Customer Ratings & Reviews

Droid holds secret to destroying enemy's base, which can destroy planets. Good guy sends droid to find help. Droid ends up on desert planet. Droid finds hero on desert planet. Hero does not have parents and is sick of life on desert planet. Hero meets up with unlikely sidekick. Hero, sidekick and droid escapes desert planet on Millennium Falcon. Hero meets up with mentor. Mentor dies at the villain's hands. Hero and villain fight. Good guys destroy enemy's planet-destroying base. Am I describing episode IV or episode VII? C) All the above.

Disney's push to promote female leads has left this movie unbelievable and lacking. The female lead character's lack of training or experience as a warrior makes it unbelievable. The original Star Wars movies made each character shine in their own way, without trying to make a statement. Writers need to work on content and not on a gender war.

Tl;dr version: Movie is mostly awful, worse than The Phantom Menace, but it comes in a cool steelbook. Worth buying on sale only. Full Review: I'm a Star Wars fan and have been most of my life so when I saw that they were making a new movie I was understandably excited. I saw many of my friends post on social media after seeing it that it was the best thing since sliced bread. When I finally was able to go see it I was incredibly disappointed. I don't want to spoil the "plot" for anyone that has yet to see it so I will summarize spoiler free. Star Wars: The Force Awakens has more plot holes than a space colander, zero character development, zero location development, no real peril/struggle, a laughable villain, and one of the laziest endings ever conceived in cinema. I really like J. J. Abrams as a director (Star Trek was fantastic and one of the few movies that can make me teary in the opening scene) but he is not a writer and should not have been able to touch this script. You would think with a recycled plot that it wouldn't be worse than the plot it stole. No, it's worse in every way. Overall it has very little originality with fan service scenes so forcefully tacked on that it would make a rancor cringe. Don't get me wrong, I watch and enjoy a lot of bad movies. I enjoy watching DOOM, which is widely considered to be one of the worst video game film adaptations of all time. However, no one is kidding themselves with it unlike The Force Awakens. I wouldn't have such a beef with Episode VII if people weren't so willfully blind to its flaws. I'm pretty sure I'm one of the few people in the universe that thinks The Phantom Menace is superior to The Force Awakens in almost every possible way. However, with all that being said it's not all bad. The special effects are on the awesome side of incredible. A female lead was a great move and I like what very little they tell about her. Sound design is excellent. There are couple of brief times where is the writing isn't totally inane and forced and a couple of legitimately funny jokes. So with all that being said you are probably wondering why I bought this. I bought it because it was on sale, it was a cool steelbook, and it completes my Star Wars film collection on blu-ray. I'm a completionist, plain and simple.

Not my favorite Star Wars movie but entertaining none the less. The movie itself looks gorgeous, I just wish there was more bonus features. Looks great lined up next to my other Star Wars steelbooks!

Was a fairly good movie other than the fact it was basically SW episode 4 all over again, slightly different. Goes to show how Hollywood cannot thing outside the box.

Huge star wars fan but I felt disappointed with this. Not nearly as atrocious as the last jedi but still lacked a lot of what made the originals so great.

Let me begin by clarifying that I am NOT one anong the whordes of adoring Star Wars fans the world over. My parents took me to a drive-in movie theater to see the original way back when it was released and I fell asleep on it and struggled with the franchise for the next 30 years but after at least making peace with episodes IV, V & VI and simply deciding to place my memories of Episodes I, II & III into a tiny black safe in the far recesses of my mind, lock it, chain it up, lock that and then toss it into an amorphous cloud of... I dunno... dark, foreboding mist and haze... I have to confess that The Force Awakens has me genuinely interested in the future of this franchise. Though director J.J. Abrams is often criticized by "ze internet" and "ze fanboys" of simply re-hashing the plot of the original film(s) with this movie, I'm going to disagree with that. Sure, there are obvious similarities because essentially, Rey's story and Luke's story are the same type of story but, beyond that, I feel that this came off as purely Rey's own story. I found it VERY enjoyable and I feel that, though it was obviously meant to bring another generation of children to the franchise, it was still told with just enough complexity and darkness that the jaded old man in me was satisfied with it. I wasn't bowled over but, technically speaking, this was a good effort and deserving of some praise for what it accomplished for the future of the franchise, at the very least. It's a really good effort.

I have been watching the Star War franchise ever since they stated in 1977. The original three movies were so ahead of their time that most of the people that liked them went to the theaters and watched them mutiple times. However, this 7th's in the series lacked the chemistry between it's main characters that the first three movies had. It was not that the actors had poor acting skills but rather in the first 2/3rds of the movie the plotting was not good enough to keep me engaged enough to care about these characters or what was about to happen to them. The special effects were better than the original series due to advances in CG but that didn't make up for the lack of a good plot. It was not until the last 1/3rd of the movie that I started to get interested in the movie. Even though I know it was Harrison Ford's desire to have Han Solo killed off in the series, I and I believe most of the true old time fans of the series didn't llike one of our favorite characters of the series being killed off. This type of casting and scripting maybe popular and accepted in series like, "The Walking Dead" but to the true fan of "Star Wars" it doesn't set well. In fact most of us resent the fact that Harrison Ford has so little respect for the fans of the character that made him a super star that he didn't care what are reaction might be. He may have thought it was a great idea to kill Han's off but most of the older fans didn't and because of it it lowered the approval rating of this movie for most of those type fans. Well, at least that is my take on how most of the orginal fans of the "Star Wars" franchise felt about this movie.

The movie maintains the fun and excitement of the original trilogy. Unfortunately, it also cuts and pastes a lot from the original movie, as well.

Overall not a bad edition, but not in the mold of the first one. Had one never seen the very first 3-segment movie set this would probably be great. Reproduces memorable scenes from the original 3-movie set approach with various characters in an alien bar, different droids cast in the image of R2D2, and a younger crew with resembling Hans Solo, Lela, Darth, etc.. Although those characters are not bad, they also don't quite provide the same experience as the original characters. Graphics are not bad, but considering we're now 40 some years after the original movie, the graphics and character development don't deliver the same "awe" as the original movie (even realizing this one is not trying to replace the original but was created as the start of the sequel series). For a younger crowd that never saw the start of the Star Wars series, this will be enjoyable. For older viewers who loved the original, this will be more like "been there, saw that," like just another sci-fi. While it didn't disappoint, it didn't impress either. Worth watching, but won't be like the original where you'll re-watch over and over. All that said, it does have a nice script twist on who the Darth Vader like character ends up being related to, a twist that will bring back memories of the original Darth relationship between Luke and Lela which didn't get revealed until the original second SW movie.

This was an entertaining movie, but it was quite derivative of Episode IV. The prequels were uneven and at times poorly acted, but they were at least original. I understand that George Lucas had a story laid out for 7, 8, and 9, but that his plans were scrapped by Disney. That's a bit disappointing for me because, love Lucas or hate him, Star Wars is his story. Now I feel that we'll never know how the story was supposed to end. Not only that, I feel that the story of this movie ruins the ending for the original trilogy. At the end of those movies, we had hope for the future. Luke was going to rebuild the Jedi order, Han and Leia were going to live happily ever after, the Empire had been defeated...it looked like a bright future for everyone. This movie throws all that out of the window to reestablish the same scenario that was happening at the beginning of Episode IV. Luke fails; his pupil(s) turn against him. Han/Leia split up. Han goes back to smuggling. The First Order replaces the Empire. While this makes for a familiar setting and story, it destroys everything that the heroes accomplished in Episodes IV-VI. All that being said, this movie is still entertaining, and I enjoyed it. I just don't understand why people hate the prequels so much and have no problem with what this movie did to the storyline.

Once again, Disney has released a subpar steelbook. Seriously, are they just using recycled soda cans?? Luckily, the standard blu ray release is fantastic. Just like Ant-Man and so many Disney releases before it, The Force Awakens comes in a very thin and flimsy steelbook. Artwork, great.. Quality, poor. And if you're wondering about any additional content, fear not, every release of this film includes 2 blu ray discs and 1 dvd. So whether you buy the standard release, this steelbook, or the competitors exclusives, you get the same features on all of them. The exclusives are simply packaging. So my recommendation is to save a little bit of money and just buy the standard release as I wouldn't want to say go buy a competitors exclusive.. I did, but I'm a collector. And so did every other collector and star wars nerd. But if you just want to own the movie and aren't a collector, just buy the standard release as the steelbook just isn't worth it, Disney always selling too high for subpar quality. And if you're reading this as you just want to know if the movie is worth seeing.. Are you kidding? Of course it is. Its amazing. It makes up for the dismal prequels Lucas made us sit thru and dare I say it, it's better than Jedi.

Liked it but didn't love it. But since we have the entire series we had to have it.

Disappointed with the story but again if you collect the movies a for sure buy

The most anticipated film in many years, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is Disney's first effort at bringing back the legendary franchise after purchasing Lucasfilm. Set 30 years after Return Of The Jedi, Luke Skywalker is missing and in his absence, the First Order has taken the Empire's place, threatening the galaxy. The film brings back many classic characters (mostly notably Han Solo), and introduces a new generation of heroes. All the traditional Star Wars elements are here-perhaps too many, as the film at many points feels like the original Star Wars movie with a fresh coat of paint instead of a bold new direction. But that didn't stop The Force Awakens from breaking all sorts of box office records and if you're a fan, even if you don't love the movie, it's hard not to like. As expected by Disney, the Blu-ray offers spectacular picture and sound, and some very good extras including a full-length making-of documentary and features on John Williams and ILM. Hopefully Episodes 8 and 9 will build on this solid effort.

Great start to jump starting the series again . Intro music never fails to hype

It was an ok movie Nice picture quality but I would not watch this movie again

As for a Star Wars movie, this one is entertaining like most of the other movies. In all honesty I didn't like the movie as much as most people say. I have the same opinion when I saw it in the theater as a second and third time on home release. The story has gone back to a more personal tone as the older movies (episodes 4 to 6) but borrows too many elements. There is no originality in this movie that are worth the hype. Another disappointment is that light saber fight. The prequels had many faults but I admit that I love the acrobatic fights. They wanted a more realistic saber fight for some reason. This movie is sci-fi... pointless decision. Still, the movie is still good enough to be watched and recommend. Just a tad bit less shallow than the prequels. I hope the following movies don't fall on the trap of making "the force" as the central focus rather than the relationships and struggles of the characters.

First of all, the movie itself is definitely not the strongest in the series. As many others have stated, much of the story is a re-harsh of previous themes in the series. Perhaps there was simply too big of a gap in time between the episodes, but much was unexplained. At the conclusion of Return of the Jedi, all was right in the universe. Now, once again, everything and everyone is in turmoil. Characters were generally weak (that is, not well defined). Basically the movie, I feel, was not made to further the story-line, but simply to cash in on ticket and mass merchandising sales. As to the Blu-Ray itself, the visuals and sound were OK, however I was expecting a bit more in extra features. Again, nothing really new, no real insights behind the scenes, etc. Therefore a 3 star rating, not particularly bad, but, at the same time, nothing particularly great either. A movie can no longer rely simply on CG effects. Average at best.

To preface this, I was a child of the 70's and grew up with Star Wars so you can see my allegiance right off the bat. The move was fair, kind of like the prequels but better, however the story is kind of a retread/reboot of the original Star Wars (orphaned child on a desert planet, Death Star...whoops Starkiller Base, cantina scene) and gives us (that grew up with it) nods to the original (the chess set on the Falcon, the original trilogy actors). That being said, my cons are: Han Solo comes off a bit goofy and with a bit of Indiana Jones to him, Leia seems to be sleepwalking through it, once the Kylo takes his helmet off the reveal is nothing like when Vader's helmet was removed (he seemed like an angry emo teen) and the plot (like I said before) seems to be cribbing off of Star Wars. Pros: Nice visuals, the story moves and you do get the nods to the original trilogy.