Smoking Lizard said:
most fans, I think, see TFA being a step up from the PT, whereas I see it as being just as bad.

In some aspects it is worse than PT. The only thing that saves it is that it is actually fun (no annoying whiny main character).

For example, the two duels at the end are utterly pointless (on top of being stupid). Their sole purpose is for the film to have a lightsabre duel. I wonder where are those fans now who complain about Ewoks being a marketing move. At least Ewoks serve an important part of the story.