I honestly have no interest is seeing this.

It may be do to the marketing though as  having nothing but Star Wars everywhere you look has the opposite affect on me where other people it builds hype.

The Force Awakens -- More like Star Wars Awakens. JJ. and Kasdan's return to Star Wars also serves to mark the return to form for Star Wars itself as an epic sci-fi opera. It evokes emotion, humor and a dark story that produces the same kind of exciting adventurous feeling of which one would have expected from the Original Trilogy. The breathtaking performances by one John Boyega and Daisy Ridley, and let's not forget Harrison Ford whose return to a familiar role, place and time with an emotional and strongly witty performance will also go down as one of his best in a long time in the history of his career-- As opposed to the sizzling stacked chairs that summarizes the chemistry of Natalie Portman and Hayden Christsen, Boyega and Daisy Ridley allures perfectly together; They are a fun, and imaginitive leads for the modern age of Star Wars. And opposing them, stands one Adam Driver in the guise of one enigmatic knight, named Kylo Ren -- He's no Sith Lord but he might as well be. He's angrier than his predecessor and thus.. oddly.. more real too.

They grant the universe refreshing new blood, each in their own way, without feeling that they are artificially inserted. Even minor roles like cafe owner, Maz Kanata played by Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, grant a fantastic showcase of wisdom and sincerity to counter balance the dark tone.
The decprepit clone troopers of old, having now been switched out with much more capable soldiers whose targets will certainly hit home, where even Han Solo's luck might find itself in over its head, heightens the scale and tension in ways like never before.
Another noteworthy point about the film would have to be the choreography, as I feel that it represented part of the wide distance between the prequel and original trilogy. The Force Awakens does many things that old fans would appreciate, and this is one of them; It was as if Bob Anderson rose from his grave, and took the chair from the guy responsible for the prequel trilogy, criticizing the stupid circus clown nonsense, exclaiming "Let me show you how it is done". Its evocative, powerful and consistent, reflects the emotions of the characters quite well -- To be frank, it's actually sword fighting and in no way is it boring to look at..
Plot-wise, it retreads a lot of ground from A New Hope and Empire, in a good way, it knows what it is-- it's Star Wars. It handles that fact like a veteran, a veteran being in charge of the script notwithstanding, which is reflected in the steps it takes. It also ends on a bit of a cliff-hanger which is to be expected of these so-called planned trilogies, but there so much enjoyment to be derived from it that I wasn't too bothered to think about that at the time.

JJ did what George Lucas couldn't do -- Continuing the saga with raw emotion, energy and power of which rekindled an old fan's love for Star Wars. In The Force Awakens he gives the endless war between the Empire and the Rebellion new life. It is quite an achievement, especially when you have seen the Star Wars universe creator, George Lucas, having had so many problems with carrying on the legacy on his own.
But maybe this is just what was needed: A fresh, young, modern mind who looks at the universe with affection and understanding. Perhaps J.J. Abrams understands Star Wars better than George Lucas ever did?

Yeah same. I tend to back away from a movie when there is relentless advertising and not go to see them.  It puts me off.

I think that's fine -- In retrospect, I think I can see why some people might not have liked it as much, it could be considered 'safe' in regards to how it handled its pacing and steps for some, but to me it felt right; It did everything the prequel trilogy should have done.

But that's enough for now. We'll continue when someone makes a spoiler-centered thread or something like that.

Well, Disney kinda had to breathe life into a coma-patient. You don't overburden someone lying dormant for years, and have to take it lightly. Still, some plotpoints they should have had avoided. People already complained about the 2nd DEath-Star in the 80ties, so why someone thought it would be a great idea a third time is beyond me. The moment they showed Starkiller-Base on the posters I could predict most Youtube comments and reviews ^^

But ultimately TFA is not about a third Death-Star - its not the focus as in A New Hope. Its about introducing these new characters. Because ultimately when you say Star Wars you say - Luke Skywalker! Han Solo! Princess Leia! Darth Vader! I bet those are the most common answers in regards to Star Wars...just like you will hear Jar Jar Binks first when asking about the prequels, though in a bad way...

Characters, likeable and reletable and hateble, are what is important to Star Wars. Everything else is secondary in my book. And if the PT had made its chars more liekable and all, I am sure they would be regarded a lot higher, despite the other shortcomings in story and execution

Why?

Perhaps there are still people here that have not seen the film and do not want to get spoiled (which is silly seeing as this is the internet but ya know...)?