Just saw TFA awakens today. An entertaining film but very much a modern film in terms of editing and pacing, definately prefer the less hyperactive pacing of the Original Trilogy and how characters and scenes were given more time to breath. The cinematography of the Original Trilogy was also far more iconic for me, the shot composition more carefully chosen.

The music didn’t do much for me in this film either, nothing really stood out, unlike the music from the Original Trilogy which is brilliant. The Phantom Menace at least had Duel of the Fates that was brilliant but I can’t remember any piece of music jumping out at me in this. The lack of memorable pieces of music is probably my biggest issue with TFA right now, hopefully that will change with future viewings.

So definately better than the prequels for me but not a classic like the three films of the Original Trilogy, bit confused by the current imdb and rotten tomatoes ratings to be honest, I imagine when the hype had calmed down a bit a lot of people will reassess whether this film really is the equal of ROTJ or even better like some are saying!

Here are my ratings of all the Star Wars films (in terms of which I personally enjoy most, not which are technically the best):

TPM: 6/10
AOTC: 3/10
ROTS: 4/10
SW: 10/10
ESB: 8.5/10
ROTJ: 9/10
TFA: 7.5/10