Watched this yesterday, and I am pretty satisfied. Unfortunately, I had to go with the 3D version, which I rarely feel like adds anything to movies, and definitely not in this one.

I liked most of the new characters, but if I had to pick a favourite, I'd probably end up at Rey. Finn was pretty cool too. Kylo was ok, but there was something about his appearance that just didn't work for me. Maybe it's just what others have said, that it's just really unlikely that the child of Han and Leia would end up looking like that. I'll probably get used to him in time.

Definitely felt like a proper Star Wars movie to me, and I feel that the characters and writing is a step above most of the original trilogy.