Opinions I guess, here's mine:
Saw the movie in a midnight showing, basically composed of all hardcore Star Wars fans, some with cosplay and all. And the reaction was the entire movie theater applauding the movie as credits rolled. I get that most valid complaints about the movie are towards the fact it borrows heavily on the plot structure from episode IV, but that boils down to what you interpret it as: an attempt at a remake or a passing the torch film. If you see it as essentially a remake you might get overprotective of episode IV and its relevance in the future for fans and/or bash it for lack of originality. I prefer the alternative path. They tried to use the best bits from the original trilogy, to get fans satisfied and then have freedom to move the story in new directions in episodes VIII and IX.
In my eyes they succeeded, its easy to look back in nostalgia and remember what you felt when you saw the original trilogy for the first time, or felt (if you liked the prequels) to watch Star Wars get a CGI makeover (I didn't). But as a Star Wars fan that re-watched all 6 movies in the 24 hours before watching episode VII, I feel episode VII is the most successful of the bunch and that's saying a lot since the original trilogy re-release in theaters was my childhood.
Now to all complaints about how the movie leaves a lot of open plots and character arcs... Try not to mesh all the movies and overall Star Wars lore into one big insurmountable lump of expectations because nothing can ever surpass that. If you really look back at the individual movies, they all have committed the same crimes.
To those that didn't like it, am sorry you didn't because, from the general response thus far, this is the new direction the series is going in.
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