So finally got around to seeing the new star wars and I have some things I really liked and some stuff that bugged me about it.
First thing-I loved the visual design, everything felt modern yet retro at the same time-I feel they did that more justice than how JJ handled the Star Trek movie in it's visual style. The new stuff was cool looking and the old stuff gave me the warm feels.
Second I like all the new characters and it was great to see the original four heros back as well. Even if the movie didn't really give us much time to appreciate a lot of the new characters that much.
Now onto stuff that bugged me-pacing. This movie has awful pacing, everything up to the theft of the Millennium Falcon was really good then everything felt so fast paced I never really got a chance to think on what I was seeing-I almost feel this movie could have used another hour in run time to flesh some stuff out.
Seriously they blow up new republic home world and it's barely mentioned after? Hell it's destruction is blink and you miss it almost-At least JJ gave Vulcan a decent amount of screen time before he destroyed it. The final battle on the "Not" Death Star also felt really rushed-and certainly had none of the tension that the final battle in new hope had going for it.
Over all I really liked the movie but it has some issues-next two need to slow things down a lot and spend more time developing these new characters, give us more time to take in the locations and all that. I feel JJ's first Star Trek movie was a way more solid film than Force Awakens but at the same time I feel this movie kept more of the classic star wars spirit intact during the translation from Lucas to Disney. So not perfect but I still really enjoyed it and can't wait for the next one as long as JJ works on his pacing a little bit.