it was until you told me it wasn't. Why are you holding my hand, no take hold of my hand. Pass the tool, what tool, not that tool, I dunno what tool. I can do it, yes I can do it. We will see, we will see. A desert scavenger scrub has no need for an elegant posh accent despite of what force powers they haven't become, and that jersey accent on the other resistance fighter?

Aside from the above mind numbing dialogue everywhere. It was full of really blatant errors. Why does a stroomtrooper have a mid life crisis, don't they have a chip monitoring their behaviour fitted with a killswitch preventing re-education. Why has their education included history, when isn't that was has caused him to rebel, I gree their training included combat and a base language? Why is a tie fighter auto locked, I suppose they don't trust their stormtroopers to use the disengage. The tie fighter doesn't have countermeasures, because it's lazer quest the space torpedoes. A droid does not need coddling it is a piece of metal, not a pet. The tremour put a worm in, because no sinkhole farts not even in space, maybe that was building, I didn't find out. A stroomtrooper's armour would have been fitted with a hydration system for desert warfare, not wear a leather jacket in dark fatigue instead. If your gonna share a drink with an alien cow, then you have probably got your foot in your mouth. After witnessing somebody smash up two robbers and then have your own ass kicked, why are you going to grab their hand? The knee jerk reaction from combat training when under enemy fire is to get the F out of there separately, because a double target is easier to hit. But turning off a spaceship in mid flight? Kylo smashing computers and graffiting his walls I mean seriously force grab the underling ripping the information from his brain like Vader would have done. Ask Hans about cryo stasis that is the normal protocol for tentacle monsters. There was no need for lengthy conversation if you are going to try and rob the ship. The emperor or master? We will see, we will see, of course we will see we are watching a f'ing movie. And then my brain imploded. There is probably another list if only I can remember that information from off my other braincells.

This film needed credible dialogue, presenting a more thoughtful story taking some time to dive into more detail in better preparing its backgrounds. Instead of rusing from one scene into the next adding a lot of nostagila where some of it was recycled into fan fiction, but so much of it was repeated, infact many scenes seemed like a copy and paste from their previous models.… Expand
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AthelstanMar 26, 2016
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Lets just start by congratulating Disney and the whole team, writers, casting, directing, and the graphics division, they have all done something to dwarf any achievement in human history, to make a film this bad when everything is laid out on a plate for them when a newborn child could of been far more creative, the story is rubbish, cast and acting was very poor (would put their abilities alongside Brookside's talents) the characters where to begin, A sith the son of Han & Leia so weak and wet and dare i say camp, having a paddy like a baby attacking a computer console because he's been told to go to his room, Rey, (not much to say about her really, only in the film to try and add eye candy to numb brained viewers, failed again)
and finally Finn, OMG a coward ex storm trooper who worked in sanitation, no character at all, tried to be comical, manages to pick up a light saber and with no training whatsoever is somehow a match for a Sith in a saber fight, he would of been killed quicker than Achilles fighting Boagrius in the Troy Movie, i have been a massive fan of Star Wars my whole life and just dont understand how it could of been made so badly, im genuinely upset, i would of rather watched a film of lots of Jar Jar Binks's fighting each other with bamboo sticks. So very very poor i feel i have been violated, there are not enough words to describe how bad this was.… Expand
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illexionJan 25, 2016
This movie is an utter disgrace to the star wars franchise, very poor story, plot holes, bad characters and don't get me started on the feminism propaganda in this film. How the hell does this has a meta critic of 81?
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Alex_SkirataMar 10, 2016
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sorry for my English! Disappointed film 3000% !!! I knew that Disney will transform the Great Saga in a purely commercial project, call it "creation" art does not turn the language! I have read over one hundred books on the Galaxy "Star Wars", a few had to be transferred! This is the first ... but, excuse the expression, broke the whole logical chain in the history of pollutants. Sucked from the finger alternate version of the events in Star Wars galaxy in the ribbon, just treacherously false and banal, one can see that Abrams absolutely could not experience the world Star Wars !!! In my opinion, to make a film could be trusted only real fan of Star Wars! It's a shame for the Proceedings of the dozens of authors who contributed to the creation of the soul of this great and unique stories! Game actors through false, cheap commonplace hackneyed jokes and funny! The main villain - "Hu.lo Ren" like a whiny little girl, not adept at "dark reversal"! Newfound heroine - almost a "steeper Yoda" in five minutes I realized that holds power and a minute has learned to manipulate the minds of people (that Jedi true pollutants learned to do over the years), skills of fencing lightsaber, too, appeared suddenly, and her opponent in a fight with her completely forgot about the ability to manage power, showing signified the beginning of the film. Desire to watch this nonsense again, there is no absolutely !!! I'm sure if it was filmed adaptation of Yuuzhan Vongskotsy war, or any of other events described in the books, with the participation of the director - a real fan of Star Wars, the picture would be tucked in his belt avatar (at the box office), maximum a week!… Expand
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GuideVaultMar 22, 2016
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I will start off by saying even though I believed it would be horrible I came in hoping I was completely wrong!

I knew from looking at the poster that this was going to be another lets-make-the-main-characters-younger movie because its better this way. Unfortunate as has been proven time and time again this isn't the case. The main characters were horrid to say the least as each and every emotion from the younger cast was either never apparent or was over emphasized. Can we really blame the characters completely though? Probably not. I assume the bad directing of the bad director had something to do with this as the entire story was so out of place that it felt like the director did little to even understand the SW Universe and its canonical features.

In the case of the story online, it was bland, boring, unexciting, unoriginal & just about every other negative
thing you can think of. Sure we all loved Darth Vader but the main villian, who is basically just an over-emotional toddler with a lightsaber was just plain hard to watch. The Sith Lord guiding our toddler is just as bad, as he is just an aspect of Smeagel, wanting his precious Jedi.
Another question is, why did they give the Stormtrooper boy the lightsaber? Was it just to show that they were somehow being racist? A Stormtrooper uses Blasters, its that simple as they are trained in its use. If they wanted him to use a lightsaber make him a Jedi.

The bad, bad, bad directing, non-story driven movie made this a horrible watch & does not deserve to be classed among the other SW movies. Even Episode I did slightly better at keeping in-line with the story line & that is horrible to be classed less than E1.

I will never recommend this movie & can only hope that Abrams actually pays attention to what he is doing for the next movie otherwise we can all consider the SW ended until someone who lives SW actually takes it over & adapts a proper movie into the SW universe.… Expand
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BalsamicoMar 23, 2016
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its a bold move to sell episode 4 again - and it did not work out for me, beside the usual technical standards thats ****

As @itachi737 explained in his review:

"This is the same story as star wars 4:
star wars 4/the force awakens
Tatooine= big desert / Jakku big desert
R2D2 carry critical data/ Robot carries critical data
Robot lost on Tatooine/ Robot lost on Jakku
Luke= poor orphan / Rey= poor orphan
Luke= amazing force potential/ Rey = amazing force potential
Luke finds robot/ Rey finds robot
Luke escapes from tatooine on the Falcon Millenium/ Rey Escapes from Jakku on the Falcon Millenium
Han Solo and Chewbacca help Luke/ Han Solo and Chewbacca help Rey
They seek the help of the rebels/ They seek the help of the rebels
The Death Star blows up a planet/ A huge Death Star blows up many planets
The Darth Vador follows the orders of the emperor/ Kylo Ren follows the orders of his sith master
The rebels attack the Death Star/ The rebels attack the huge death star
The rebels destroy the Death Star by shooting the sole weakness of the whole installation/ The rebels destroy the Huge Death Star by shooting its sole weakness aka the cooling unit
A single x wing takes down the Death Star/ A single x wing takes down the Huge Death Star
Luke leaves for a unknown planet to seek training from Yoda/ Rey leaves for an unknown planet to seek training from Luke."

To add more: in search for the extremely valuable droid on Jakku the Order activated 2 bandits, some stormtroopers and 2 tie fighters? And Rey knows how to handle the stolen Falcon so well? And a Jedi, even if not finished with the training, gets hold up big time by an untrained stormtrooper in the woods? And gets (nearly) finished by an untrained Rey he was beating before with ease? I could go on, but its not worth it.… Expand
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evilbearApr 18, 2016
Awful in EVERY way. I am not going to bother explaining why, as many people on here have already comprehensively covered what makes this movie so bad. Whether or not you compare it to the other Star Wars movies - the movie is just awful. WhatAwful in EVERY way. I am not going to bother explaining why, as many people on here have already comprehensively covered what makes this movie so bad. Whether or not you compare it to the other Star Wars movies - the movie is just awful. What an embarrassment. Case in point - the most anticipated movie of the last decade did not last long in the theaters - not even a couple months. End of story.… Expand
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crabappleMar 27, 2016
Dreadfully bad. Felt empty like they were goingthrough the motions and Disney was trying to distance itself from franchise to make it their own and do something less worthwhile and more commercial. Watch the TV series instead, The Clone WarsDreadfully bad. Felt empty like they were goingthrough the motions and Disney was trying to distance itself from franchise to make it their own and do something less worthwhile and more commercial. Watch the TV series instead, The Clone Wars and even Rebels have more depth, intellect, and heart.… Expand
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BloodyrusDec 18, 2015
Дисней убил этот фильм. Хуже еще не было. Из приключенческого кино, они превратили его в ванильное кино для школоты
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mAs7eRaMar 9, 2016
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Looking at the reviews, it makes sense. This was one of the most marketed movies of all times. Sooo much hype, and for what?
For recreation of an old Star Wars but in a much more "dumbed down" version. We have another deathstar, another robots with the deathstar architecture, another meaningless tunnel that can blow the whole deathstar (like they didn't learn from last time), same resistance without anything new, epicly dumb wanna be sith, epicly dumb dialogues between Han Solo and Leia.
I imagine that after reading the script, Han Solo asked "please kill me in the movie".
To people, who are not so familiar with the old Star Wars it might be fine. But for me, this movie was an offence. I didn't expect the new Star Wars to be just a plagiarism of one of the old movies.. Such a dissapointment. But when I heard that Disney were the creators, I didn't have high hope.. Typical Disney stuff. good guy, bad guy, make-up, I felt the movie more like an indian soap opera, than a sequel of the Star Wars Franchise. Not going to any of the next movies in theatre.… Expand
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CannilyMar 29, 2016
~~20min into the movie and I couldn't watch it any longer. What a piece of crap.
It lost the Star Wars feeling completely.
The voices of the actors are horrible... the girl is annoying and the Sith laughable. Over everything is a Disney~~20min into the movie and I couldn't watch it any longer. What a piece of crap.
It lost the Star Wars feeling completely.
The voices of the actors are horrible... the girl is annoying and the Sith laughable.
Over everything is a Disney sugar coat.
It is illogical (as in, doesn't care about any Star Wars logic).
Enough to go. Don't wast your time and watch this insult if you are a fan of the old Star Wars movies.… Expand
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jonweJan 26, 2016
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I find it amazing that people are giving this film such high marks? The plot is so full of holes that it makes swiss cheese look like a solid block of Monterey Jack! I have come to the conclusion that Disney had no chance of failure in making this film. All they did was recycle the plot of "A New Hope" with some other elements of the other Star Wars movies mixed in. That in and of it self I could have overlooked if there werent so many f*****g plot holes throughout the film. I understand that Star Wars is more a space fantasy than science fiction but unfortunately the writers can't seem to make up their mind which it is???

Take the Star Killer base for example: Here is a planet sized base that essentially sucks the mass of it's sun into it and in turn spits said mass out to destroy multiple planets anywhere in the galaxy. Okay, I can go along with that because this is a space fantasy but then the movie tries to explain some of the science behind it creating a occillator thingy that somehow can contain the mass of a star within the space of a planet. This presents all kinds of logistical problems that the movie just completely ignors. Like what happens to the planet as the mass of it's sun is steadily being consumed? Where are the quakes and other tidal forces that would be surely present on a planet that is in orbit around a rapidly disappearing stellar mass? With the suns output being rapidly diminished how is it that the weather on the planet isn't also adversely affected? How is planet able to suck up its sun while maintaining a force field around it? How is the planet able to suck up it's sun in the first place? Why does it have to absorb all its sun to fire?

A star is just a huge nuclear reactor that produces energy by turning hydrogen into helium...nuclear fusion in other words. The immense gravity of a star makes this possible so when Poe states they have until the sun goes dark before the weapon is charged just doesnt make any sense since it is just hot matter (or plasma but still matter) the Star Killer base is syphoning off. So what does it mean when the sun goes dark? The sun is gone, all used up? The sun's mass has been lessened to the degree that fusion is no longer possible?

I am a science nerd and when the writers try to explain science behind a film they need to make it make sense or it just throws me out of the film! Why not just make the star some kind of dark force star that the Star Killer base is sucking up? Forget the science and just stay with the fantasy and satisfy nerds and non nerds alike???

There is so much wrong with this film that I could write 10,000 words and not get through a quarter of the film so I am going to stay with the Star Killer base sequence. Here are some further examples of plot holes or conveniences concerning the Star Killer base.

1. How was it possible that the New Republic/Resistance not even know about it's contruction given the fact the entire galaxy is easily traveled thru hyperspace?
2. Such an endeavor would have made that particular solar system heavily traveled and no one noticed?
3. The base appears to have no fleet protecting it and minimal ground forces which is very odd for such a huge undertaking?
4. The base's shields can be compromised if a ship comes out of hyperspace into it's atmosphere. Han thought of it within 10 minutes of film time and no one on the First Order side thought of it at all during all the time it was being constructed?
5. The shield could be disabled by a single person who has access codes but there were no fail safes put into place to prevent this or at least alarm the base that the shields were about to be disabled?
6. Captain Phasma put up no fight or alarm when disabling the shields. I would think Snoke or General Hux would have her head for that if she survived the base's distruction?
7. This base was the size of a planet yet all the key people in the movie were all conveniently in the same area?
8. The base seemed largely a ghost town except for the firing control room and some random storm troopers placed as blaster fodder!
9. Han & Co. just so happen to see Rey climbing the wall of some huge trench but there isnt enough of a presence on the base for anyone else to notice! Hence the ghost town analogy.
10. Han & Co. are able to conveniently cross this huge trench and pick the exact spot when Rey decides to reenter the structure at the exact same time!
11. The occillator is lightly defended (apparantly useless gun turrets and a few storm troopers). One would think that after two previous failed attempts the engineers of these death stars/star killer bases would recognize their design flaw and make it impossible for x-wings to be able to conveniently blow it up.

Rnning out of space but to be fair could have overlooked a lot of the above however, when sloppy writing gives way to convenience after convenience...I say enough is enough!

I give this film a 0 to offset those who gave it a 10 which it doesn't deserve!… Expand
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TarlReyFeb 26, 2016
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Although the world seems to be worshiping the new movie Star Wars VII – The Force Awakens, I left the movie feeling as if I was cheated out of the Star Wars experience. The film has made over two billion dollars worldwide, heck, I went to go see the movie twice myself due to my love for the George Lucas Star Wars. Nevertheless, the film has some deep flaws that are unforgivable which me even angrier the second time seeing the movie. The film had many errors but most of them boil down into two main issues - the director/writer is a fanboy, not a creator and many logical fallacies including how the main protagonist became so ridiculously powerful in the Force within the week that the movie takes place. That said, it doesn’t mean that the movie didn’t have some good qualities, but when it comes down to it, Star Wars VII The Force Awakens is just a J. J. Abrams fanboy reboot, nothing more.
The new Star Wars did have some admirable qualities. I would give the special effects an 11 out of 10. The realistic, physical set effects gave the movie the feel of the Star Wars universe. Additionally, The Force Awakens did manage to pull off Disney’s number one goal - to use this episode VII as a handoff from the old generation of characters and actors to a new generation of character and actors.
Other than these “successes”, the movie was not the amazing movie true fans expected. The plot was so similar to the plotline of The New Hope with a couple pieces of Return of the Jedi’s plotline thrown in that the whole thing was a cut-copy-paste job. Starts on a desert planet, hero(s) receive secret information that must be delivered to the rebels/resistance, they run into a planet-destroying superweapon, so they join the rebels to destroy it. Does the storyline sound familiar? J. J. Abrams created The Force Awakens not as a legitimate creator of the Star Wars universe, but as a fan boy, nothing more.
The Force Awakens has another glaring issue – the movie is riddled with logical fallacies. Why does R2 suddenly awaken for no reason? At the end of Episode VI Palpatine and Vader die, the master and the apprentice are gone, and since there are only ever two Sith, where did this Supreme Commander Snoke come from? Kylo turns on Luke and wrecks Luke’s Jedi academy, so Luke gives up and becomes a recluse… since when did Luke become a quitter? Finn was a sanitation worker, so how does he not die to Kylo Ren in a lightsaber battle on the second strike without the Force or sword training? The biggest logical fallacy of them all is how does Rey go from believing the Force is a myth to mastering several advanced Force tactics like the Jedi mind trick and beating a training Kylo Ren without any training in the Force all in about a week’s time. All of these instances of logical fallacies make The Force Awakens unbelievable and breaks the rules of the universe the same story created.
Star Wars VII The Force Awakens had great potential, has even been put up on a pedestal, yet the delivery fell short. Between J. J. Abrams writing and directing it as a fanboy and all the logical fallacies in the story, the movie from the perspective of a true fan of Star Wars, is an embarrassment. Star Wars: The Force Awakens was just a fanboy reboot, nothing more.… Expand
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SunspearFeb 26, 2016
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Disappointing! The Disney guys got it right - no matter how bad the script is, as long it is called Star Wars, it will be a blockbuster. Besides the nostalgia (due to the original characters) for the "star wars" and really great effects, the film is even more childish than the audience it aims for. It totally missed the potential !l!
2 bad that guys like Nolan or Scott are not producing this.
Story line is even worse then in Jar Jar Wars saga. New characters are flat and undeveloped . A girl without any training gets to the point where she defeats a Sith Lord. It took Luc 3 series to do it....
Storm trooper Jedi character says one thing and does other, then contradicts himself all over again - this is not reliable and an utter insult to the intelligence of the viewers. The bad guys - the remains of Space Fuhrers from the Iron Sky are even worse then droids from the prequel.
I think that it is the second worse film in the series so far, slightly better then "A Phantom Menace".

Abrams did far better job in Star Trek reboot.… Expand
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castrovalvaMar 13, 2016
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "The Force Awakens" was a galloping disappointment. I probably won't bother seeing the next two movies because this one had me squirming with boredom. With very little variation, it is a scene-by-scene, plot-point by plot point retelling of "A New Hope" and a little bit of "Empire". The movie opens with the image of a Star Destroyer crossing the sky. A masked villain at the head of an army of storm troopers is looking for a messenger. The messenger is caught but the message is hidden in a droid which lands on a desert planet. It is found by a poor hero, who rescues it from a small, unintelligible scavenger. Meanwhile, the messenger is rescued from the enemy ship by an unexpected party. The unexpected party and the hero meet and escape on the Millennium Falcon after having a shootout against tie fighters. They meet Han and Chewie. Han is confronted by bounty hunters because he owes money. They have to blast their way out. Han, the mentor, introduces the hero to the ways of the Force. The masked villain seeks counsel from his dark master. The heroes meet up with the rebellion. Their immediate threat is from a spheroid doomsday device which can destroy entire planets, but it has a single weakness which can be used to blow it up. There is a ticking clock as the doomsday weapon has to charge from the sun. (In the original, it had to come around a planet.) Han, the hero’s mentor figure, is slain by the masked villain while the hero looks on. Han is also the former mentor (father) of the masked figure. The hero has an inconclusive fight with the masked villain. The hero is then sent on a quest to find the only living Jedi master. Ho hum. It's also insulting how easily the female protagonist taps into the Force. She stands her ground against the masked villain in a light saber fight even though she has never touched one before. She also uses the Jedi mind-control trick successfully the very first time she attempts it. But that's to be expected since girls have to be superior to boys in every way in Hollywood films. The last three films were all superior to this one. At least they were original.… Expand
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CameraBounceGodJan 24, 2016
the only thing that could have made this movie more annoying.....is the girl ...its like why would a girl be trying to take down the government....i don't even understand......women can't even relate to being in that underdog position.....ifthe only thing that could have made this movie more annoying.....is the girl ...its like why would a girl be trying to take down the government....i don't even understand......women can't even relate to being in that underdog position.....if anything positive comes from this one maybe this movie might make women see that they are next to black guys on the list...and rappers or black guys always like women so theres no surprise there that hes helping her...with only a half hour left i really don't care if napolean dynomite gets new world order girl to the reptilian so that she can lose to its dark side ....if i wanted to see a girls face worshiped like its the second coming i would have watched anything else.......i would have killed my dad too if a girl I was in charge of killing escaped too......how dare the world not realize that woman are terrible overpopulaters drawing everyone in..how dare you all conspire against me How DAarre Youuu...there might has well have been a graphic sex scene....that actually sounds pretty good seeing how a black guy with a regular saber is holding his own against a guy with training and crucifix saber...wow dynomite can't do the first thing luke learned to do " get his saber from the snow with the force"....did they just already blow up the new death star? someone behind this movie has to know that there are people in the audience like me or else i've never been so pissed....im glad i waited to watch this online.....I would never go to the theater even to watch catcher in the rye....it would just ruin it especially now seeing how everyone alive is a phony...........Ok... maybe the next one won't have girl face in it or at the very least no rebel N… Expand
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fenditFeb 18, 2016
This is not a film, it's just a commercial product made for people who haven't seen the previous films. I can find any scene in the film that is worthy. I can't understand how anybody who loves Star Wars can say anything positive about thisThis is not a film, it's just a commercial product made for people who haven't seen the previous films. I can find any scene in the film that is worthy. I can't understand how anybody who loves Star Wars can say anything positive about this charade. They twisted and raped the story just for a few bucks more. Shame on you Jar Jar Abrams and Disney. Look what you've done George Lucas, this is going to be your legacy, you let this happen.… Expand
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koval321Jul 13, 2016
This is remake which have aspirations to be Bigger and Better and they tried to achieve that by ridiculously overgrown and overpower some elements, in my opinion result was shallow and funny, it feel now like cheap sci-fi movie. I have noThis is remake which have aspirations to be Bigger and Better and they tried to achieve that by ridiculously overgrown and overpower some elements, in my opinion result was shallow and funny, it feel now like cheap sci-fi movie. I have no idea why i would even want to watch it if this would have no connection to fame title. In overall it feel like some lazy production or almost SW parody, in my opinion they should risk new story, instead repeat everything, its seriously not any better, and its amazing with best modern effects it look much worst from predecessor, attack on Death Star was so F shallow and not exciting whatsoever. normally am expect to see score about 3,5 because there is not much new content in it and this old content which repeat is much worst from predecessor.… Expand
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dudickFeb 24, 2016
Awful movie being in essence a poorly made clone of Episode IV except woo looks its a girl. This movie has its head so far up its own ass that the main characters gush like little children when meeting really are just cameos from theAwful movie being in essence a poorly made clone of Episode IV except woo looks its a girl. This movie has its head so far up its own ass that the main characters gush like little children when meeting really are just cameos from the originals.

Poorly connected series of events and poorly executed. Well done to Disney for pouring $200m into supplicating to the feminists. *Spoiler* And the end? Thats right, they'll kill one of your favourite cameos then try to make you feel better with a Luke cookie. Expectations weren't particularly high since I only saw the trailers.… Expand
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