A movie with an awful lot of weight on it's shoulders but they managed to pull it off. Some random observations:
* the first 15 minutes I was worried "are they just going to remake the first movie" but it settled into it's own rhythm after a while;
*it feels very J.J. Abrams - respectful nods to the original, tight direction rather than anything brilliant, and a slim brown haired heroine;
*Hollywood still hasn't found a better villain than Nazis - the Nazi parallels are really shoved down our throats here with the rally scene where Domhnall Gleeson talks;
*was expecting Lando to turn up as Fin's dad;
*Poe seemed a nothing much character - Oscar Isaac is a good actor but this role didn't need someone good as much as more charismatic;
*BB-8 was the most instantly likeable new character but the others grew on me;
*the return of old characters and props was extremely well done;
*the film relied on old characters and story stuff to get its emotion - I feel we could have done with a bit of character work for Finn, Rey and Poe;
*Adam Driver is a very good villain - helped by having a reversal conflict for Luke and of course the "money shot" scene involving Han Solo;
*Harrison Ford very much looks his age but is great in the role:
*Carrie Fisher's plastic surgery was well hidden;
*Daisy Ridley impressed even though I got her mixed up with Keira Knightly at times;
*finally attack on the new Death Star felt surprisingly underwhelming;
*I really liked it a lot.
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