I personally thought it was the best movie I've seen in a long time. HOWEVER- there are several issues I had with it. REMINDER: THESE ARE MY PERSONAL OPINIONS SO DON'T HATE MORE THAN NECESSARY First, J. J. Abrams was trying too desperately to prove it wasn't like the prequels by adding too many references to the original trilogy. I'll admit that some were rather good, but eventually it got kinda old. Second, Kylo Ren. Vader HAD to have his mask on, but that's one of the things that made him so badass. He had a sense of mystery because you don't know what he was really like. Kylo Ren proves he will never measure up to his grandfather by throwing that all away the first time a pretty girl asks him to. Third: what was the First Order's plan with the weapon? It needs to absorb an entire sun for a single shot. I assume that particular system had two suns, seeing as they planned to fire twice. But what about after that? Did they just build this hoping they would completely destroy all their enemies in two blasts? They would have no more fuel for another shot, unless they somehow were able to move the entire planet to more suns, which seems unlikely. Finally, the ending. You don't need to spend ten minutes (guessing) to set up for the next film! This is Star Wars, things that live under rocks know Star Wars has an affinity for trilogies, so the R2-ex-machina and journey to get to Luke was a wasted opportunity for more good storytelling.