They basically remade the original trilogy, but bad. There isn't a single concept in this movie was not directly pulled from episodes IV and V. Check this out:
- Rey, like Luke, is the young main character with exceptional affinity to the force
- Rey, like Luke, is effectively an orphan
- Poe, like Han Solo, is the daring pilot who saves the day
- BB-8, like R2D2, is the adorable mechanical sidekick
- Kylo Ren not only plays the role of Darth Vader, but he looks just like him
- Snoke, is basically the Emperor with a new look
-The First Order is effectively The Empire but with a different name
- The First Order, just like the Empire, is trying to forcefully conquer the galaxy
- Just like in the original Star Wars, the rebels are trying to stop the Empire. I mean, the First Order
- The First Order builds yet another Death Star. This time, bigger
- Just like in the original trilogy, the First Order uses their fancy new Death Star to blow up a planet
- Much like in the original trilogy, the rebels discover a critical flaw in this new Death Star (in a matter of seconds)
- Just like in the original trilogy, the rebels launch a combined assault on land and on the Death Star, seeking to destroy it, which they do in the exact same fashion as before
This is the laziest and most embarrassing writing in the history of Hollywood. They fundamentally cloned the last two Star Wars. How this shameless ripoff was OK'd by anyone at Disney is a freaking mystery.
To make matters worse, the story is full of cliches, tropes, plot holes, MacGuffins and, of course, the acting is truly bad across the board (with the notable exception of Adam Driver and Domhnall Gleeson). Of note is the unceremonious and pointless killing of one of the most iconic and beloved characters in movie history, Han Solo. This felt gratuitous, unsatisfying and advanced absolutely no narrative thread.
Possibly with the exception of people working in photography, VFX and sound, everyone else involved in this debacle should be tied to a pole and stoned to no end. And the fact that Kathleen Kennedy and J. J. Abrams were not immediately fired for green lighting and shooting this colossal turd of a movie is frankly depressing.
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