October 16, 2011
INITIAL GUT REACTION: You're either an "Original" kind of a person... Episodes 4-5-6 or a "Newbie"... episodes 1-2-3, but I would venture a guess very few are an overall fan. When this film came out back in 1977 it changed everything! To me it was the perfect blend of special effects and human acting. The film is still amazing to me, despite Lucas making alterations that WILL annoy you in this version.
STAR WARS MYTHOLOGY: There are a lot of flaws in this film, IF you look at it from 1-4... but folks have to remember 4 was actually the first film and so everything else should be based on it. I still don't believe the George knew what he was doing with Luke and Leia, love wise. And there are too many things that really don't connect with the first three films, but as we move forward I expect they will connect with the last two films.
CHARACTERS: These were the best for me. They had a great sense of balance between humor and seriousness and I loved watching them up on the screen. I didn't however enjoy the added scenes or the characters that were not in the original print of this film.
ACTORS: Amazing! Harrison Ford almost stole the film. Carrie Fisher was gorgeous, strong and oh so sexy! I remember as a kid just wanting to spend hours kissing her, her lips looked amazing then and now. And even though he was a villain, Darth Vader... thanks to James Earl Jones is spectacular.
THE LOOK OF THE FILM: Blu-ray DVD... Pure genius! It looks so much cleaner than my old DVD version. Unfortunately George put more CGI and altered some of the sound and I have mixed feelings about looking at this version because there are scenes that don't belong and should not have been shoved into the film later.
THE DISC ITSELF: Nothing too fancy with this one, just the film and then audio commentary.
THINGS I LIKED: Too many to really get into here, but let me point out the score by John Williams it set the tone from the opening credits and brought it home in the "Throne Room" sequence at the end... one of my favorite musical themes in the series. This sage would not be the same without his gifted score throughout.
ALL IN ALL: I can't give it an A+ because of all of the added stuff by GL, but it is still a great film. It's smaller in scope with special effects and it works that way. The pacing is so different than the first three and I like it. And originally it was suppose to pay homage to those Saturday Matinee Serials that were popular when my Dad was growing up and it did. I loved the film then and still love it now!
OVERALL ALL GRADE: A
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