Review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) by Youmustdienow — 18 Dec 2015

The Force Awakens is another way of saying A New Hope. If it had a theme it would be rebirth. Although there is wit, a lot of action, personality, there was less surprises. The movie took place in locations we have all seen before.

They revisit a small amount of areas making it feel less like an adventure. It almost feels unnessesary because why retell the first SW like it was broken? They played it too safe. Maybe JJ will have more creative freedom with the next one.

He probably wanted to put his own cteative stamp on a project after the new characters were established. I would like to see less characters killed off. I think it's used too much as a lazy filler. I'd rather see people die in old age respectfully.