You've seen it, you know how good it is...

Rating: Null/10 (27 August 1999)

Usually, people write reviews to tell the ups and downs of a movie so another person can decide whether or not it is their type of film that they would enjoy. I'm sure, if you're reading this, that you have seen this movie, whether it be on T.V., Video, or on the big screen. So I don't know why anyone now would want to write a review of Star Wars. But I'll try. No, I'll do, or do not there is no try. This film revolutionized movies, some say for the worse. But can anyone blame the stupidity and god-awfulness of Batman and Robin on the coolness of this movie? Star Wars is an old pulp-inspired serial treated with respect. Those old films were never given something as original as a lightsaber. George Lucas dosen't treat this anything more than it is, but at the same time, there is an underlying religious and mythic aspect to the film. Luke goes through the same transformation as Bilbo Baggins and other epic characters have gone through. He is reluctant to go on his mission at first, but through a series of events he is thrust into the center of action. He mets the guardian father-like figure in Ben Kenobi, the doubter in Han Solo, and the evil personified character in Darth Vader. In this particular film, he is whiney and naive, in the second film he is the learner, and in the third film he, finally becomes a hero and is a Jedi master. But I've already gotten too preachy. This may be a theological and mythic film, but it also is fast paced and fum from the get-go. What I'm trying to say is that it is the link between classic and summer action blockbuster. If you haven't seen it...oh...never mind.