Star Wars: The Force Awakens (dir. J.J. Abrams).

Abrams and his team have successfully recreated the original Star Wars formula while remixing and remaking A New Hope and all of its other crowd pleasing elements. However, with so much to do, The Force Awakens is a fair amount of setup and heavy lifting for the eventual second and third chapters. It’s biggest triumph is the excitement in all of its new, engaging characters building anticipation for Episode VIII. It definitely recaptures the magic while giving fans exactly what they wanted all these years. Yes, the force has awakened and is strong in this one.

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