Got round to watching The Force Awakens last night. It's literally just a remake of Star Wars then. Twigged it about 20 mins in and then it just became distracting how they were taking every plot point from the original and rehashing them with new characters. Has to be one of the most cynically made movies I've ever seen.
Trying to re-capture the magic of the original by just remaking the same movie was a bit of a shithouse move I think.
Can't say I blame them for playing it so safe after all the fewm over the prequels, but I was really hoping for something a bit more original and a development of the story, rather than the same story recycled. Apart from that it was enjoyable enough, though pretty forgettable in the way all blockbusters are these days.