it's been said a million times, but this really is a re-hash of "A New Hope" in a hilarious number of ways.

Finn and Rey are interesting enough to carry this movie with light nods to the past. There was no need to focus on Han as much as this one does. The scenes with Han and Leia are cringe-worthy. really awkward and poorly acted.

no real memorable action scenes (the initial escape from the First Order should've been WAY better), but competently made and a decent setup for the future. the few bits of CGI-heavy action were TERRIBLE. thank god they focused on practical effects, because those were awesome (BB8, giant pig creature, cantina scene)

i'm way more excited to see what Rian Johnson does with the next one. hoping JJ takes a back seat with his fanboy shit.