Got out to see this one, and was politely surprised.
I wasn't sure if it would live up to the Star Wars we grew up with. It was different, and new as it needed to be, but it did touch back on the Star Wars we all know.
At first Rey didn't really draw me in like Princess Leia did, and Padme Amedala never drew my eye. But if we all remember Leia in the golden bikini - every nerd's fetish since it came out - Rey had a lot to step up to.
After seeing her character in action, she grew on me. Very kick ass, and I'm not gonna lie... the English accent helped too. Reminded me of Elizabeth Swan in Pirates of the Caribbean. Only Rey didn't start off prissy at all.
Po was an underused character. I hope they hang on to him for the next one. Every series needs that cocky pilot.
Finn... was a bit of a toss up. I was just happy we didn't have a Luke and Leia fiasco with him and Rey. I turned to the person I was in the movie with and said, "At least we know they aren't siblings."
The First Order was kinda goofy. They didn't really answer to Kylo Ren like the Imperial Army answered to Vader. And the general constantly was insubordinate to Kylo Ren and was never punished. Ren went on childish little rampages when things didn't do right, which made them look a lot less ominous than they did through the other six movies.
And Ren was also a huge let down. There was no reason to need to see his face. We lived with Darth Vader's face hidden from us for two plus movies; if Kylo Ren was meant to be the next Darth Vader (as his full face mask, and cape insinuated) they needed to keep us in more suspense. Not only that, make him more evil; he was just some young wanna be pretty boy, that wasn't even pretty. Like... the mask came off too easy, and its some kid with a funny face, and perfect hair. Why... was he wearing the mask?
And after it came off and went back on, that's all I could see; some child too young for the role who was a loser with something rammed too far up his ass. He no longer fit the role. It was like his whole person shrunk; like when someone stands up to a bully, and they no longer fit their shoes and shoulders.
Back to the First Order... there was a scene what I said quite openly, "This is kinds Hitler-ish." And then the entire army did something so painfully Nazi, I had to laugh. Needless to say I was the only one to do so.
I'm not saying the movie itself was bad. Just the villains were huge let downs. They didn't stand tall next to Earth Vader, Darth Maul, and Darth Sidious. They just weren't evil enough.
My last reservation was - and I hate to say this, but - BB8. He seemed odd, like he just wouldn't work. But he did, and right from the get go. I applaud Disney on that little droid creation.
I can't wait to see why happens in the next one. And I'm glad so many things from The Original Trilogy were revisited, and touched on.
A must see for Star Wars fans, and sci-fi fans alike.
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