The Force Awakens sucks! *MAJOR SPOILERS*

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Excellent SW movie.
There is a lot of story there but you must not be paying attention.

1) it does state who the First Order is, you just didn't pay attention.
2) it does show what planets were destroyed, you just didn't pay attention.
3) Kylo Ren is bad ass force wielder, but not as swordsman. It demonstrated that and the end calls it out specifically. you just didn't pay attention.
4) Similar to original trilogies, there are family backstory details intentionally left unknown, we'll learn exactly who Rey is in a future movie and that is classic SW design. you just didn't pay attention.
5) It did build up the backstory on all new characters... again you just didn't pay attention.

This was a fantastic SW movie.
+1 on fan service
+1 on battles with ships and lasers etc
+1 on fantastically new deaths stars
+1 on giving story info on previous OG characters
+1 on creating diversity in universe without going crazy / annoying
+1 on using models/puppets vs full CGI
+1 on light saber duels... keep in mind Darth Vader (already proven badass) loses to Luke who never had others to square off against in training. Basically, your gripe on Kylo Ren is ridiculous. He is uber-powerful with force, but very limited on real light saber duels.That really died off in prequels as there simply isn't enough around to perfect the art.

This was an excellent SW movie and ep8 is going to be an even bigger experience as it approaches launch. Likely to break all records ep7 just created.