Review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) by Fantom B — 10 Jan 2018

I found this movie to be OK. It's better than the prequels, but it's mostly a remix of A New Hope. The action is well choreographed and the effects are well done. Abrams introduces his 'mystery boxes' into the stew and I have some fear that this will be a long chase to an empty idea in the sequels.

The bigger, badder First Order are not well fleshed out and the Resistance's plight is also devoid of a real backstory. All of the original cast are presented as failures. Han and Leia are divorced/separated with a spoiled emo jerk of a son.

Luke, who we only see for a moment, has failed as a teacher. The fact that out heroes are now old and sour is disappointing, but our modern age loves to deflate our expectations with divorce and moral failure.