It's true, the opening theme and crawl get you right in the feels. You spend about 5 minutes in self aware disbelief that you are watching Star Wars Episode VII.
Poe is a cool character but is missing for most of the film, then spends almost all of his time in an X-Wing.
Max Von Sydow is only in the first ten minutes and gets killed by Kylo Ren.
Captain Phasma - really? She is in it for at most, 3 minutes. Has no personality at all - will probably become a huge fan favorite for years to come.
There's a moment when Han steps into the Falcon's cockpit in silence. I teared up.
Ford doesn't phone in his performance. He puts more effort in here than he has in years. The ultimate scene with Kylo Ren is one of the best scenes in the saga.
Adam Driver is amazing. i was worried he would be a Darth Maul one or two scenes and done villain but he has real depth and presence. His scene with Han on a bridge is heartbreaking. I still can believe they killed Han Solo.
The lightdaber fight at the end was nice and long with real heft to the sabers.
Boyega is good but always yelling and out of breath. I kind of wished he died.
Daisy Ridley is very good in the film, given lots to do.
General Hux is pure cookie cutter moustache twirling British villain, and that's not a bad thing.
Snoke - WHOA. Is he actually that size? I'm talking an 18 inch figure compared to a 6 inch figure.
Luke's teeny tiny scene at the end was very cool and sets up Episode VIII nicely.
The only thing that annoyed, literally the only thing was the overuse of droid and Wookiee speak. We get that characters understand beeps and boops and Wookietalk but it's in almost every scene and grated on me after a while.
After seeing the film, I don't really want any figures. It was very good and I will go again, but now I'm on to next year's comic book amazingness.
