Star Wars Episode VII

[Dolphman]

It was a hit-and-miss type of opinion with me. Some stuff I liked, and some that I didn't. Shame I didn't go at the premier to see the cosplayers.
But seeing the opening crawl and hearing the theme made did put a smile on my face. 

Short review

Even with the recycled stuff and problems, It still ended up a solid movie. Shits over Phantom Menace by a long shot.
I was kinda expecting Finn to be the new Jedi as much as everyone else. Felt disappointed, but's that's from someone whose seen the same actor being a badass in Attack the Block. He seems to be the Han Solo of the new heroes, that's still fine.
Rey receives a lot of shit from whiners, calling her a Mary Sue and whatnot. She was an okay character, not on the same level as Ellen Ripley, but still okay. I'm all for a female Jedi seeing as I can only think of the ones featured in mostly the spinoffs and prequels.
I saw through the ship-teasing between Ray and Finn too. I don't mind if they do become a couple.
Seeing Han Solo get killed by his own son did make my jaw drop. I was in silent shock through the whole scene. I mean this is one of the original characters we grew up with, and seeing him die was sad for all of us. Chewie had every right to go on a rampage.
As for other ones. BB-8 was a fun droid, having as much snark as R2D2. Maz feels like she's going to be the next Yoda. I'm okay with that.
But I wish Captain Phasma got used more. Kylo Ren was cool with the mask on, his face just screams emo loser though.
But that seems to be intentional seeing as he acts like an angry Darth Vader fanboy, and chucking tantrums that even the Stormtroopers avoid.
Seeing Mark Hamill as Luke again, even if its at the very end, was awesome. Him being the next Obi-Wan will be exciting.

Man, seeing practical effects dominating over the CGI was a nice piece of fresh air. That pig-like animal was operated by five people!
But even the CGI had it's problems in the film. Most fingers pointing at Snoke. For an Andy Serkis character, he was too obvious a CGI design, even with being a hologram. Yeah, he looks less convincing than Gollum, which makes it a bit funny in hindsight.
Another nitpick is how the First Order are obvious stand-ins for Nazis. Isn't that cliche getting a bit boring now? It's overused.
Sure the Starbase Killer is a bigger Death Star, but it combines concepts originally from the expanded universe.

Overall, not the best followup to any series. But it was still a fun movie. I give it the average rating of seven stars out of ten.