Spoiler Alert: This Review Discusses the movie.
In the newest addition to the Star Wars universe, we start out with an action scene, and action scenes continue throughout the movie, never letting down. We have stormtroopers and blasters, and fights between ships, and lightsaber battles. The movie takes us from one gripping moment to the next. We have force sensitive characters from Han Solo to Raye to Kylo Ren, able to do the impossible with their minds. We have mind reading, and force chokes. Overall it was quite well done, and worth the wait.
Throughout the movie the graphics were amazing. Things we could only dream of in the 70s and 80s were a reality. Once again, in keeping with the Star Wars universe, things were epically huge. In one scene, a battle cruiser eclipses a planet, and continues moving as though that were normal. When Han and Chewie find the Millenium Falcon, the ship they were in is so huge it just swallows it hole. Things are just big in Star Wars, and this followed the pattern.
Fin seems to be following Han's role as the reluctant hero. He spends most of the movie trying to escape, but in the end comes through for his friend when she's in trouble. At least they made him about something other than money, but his story is still familiar. Although the movie largely focused on him, I think the focus for the series is going to be on Raye. This makes me happy because she's a strong central female character.
We're supposed to know that Vader is redeemed because he doesn't kill his son. In a play on that, Ren does kill his father, and seems not to care at all. So now we have a truly evil guy in the movies, but the evil isn't as finessed as it previously was. The lightsaber seems to burn like fire rather than a laser. However he does seem to have a skill no previous character has shown - the ability to read minds.
Overall I'd give it an A.
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