The only movies where Abrams was involved that I truly enjoyed are Armageddon (he was a scriptwriter IIRC) and Cloverfield (producer), apart from that there isn’t a single movie directed by him that I like (Mission: Impossible 3 is my least favourite of the MI movies).

I honestly don’t understand why J.J. Abrams is so highly regarded, and when Anakin Starkiller said he’s great at imitating others’ style, well yeah, he sure does imitate, but his imitations do nothing for me.

Maybe I’m immune to the J.J. Kool-aid, and while everyone else is celebrating his helming Episode IX, the very announcement of his return killed all my interest in the movie, and I will only watch it to see how it ends, which in all likelihood will be a total fuck-up but everyone will rejoice and praise Abrams for “fixing” the ST. sigh