Review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) by Thundercat11 — 18 Dec 2015

This is the Star Wars movie we should have gotten after Return of the Jedi. The characters are well written and the chemistry between them feels real. The story has the adventurous feel that the prequels sorely lacked.

The action scenes are incredible fun and the practical and cgi effects look gorgeous. The John Williams scores are as always amazing. The only criticisms I can think of is that the movie does indeed borrow much from A New Hope, but there are so many twists and differences that I wouldn't even consider it a con.

What keeps the movie from being perfect is a number of coincidences that are obviously there for fan service but the strong performances more thank make up for this. I give this a solid 9/10 but I will write this out as a 10/10 only because I know some bozo is going to give it a ridiculous 0/10 which I don't even believe the prequels deserve.