Title: Star Wars
Release Date: 1977
Director: George Lucas
Summary/Review:
Rating: ****1/2
What can you say about this movie in 2016? Most people know and love the movie and our popular culture is steeped in its motifs. But this was the first time my children watched the movie and the first time I’ve watched it in a long, long time (but still within this galaxy). The kids generally claim not to like movies, but they liked this one and asked to watch it again, which is always a good sign. I wonder what it’s like to watch Star Wars for the first time when it’s something that’s always been around and references are wound into our culture like mythology as opposed to when I was a child and it was brand new? I was impressed that the movie holds up very well. There are many things from the 70s, 80s, & 90s that seem to have dated much more than this. Of course, I’m an old fuddy-duddy and prefer the somewhat slower pace and practical special effects of Star Wars to many of today’s blockbusters. But really the stories and the characters are what made the movie what it is and what makes it persist. So simple, rooted in older stories, yet so fresh and new at the same time.
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