I really enjoyed Kylo Ren. The actor did a great job showing that he was still struggling between dark and light, trying to fight the pull to the light. I have high hopes for the next movie, I hope he can pull it off. Hayden C did such a terrible job in the prequels. For this movie I think the character was played perfectly. I noticed a comment on here about the general not respecting him and I immediately thought about Vader, who was well beyond Ren in training in ANH and was still subservient to Tarkin.
I loved the 'twist' of Rey being the new hope and not Finn (not really a twist once in the context of the whole movie, but definitely not what was promoted). I bought into the trailer that showed Finn with the lightsaber. It never even crossed my mind the hero was actually a heroine, she was so solid in that role and was my favorite new character.
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