☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ½
Star Wars (1977) -- G. Lucas
Famously (for me at
least), I first saw this at age 9 at the Cinema 93 in Concord, New Hampshire
with my dad. Now some 35 years later,
how does it hold up? In truth, it is hard to watch without the emotional
resonances of a small boy (and for this I give it 4.5 stars -- a tough feat to
accomplish). But the plot is wafer thin,
despite the mythology woven around it in a few choice scenes. All flash & bang & action glued
together with witticisms (that later became the formula for "I'll be
back!" and countless other action movie one-liners). And of course the movie world was irrevocably
changed by the fortunes made. Now we
must live with the blockbusters and Hollywood's slavish devotion to them and
their sequels.
We lost something due to the commencement of the blockbusterization of Hollywood (this and Jaws of the same year, or one year off, if I'm not mistaken?). But, we gained something in in our generations "culture" and entertainment. I thought of previous movies, and their entertainment level, and I thought of 2001 and your review. It's interesting to juxtapose the two of them, more for the type of movie they are, not to compare critically, or for content.
ReplyDeleteI ALSO saw Star Wars at Cinema 93 in 1977!!! I was in 3rd Grade (Dewey School) and I will never forget it!!!
ReplyDeleteI must have been in 4th grade or just going into 5th grade at Bow Memorial. I wish I still had the program that was handed out but it was destroyed long ago!
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